Maithili Thakur to contest Bihar elections: Folk singer's journey, educational background, and net worthPopular singer Maithili Thakur will contest the Bihar elections on a BJP ticket. The 25-year-old star will represent the Alinagar seat in D...
15 Oct, 2025, 07.52 PM IST
Sahitya Akademi announces Bal Sahitya, Yuva Puraskar for 2025Sahitya Akademi has announced the Yuva Puraskar for 23 writers across various languages, including Advait Kottary for his English novel and...
18 Jun, 2025, 04.30 PM IST
IIT-Madras introduces Cultural Excellence admission initiativeIIT Madras introduces FACE admissions for students excelling in fine arts. Two extra seats per program are reserved. One seat is gender-neu...
17 Dec, 2024, 01.01 PM IST
Sahitya Akademi announces Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for 2024The Sahitya Akademi announced the winners of the prestigious Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2024. A total of 23 writers, includ...
15 Jun, 2024, 03.15 PM IST
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...
21 Aug, 2022, 01.20 PM IST
Noted sitar player Ustad Imrat Khan passes away in US after pneumoniaUstad Imrat Khan had been hospitalised for a week, he suffered a stroke on Thursday night.
23 Nov, 2018, 01.51 PM IST
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...
13 Aug, 2018, 03.13 PM IST
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...
09 Jun, 2018, 12.17 PM IST
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.
05 Dec, 2016, 12.47 PM IST
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...
22 May, 2016, 11.24 AM IST
Reliving a lost voice: Singer Gauhar Jaan returns to enthrall BengaluruGauhar Jaan was the first Indian voice to be recorded on the gramophone back in 1902. She cut close to 600 records in 20 languages.
17 Mar, 2016, 11.09 AM IST
Shehnai exponent Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan diesSuffering from kidney related problems, he was hospitalised for the past few days and breathed his last this morning, family members said.
16 Mar, 2016, 04.14 PM IST
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...
12 May, 2014, 03.59 PM IST
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...
21 Apr, 2014, 02.18 PM IST
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.
22 Mar, 2014, 11.10 AM IST
- 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...
22 Aug, 2006, 12.27 AM IST
- Bismillah Khan dead
Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan died of cardiac arrest in the wee hours on Monday.
21 Aug, 2006, 08.50 AM IST