Before playlists, podcasts, streaming apps, YouTube, television took over, radio was the centre of everyday life.
When one of the most adored voices of India decided to hang up his boots as far as playback singing is concerned, fans and fraternity went in a tizzy. Sukanya Verma tells you why.
'Had I been launched as a leading actor, it would probably have worked better.' 'Prabhu Devaa came eight years after me. Maybe if a filmmaker had thought of a film for me like the ones he got, my career would have been a different trajectory.'
Karan Wahi breaks his silence over wedding rumours with Jennifer Winget.
'Those who say the Indian Army is persecuting Kashmiris... I will tell them that the reality is that the Kashmiri loves the fauj and what all the Indian Army has done.'
January has quite a few interesting movies lined up for release. But with the new, there's also a sprinkling of the old.
Hema Malini discusses the family's decision to hold separate prayer meetings after Dharmendra's death, emphasizing it was a private matter. She also shares memories of Dharmendra and their life together.
Manish Ojha, coach of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, shares insights into the young cricketer's training and mindset after his record-breaking century in the U-19 World Cup.
Here's a quick look at the Bollywood movies list of 2026. Lots of interesting titles and genres coming right up!
A R Rahman: 'I feel blessed to be Indian, which enables me to create a space which always allows freedom of expression and celebrates multicultural voices.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
A member of the audience participates as Sumo wrestlers perform during the Nissan Konnichiwa Japan 2022 event in New Delhi.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
'Bappi Lahiri was looking for a break so he and his father would meet me.' 'I told Director Bhisham Kohli about this promising young boy from Kolkata, and Bappi came over with his harmonium.' 'Bappi played this composition and Bhisham liked it immediately.' 'As we were discussing, I said I would give the words, and that's how I wrote this song.'
Yeh Hai India: Capturing Events And Moods Across Our Incredible Country.
Thousands of seagulls have arrived on the banks of the Yamuna river.
In videos circulating on social media, the model -- identified as Lariss Nery -- claimed that the picture shown in Gandhi's presentation was taken when she was "about 20 years old."
Shri Ram is the country's oldest annual dance-drama and has been performed consecutively for 66 years.
'This report may or may not be historic, may or may not bring a revolution in Indian cricket.'
'The war scenes in which Indian soldiers fight fearlessly and the powerful dialogues are meant to make the audience proud of the loyalty and valour of Indian soldiers,' observes Deepa Gahlot.
A woman weeps over her loss after a a major fire broke out at the Rajiv Nagar area in Patna on Thursday, March 9, 2023.
The newly launched tri-weekly Toy Train with a Vistadome coach and restaurant coach on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
Few people have left the kind of imprint on India's advertising canvas as Piyush Pandey. An observer who seemed to know what made the country tick, a man who could find humour in life's everyday struggles and spin magic from it, one who understood that to reach the masses you needed to communicate with them in their language and context -- he was all of this and more.
More than 100 students at the Women's Christian College in Chennai donated their hair to cancer patients.
The Kinnar convention is happening after almost 50 years.
Devotees dance and throw ladoos at each other. The ladoos are later consumed as prasad.
Peta activists ride a beautiful Victorian-style electric carriage, an eco-friendly vehicle during a test drive, in Kolkata.
An idol of Lord Ganesha made with onions by farmers in Washim, Maharashtra.
A statute of an elephant being carried on top of an cargo vehicle on the busy Nungambakkam High Road in Chennai.
Lamborghini super sports cars queue before the start of the Lamborghini Bull Run in Kolkata
A 40-feet-long Veena -- the Indian classical music instrument -- weighing 14 tons, arrives in Ayodhya on September 16, 2022 to be installed at Lata Mangeshkar Smriti Chowk.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
An army officer measures the chest of an aspirant during the Indian Army's Agniveer recruitment programme.
The 133-feet Thiruvalluvar statue was recently maintained by the Tamil Nadu government with chemical coating for saving the granite monument from the sea's salt wind in Kanyakumari.
Here are the key quotes from his Independence Day address.
Did you know India is the only country where lions and tigers can be found in the wild?
Women tie rakhis to Indian Army jawans as part of Raksha Bandhan celebrations in Prayagraj,
Shamila, a Coimbatore-based post graduate mechanical engineering student turned poultry farmer, holds an egg laid by one of the hens at her farm, which measured 3.1 inches in size and had a circumference of 5.5 inches and weighed 90 grams, in Coimbatore, January 5, 2023.
Some say the traditional Indian kindness these days has been replaced with hate and suspicion of one another.
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