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Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain dies at 73

TABLA maestro Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said on Monday. Hussain died due to complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the family said in a statement. He was 73. He had been hospitalised for the last two weeks and was later taken to…

Delhi polls: AAP fields Kejriwal from New Delhi, Atishi from…

AFTER AAP released its final list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls in Delhi, party supremo Arvind Kejriwal, who will contest from the New Delhi constituency, took a swipe at the BJP, alleging that the saffron party has no chief ministerial face. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday…

India vs Australia: Travis Head, Steve Smith tons help Aussies…

TRAVIS HEAD put an insipid Indian bowling attack to sword for his second successive hundred while veteran Steve Smith wore the opposition down with a century to put Australia in a favourable position on day two of the third Test in Brisbane on Sunday. Australia reached a commanding 405 for…

Kolkata horror: For spurning advances, man kills relative, dumps body…

THE WOMAN, whose severed head was found at a garbage dump in south Kolkata's Tollygunge area, was allegedly killed by her brother-in-law as she had snubbed his advances, police said on Saturday. Cracking the case within 24 hours, Kolkata Police arrested the brother-in-law, identified as Atiur Rahman Laskar, from his…

Pakistanis celebrate Raj Kapoor’s 100th birth anniversary at Kapoor House…

PAKISTANI cultural enthusiasts and film lovers gathered at the iconic Kapoor House in Peshawar on Saturday to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of legendary Bollywood filmmaker and actor Raj Kapoor. A highlight of the event, reinforcing the significance of Peshawar's ties to cinematic history, was the cutting of a cake…

Farmers suspend foot march to Delhi after some suffer teargas…

PROTESTING farmers on Saturday suspended their foot march to Delhi for the day after some of them suffered injuries in tear gas shelling by Haryana security personnel here along the state's border with Punjab. Farmer leader from Punjab Sarwan Singh Pandher told reporters that the two forums have decided "to…

Rahul Gandhi invokes Savarkar, Manusmriti to attack BJP during Constitution…

LEADER of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday cited V D Savarkar's remarks that there was nothing Indian about the Constitution and took a jibe at the BJP, saying that by talking of protecting the Constitution, the ruling party is "ridiculing" Savarkar. Participating in a debate on…

Allu Arjun walks out of jail after arrest over stampede…

ACTOR Allu Arjun was released from Chanchalguda prison on Saturday morning, where he had spent the previous night following his arrest in connection with a woman’s death during a stampede at the premiere of his film “Pushpa 2: The Rule”. The incident, which occurred on December 4 at Sandhya Theatre…

India vs Australia: Rains play spoilsport on first day of…

PLAY was abandoned on the first day of the third Test between Australia and India at the Gabba in Brisbane after rain fell for much of Saturday. Australia finished the day on 28-0 with Usman Khawaja 19 not out and Nathan McSweeney on four after India captain Rohit Sharma won…

Kapoor family and Bollywood icons honour Raj Kapoor’s legacy

BOLLYWOOD luminaries and members of the Kapoor family gathered in Mumbai on Friday to celebrate the legacy of Raj Kapoor, a day ahead of the late actor-filmmaker's 100th birth anniversary. The event marked the start of a three-day RK Film Festival organised by PVR INOX Limited and the Film Heritage…