In a first of a 12-part series, we list out all the places you should visit and all the festivals you should celebrate through the New Year!
President Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma awards to 73 individuals, some posthumously, at a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Monday.
The 71-year-old music composer is suffering from a urinary infection causing a problem in his kidney, sources said.
With comic Kenny Sebastian, you don't just get a stand-up act, you get a performance.
The legendary rock band left the crowds begging for more on Sunday night.
Hemant was undergoing treatment for cancer in Scotland, where he succumbed to the illness on September 26.
The incident took place in her hotel room in Paris on October 2.
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Singers and other artistes react to Pakistan ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's decision to cancel all shows in India till 'things settle down in the nation'.
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At Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas's nuptials, the Adil Manuel Collective played funk, jazz and R&B for longer than planned that evening at the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur. One of the couple's friends in the audience yelled: 'Are you guys even from India?' Adil Manuel offered to show her their passports.
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The singer was scheduled to perform in New Delhi on Friday. However, he said he will not be able to entertain the audience in his 'present state of mind'.
The British pop singer dies at age 53.
Both services will be attended by family and friends, and will offer an opportunity for loved ones to share intimate memories and thoughts about the musician.
Well-known Carnatic singer Sikkil Gurucharan pays tribute to Mandolin Srinivas, who passed into the ages at the young age of 45.
'He was the last roman of that calibre of musicians in Carnatic music,' said Carnatic vocalist G S Mani.
'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.' 'Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life plays out in a corner unruffled, Tamhane's static frames have a hundred interesting things happening within them,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'We are not organising any large celebrations on New Year's Eve to avoid last-minute changes in guidelines.'
Music played in concerts, bars and clubs is often above the level of 85 decibels, which is harmful. The charity RNID states that the hearing of a staggering nine out of ten young people is affected after a night out.
'I doubt very much if I will ever move on from his music, as I have from so much else through the years,' says Aakar Patel.
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A R Rahman will perform in Malaysia in December as part of his world tour.
'When I reached home, my mother asked, "Yeh Jasleen kaun hai?"'
The celebration of the 60-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II rocked Britain, quite literally. Here's a look
London said farewell to the Olympic Games on Sunday with a high-octane romp through British pop music, bringing the curtain down on more than two weeks of action at the end of which the United States topped the sporting world with 46 gold medals.
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'While we conversed in Marathi, she would always make it a point to ask me in English, "Are you okay? Have you eaten?"' 'I sorely miss that care and concern.'
'How can so many misfortunes fall on one beautiful family?'
A bench of Justices U U Lalit and Vineet Saran, however, declined the prayer of Dua that no FIR can be registered against any media personnel with 10 years' experience unless cleared by a committee.
Have you had the good fortune to have attended the maestro's concerts, or interacted with him in any manner? If so, share your memories of legend, right here on rediff.com!
'Some people make the majoritarian argument that a lot of Indians speak Hindi.' 'But where exactly? Is that not relevant?'
'Women use acting as a way to protect themselves.'
'I've always looked at Mumbai as a destination I really want to be at. 'I have heard it's the most fun and it's where arts, culture and entertainment (come together), and Bollywood. I'm excited to indulge in all things Indian.'
If "innovation" were a person, he or she would have looked like David Bowie.
