Everything you need to know about Shankar Talav: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Shankar Talav: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): In wake of Chinese Premier Li's visit to India, Ambassador of India in China Jaishankar during a press conference said that India is a priority in China's agenda of global development.
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Peace on the border is the foundation of bilateral ties with China and special representatives of both countries will look into the recent border intrusion by Chinese troops, India's envoy to China said Monday.
Chennai, May 20 (IANS) The makers of Junior NTR's upcoming Telugu action-drama "Ramayya Vasthavayya" have released half-a-minute teaser of the film as a birthday gift for the actor, who turned 29 Monday.
New Delhi, May 19 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday urged Dr. Manmohan Singh to firmly articulate the concern of the people and the country, including the opposition, he said this, in wake of Premier Li of China's arrival in New Delhi to discuss issues pertaining both the countries and to enhance bilateral ties.
Chennai, May 16 (IANS) On Sep 27, 2001, Junior NTR's earliest blockbuster Telugu film "Student No. 1" released and catapulted him to stardom. Now, on the same date this year, he plans to release his upcoming Telugu action-drama "Ramayya Vasthavayya" hoping for the same result.
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday called upon various agencies to work together to ensure a seamless and robust coastal security architecture and said that fishermen should be made an integral part of the planning process.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Over 20,000 slum dwellers were treated by a team of 262 doctors in a month-long campaign by the Art of Living (AoL) foundation, it was announced here Friday.
Panaji, May 7 (IANS) No cartoonist would dare sketch Manmohan Singh as Superman with a halo on his head during the economist's second term as prime minister, says cartoonist-cum-editor Ravi Shankar, one of the few such in India.
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) An expert committee on leveraging panchayat raj institutions called on President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday and recommended that a National Panchayat Commission be constituted.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Music label Sony Music will launch the album of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's much-awaited movie "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag".
Hyderabad, May 1 (IANS) HIL Limited, a flagship company of the C.K. Birla Group of companies, will continue to grow at 15 percent with strong focus on green building products, managing director Abhaya Shankar said Wednesday.
Hyderabad, May 1 (IANS) HIL Limited, a flagship company of the C.K. Birla Group of companies, has joined hands with an NGO in Andhra Pradesh to train and build a talent pool of artisans for the construction industry, an official said Wednesday.
Addis Ababa, April 30 (IANS) Ethiopia, with one of the highest blindness prevalence rates in the world, will soon get a major boost in medical treatment facilities with the opening of a state-of-the-art ophthalmology centre initiated by the wife of a former Indian ambassador to this East African nation.
Ludhiana, April 28 (ANI): Popular musical trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy enthralled fans at a live concert in Ludhiana, over the weekend.
Chennai, April 28 (IANS) Even though Tamil actor Nakul Jaidev has crooned chartbusters such as "Kaadhal Yaanai", "Karka Karka" and "Naaka Mukka" in his decade-long career, he still prefers acting over singing.
Chennai, April 27 (IANS) Music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja crooned a song, composed by Oscar-winner A.R. Rahman and written by Dhanush, in upcoming Tamil drama "Mariyaan".
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Congress and the opposition were at daggers drawn Thursday, with the latter demanding the removal of P.C. Chacko as the head of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) looking into 2G spectrum allocation and the former pressing for debarring three BJP members from voting on its report. Chacko said he wouldn't budge.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Congress and the opposition were at daggers drawn Thursday, with the latter demanding the removal of P.C. Chacko as the head of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) looking into 2G spectrum allocation and the former pressing for debarring three BJP members from voting on its report.
Chennai, April 22 (IANS) Refuting rumours that Tamil director Shankar is all set to work on a sequel to his Tamil blockbuster "Indian", his agent said the filmmaker is extremely busy with "I" and has no such plans as of now.
Mumbai, April 21 (ANI): Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar promoted his forthcoming film 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' here over the weekend.
Jaipur, April 20 (IANS) Taking revenge for his sister's rape, a man in Rajasthan kidnapped and beat to death the man accused of the crime Saturday, police said.
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The draft report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G spectrum allocation appeared to be a Congress document, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Friday while labelling its leakage to the media a "gross breach of parliamentary propriety".
