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Bismillah Khan death Anniversary: Did you know Shehnai maestro also acted in a film?Bismillah Khan, most popularly known as Ustad Bismillah Khan, was one of the most acclaimed musicians India has ever produced. The Bharat R...
Special metro train to spread message of patriotism for next two monthsUnion Minister of State for External Affairs General V K Singh paid tributes to the freedom fighters and martyrs by writing a message on th...
Prominent theatre personality Sukracharya Rabha passes away at 41 after cardiac arrestRabha's annual open air theatre festival, 'Under the Sal Theatre', brought people from across the country to remote his village in Goalpara...
From centralised traffic control to city-wide WiFi, govt plans major makeover of Varanasi cityThe holy city is being made Wi-Fi ready and a dedicated mobile app for citizens and tourists alike will soon be rolled out.
Five of Ustad Bismillah Khan's shehnais stolen from his son Kazim Hussain's homeThe Bharat Ratna awardee's family has been demanding for a museum to preserve his memorabilia since his death in 2006.
Narendra Modi government adds Ustad Bismillah Khan, Biju Patnaik to non-Nehru-Gandhi pantheonIt enhances the political process to de-emphasise Congress's first family by celebrating personalities from culture, politics and history w...
Visit the land of the Taj for some Hindustani music & danceThe state of Uttar Pradesh is the land of the great sages and hermits. The basic tradition of music was laid down by the singing of ancient...
Madan Mohan Malviya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee 44th and 45th Bharat Ratna recipientsEducationist Malviya and former PM Vajpayee are the 44th and 45th personalities who have been conferred with country's civilian award Bhara...
Narendra Modi government may announce a Bharat Ratna to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 90th birthdayLast year, when UPA announced Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar and scientist CNR Rao, BJP had criticised UPA for ignoring Vajpayee.
Feel scared over political atmosphere: Bismillah Khan's son"We don't want to get involved in politics, for us all are the same. Sometimes I feel scared, though, the way political atmosphere is build...
Rahul Gandhi hits back at Narendra Modi with last-day rally in VaranasiRahul's payback roadshow came as campaign frenzy gripped Varanasi, which will go to polls on May 12, reaches the last lap of the nine-phase...
Elections 2014: Group of artistes vouch for Narendra Modi as PMNoted dancer Sonal Mansingh, singers Anoop Jalota and Richa Sharma addressed a press conference to endorse Modi for the Prime Ministership.
Muslim electorate in Varanasi vexed at false promises by politiciansThe resting place of Ustad Bismillah Khan has been converted into an instrument of symbolic reaching out to Varanasi’s Muslim population.
Ustad Bismillah Khan's family refuses to be Narendra Modi's proposerAffaq Haider said he and his father never refuse any invitation for a cultural programme for any political party including BJP but won't le...
Suddenly, political parties discover Ustad Bismillah KhanA group of BJP workers and Narendra Modi supporters went to Khan's grave at Fatman to pay tributes on his 101st birth anniversary.
- Shehnai loses its master
Legendary Shehnai exponent Ustad Bismillah Khan, who brought the instrument to the centrestage of Indian classical music, died of cardiac a...
- Bismillah Khan dead
Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan died of cardiac arrest in the wee hours on Monday.