Maharashtra minister Manikrao Kokate was stripped of his portfolios after being convicted in a 1995 cheating and forgery case. His ministries have been reassigned to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Kokate has been admitted to Lilavati Hospital after complaining of chest pain.
'Some time back, music was just noise.' 'Producers wrongly think item songs sell better.' 'Audiences are intelligent, they accept whatever you give, but that doesn't mean you can fool them.'
This is for the first time that two members of the influential Pawar family are fighting an election against each other. This is Sunetra Pawar's first Lok Sabha election.
His new nameplate now reads 'Eknath Gangubai Sambhaji Shinde'.
The states and union territories where the elections are being held in this phase are Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2), Goa (2), Gujarat (25), Karnataka (14), Maharashtra (11), Madhya Pradesh (8), Uttar Pradesh (10) and West Bengal (4). The BJP has bagged the Surat seat unopposed.
'As a new actress, I was watching Lata Mangeshkar with awe at an event. Later, I mustered the courage to call her. I heard her divine voice on the phone, she sent me a sari home and it was a boon to me.'
Banga Bibhushan, West Bengal's highest honour, conferred on musical legend.
Madame Tussauds honours the most recorded artist in music history.
Not one to mince words, Asha Bhosle is expected to drop a few hot potatoes, which may embarrass her illustrious Mangeshkar family.
Legendary singer Asha Bhosle also joins in.
Also present at the screening: A Bollywood legend.
'I kept thinking the bedroom door would open any minute and Didi Atya would step out...'
The union had threatened to go on strike on April 28, but later deferred the proposed strike till May 15.
The legend talks about her favourite singers. Syed Firdaus Ashraf listens in.
'What will we drink if we start fearing these wells?'
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