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) Southern actress Sharmiela Mandre, who has featured in remakes such as "Sajni" and "Mirattal", supports the idea of revisiting old classics because she feels such films are tested and proven.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Reservations for women, scheduled castes/tribals (SC/STs) and other backward classes (OBCs) in panchayat raj institutions should be frozen for two or three terms so that they get the same opportunity as MPs and legislators to augment experience and knowledge, says an experts committee.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The main responsibility for effective devolution of functions, finances and functionaries to Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) rests with the central government and not with the states, an expert committee has said.
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) After Shankar Mahadevan, composer Aadesh Shrivastava will launch an online singing classes for his fans.
Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) A four-day film festival cum photo exhibition began here Sunday to pay tribute to sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar on his 93rd birth anniversary.
Washington, April 6 (IANS) The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) has selected AmeriCares, the non-profit global health and disaster relief organization, for its Service to India Award.
New Delhi, Apr. 4 (ANI): Laying emphasis on the need for good economics to complement good politics, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia today stated that no society can have a future without the two and the systems would run down in the absence of a positive balance.
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Artistes like N. Rajam, Sangeeta Shankar, Nandini Shankar, Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, Ustad Shujaat Khan and Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar will pay tribute to Pandit Ravi Shankar in the "Bhilwara Sur Sangam" festival here April 6-7, a statement said.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Friday urged activist Arvind Kejriwal to end his six-day old hunger strike here against alleged inflated power and water bills.
Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) Nikhil Advani, director of films like "Kal Ho Naa Ho" and "Delhi Safari", is set to produce Marathi film "Lokmanya", about the great freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and says he believes in bringing Marathi cinema close to Bollywood.
Ranchi, March 22 (IANS) A man poured acid on his wife in Jharkhand Friday after she refused to stay with him, police said.
At around 6am, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials started out a search at the residence of M.K. Stalin, son of DMK chief M.K. Karunanidhi on Thursday. The search is being carried out since then.
Chennai, March 20 (IANS) The Indian Tamil film industry will put a stop to exports of Tamil movies to Sri Lanka if the UN doesn't charge Colombo with "genocide" of Tamils, a known filmmaker said Wednesday.
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The song "Bolo na", which has been named for two National awards Monday, had the calibre to win such an honour, says Shankar Mahadevan, who has won the best playback singer (male) for the number.
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Her mirror was her audience, and hairbrush was her Oscar trophy - Freida Pinto grew up dreaming to make it big in cinema. Now she is rubbing shoulders with Hollywood's creme-de-la-creme, but the young actress wants people in India to believe that she is very much connected to her roots.
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has prohibited telecom operators and mobile value added service (VAS) providers from giving live updates of cricket matches and said the Star India TV channel has the "exclusive media rights" over cricket matches organised by the Indian cricket board till 2018.
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Describing it as a landmark order, Star India CEO Uday Shankar Thursday said that the Delhi High Court has prohibited telecom operators and mobile value added service (VAS) providers from giving live updates of cricket matches.
Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) In a bid to woo the Indian film industry, South Korea is offering a whopping 30 percent cash rebate for all films shot in the country, top officials said at the 14th FICCI-FRAMES-2013 here.
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Listing challenges faced by the media industry, Star India CEO Uday Shankar Tuesday said freedom of speech was still being questioned even after over 60 years of independence.
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Listing challenges faced by the media industry, chairman of Ficci's media and entertainment committee Uday Shankar Tuesday said freedom of speech was still being questioned even after over 60 years of independence.
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Listing challenges faced by the media industry, Star India chairman Uday Shankar Tuesday said freedom of speech was still being questioned even after over 60 years of independence.
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The high-powered TED talks - short for Technology, Entertainment and Design - have come to the Indian capital with a micro-level avatar, TEDx Mehrauli, to address issues confronting the community and city which is transforming in the globalisation rush.
New Delhi, Mar. 7 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee presented the first annual Tagore award for cultural harmony to late Pandit Ravi Shankar at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar's legacy lives on and would continue to illuminate the world of music, President Pranab Mukherjee said Thursday.
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Indian classical music borne on the strings of Ravi Shankar's sitar travelled to all corners of the world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday, posthomusly conferring the first Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony on the maestro here Thursday. Ravi Shankar passed away in December 2012.
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will confer the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony posthumously on sitar maestro Ravi Shankar at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Thursday, the culture ministry said in a statement.
New Delhi, Mar. 6 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will confer the 'Tagore Award' for cultural harmony on sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Thursday.
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Singer Norah Jones left fans spellbound with her soulful voice as she performed for the first time in the capital Tuesday.
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Attributing intoxication as the reason behind 90 percent of crimes, spiritual guru Ravi Shankar Tuesday said everyone in the country is living in fear.
Chicago, March 5 (IANS) The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) plans to organize a nine-city childhood obesity awareness campaign in the US with seminars and music concerts by Indian singer Shankar Mahadevan in June.
Mumbai, Mar 2 (IANS) Singer Siddharth Basrur is honoured to open the show for late Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar's daughter Norah Jones' performance at the 'A Summer's Day' music festival, to be held in Mumbai Sunday.
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Around 100 children from across the country suffering from rare genetic disorders Wednesday participated in a silent march to appeal to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to provide them with financial aid and better treatment facilities.
Gurgaon, Feb 25 (IANS) A private security guard was arrested for raping his neighbour's eight-year-old daughter in Gurgaon, police said Monday.
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The BJP Thursday termed President Pranab Mukherjee's speech on the opening day of parliament's budget session as a mere "glossary" of government plans that failed to address crucial issues.
New Delhi, Feb. 18 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said the open and continues statements of the Congress spokespersons and leaders favouring Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Justice (retired) Markandey Katju, have proved our belief that he is biased and working on a particular agenda.
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar's double win at the 55th Grammy awards this year, will remain a bitter-sweet memory for his musician daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones. Anoushka, a sitar player herself, is planning a "belated effort" to hold a memorial for her father in New Delhi.
Review: "Devarane"; Actor: Ravishankar, Neethu, Tabala Nani, Sadhu Kokila, Raju Thalikote, Bullet Prakash; Producers: Shivu Kabbina, Lucky Shankar; Writer and director: Lucky Shankar: Music: Sadhu Kokila; Camera: M.R.Seenu; Rating: **
London, Feb 14 (ANI): Norah Jones, who lost her father Pandit Ravi Shankar in December at the age of 92, said that she will forever be re-discovering his music.
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday pledged "strongest action" if it is proved that bribes swung the $750 million deal for 12 VVIP helicopters for the IAF, as the opposition prepared to raise a storm in parliament opening a week later.
London, Feb. 11 (ANI): Sitar legend Pandit Ravi Shankar, has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy award, which was jointly accepted by his two daughters Anoushka and Norah Jones.
Los Angeles, Feb 11 (IANS) American rock band the Black Keys and its member Dan Auerbach together lifted four trophies at the 55th Grammy awards here, while Skrillex, Gotye and duo Jay-Z and Kanye West, notched up three wins each. Late Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar won the best world music album and the posthumous Lifetime Achievement awards.
Los Angeles, Feb 11 (IANS) Two months after his death, Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar has won the best world music album Grammy for "The Living Room Sessions Part 1" spanning a wide range of Indian classical styles. He was also honoured with a posthumous Lifetime Achievement award.
Los Angeles, Feb 11 (IANS) Two months after his death, Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar has won the best world music album Grammy for "The Living Room Sessions Part 1" spanning a wide range of Indian classical styles.
Los Angeles, Feb 11 (IANS) Two months after his death, Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar has won the best world music album Grammy for "The Living Room Sessions Part 1" spanning a wide range of Indian classical styles.
Bangalore, Feb 8 (IANS) Around 750 business leaders from India and abroad Friday began a two-day discussion here on "Corporate Culture and Spirituality".
Bhopal, Feb.8 (ANI): Congress Party supporters took to the streets and observed a shutdown here on Friday in protest against the mutilated body of a minor girl being found by police near the residence of Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta.
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) Tamil superstar Vikram has lost substantial weight for Shankar's "I" in which he has three different looks and even fell ill a couple of times while preparing himself for the role.
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Underlining the immense benefit to India and China from better relations, an informed panel here Wednesday called for improving civil society interaction between the two countries.
Bhopal, Feb. 5 (ANI): Locals took to streets in Bhopal on Tuesday after the local police recovered a mutilated body of an eight-year-old girl near the residence of the state Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta.
Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) The internet has opened the floodgates for independent musicians and global artists like "Gangnam Style" singer Psy, says Indo-Canadian independent singer Shweta Subram, who feels it has now become easier to take music beyond one's own region.
Coorg (Karnataka), Feb 3 (IANS) An enthusiastic crowd and two powerhouses jamming together, the finale of the second edition of Storm Music festival was an amalgamation of music and fun.
Coorg (Karnataka), Feb 2 (IANS) After two successful editions in the misty landscape of Napoklu here, the Storm Music Festival might become a bi-annual affair, and one edition each year may even take place in international shores, says one of the festival directors.
Hyderabad, Feb 1 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh minister and ruling Congress legislator Shankar Rao was admitted to hospital here after he was detained by police for questioning in a land grabbing case.
Chaliyama (Kharsawan, Jharkhand), Jan.30 (ANI): Years of Naxal-led violence have affected many families in Jharkhand.
Mumbai/New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Income Tax (IT) Department Tuesday conducted surveys of around nine locations into shell companies allegedly owned by BJP president Nitin Gadkari, official sources said. The party called the move vendetta politics by the central government.
Jaipur, Jan.19 (ANI): Congress MP Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday took potshots at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying the country's main opposition party cannot hold a 'Chitan Shivir' like the ruling party at the Centre as they are the puppets of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Following India's worst power outage last July, the government is looking at changes to connectivity regulations to improve transmission and grid functioning, a top official said Wednesday.
Bangalore, Jan 12 (IANS) Academics from India and five other countries Saturday stressed on link between science, spirituality and mental health to help mankind cope with increasing pressures of modern life.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has joined the likes of Hema Malini and Nagarjuna to lend support to the government's Save The Girl Child initiative. He has become a part of a music video to raise awareness, and calls it his "baby step" towards driving change.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Look beyond Bollywood for great musicians, says composer Shankar Mahadevan, who believes there is a huge talent pool in the country and that is yet to be fully tapped.
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The coal ministry Tuesday said expressions of interest (EIO) for appointing consultants has been invited for the restructuring of Coal India Limited (CIL).
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Shankar Mahadevan and Indian Ocean, two powerhouses of the Indian music industry, are set to collaborate for the first time for the grand finale of the second edition of Storm Music Festival.
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The BJP Sunday questioned the "hush-hush manner" in which the 23-year-old gang-raped woman was cremated early in the morning, within hours of her body being flown in from Singapore.
Bangalore, Dec 30 (IANS) Rekindling spirituality is the need of the hour, spiritual guru Ravi Shankar said Sunday, following the death of the Delhi gang-rape victim.
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New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Founder of the Art of Living Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Monday appealed to the youth protesting against the gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl in the capital to remain calm, saying that "justice cannot be brought by violence".
London, December 21 (ANI): Norah Jones led mourners at a memorial service for her father, Indian sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, in San Diego on Thursday.
Mumbai, Dec 14 (IANS) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan fondly called late Pandit Ravi Shankar 'Dada', an elder brother. The sarod maestro is saddened by Ravi Shankar's death and says he was a miracle man filled with humility and grace.
Mumbai, Dec 14 (IANS) Actress Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself. It was for her role of the unfulfilled housewife in Aparna Sen's "Paroma".
Islamabad, Dec 14 (IANS) Pandit Ravi Shankar will be missed most in his motherland India, said a Pakistani daily Friday, adding that the sitar had been silenced forever.
Mumbai, Dec 13 (IANS) Bhajan singer Anup Jalota remembers late Pandit Ravi Shankar as the godfather of classical music and someone who gave India and the sitar, fame across the world.
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 13 (ANI): Indian sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar is set to receive a posthumous lifetime achievement Grammy award, organizers announced on Wednesday.
Washington, December 13 (ANI): Hindu leaders from America are urging Oscar bosses to follow the example of their Grammy Awards peers and honour the late Ravi Shankar at the 2013 Academy Awards, it has been revealed.
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) Indian music legend Pandit Ravi Shankar has been named a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award recipient, a day after his death at 92 in a US hospital.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Artistes from across the Indian musical scene, including Amjad Ali Khan and Birju Maharaj, Wednesday mourned the death of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar.
Mumbai/New Delhi, Dec. 12 (ANI): Indian music luminaries paid tributes to 'godfather of world music' and Grammy winning composer Ravi Shankar, who helped introduce the sitar to the Western world through his collaborations with The Beatles.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday condoled the death of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, calling him a "creative and versatile genius" and "a national treasure".
New Delhi, Dec. 12 (ANI): Sitar became synonymous with Grammy winning composer Ravi Shankar, said his Indian instrument maker Sanjay Sharma, who crafted customized sitars on the former's request.
