Ever heard instrumental version of ‘Wish you a Merry Christmas’, not on guitar, violin or brass, but on sitar? Renowned sitarist Chandulal Kalburgi left the audience spellbound playing all-time classic tunes, from ‘Merry Christmas’ to ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ as he took over Repertwahr Festival’s ‘Shabd stage’ on the opening day on Thursday. As his…
BHUBANESWAR: The death of a 14-year-old student of KISS school here might have been hushed up had villagers in his native Keonjhar, 220 km away, not staged a protest on Dec 13. City police commissioner S Dev Datta Singh on Wednesday revealed that the boy was strangled by three hostelmates — called the “joker’s gang”…
Lucknow: Students in traditional attires clicked selfies with teachers and friends, enjoying musical performances on the first day of a three-day Centenary Celebration of Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya on Thursday. The programme was inaugurated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in the presence of mayor Sushma Kharakwal and culture and tourism minister Jaiveer Singh.The campus was decked…
Lucknow: Culture Minister Jaiveer Singh, who inaugurated 13th edition of Repertwhar festival on Thursday, said such events were important to keep cultural spirit of the city alive. In coming days, Lucknow will meet well-known artists, writers and cultural personalities from across the country, representing theatre, music, literature, humour and other forms of creative expression.The opening…
Lucknow: A massive fire broke out at a scrap warehouse near a big hospital in Sonia Gandhinagar, Chowk, on Thursday. The blaze reduced material worth several lakhs of rupees to ashes, but there was no casualty.Preliminary reports suggest the blaze was triggered by a small bonfire lit by children nearby to ward off winter chill….
Lucknow: To commemorate the birth centenary year of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a two-day free Atal Health Fair-6 will be organised on Decr 20-21 at the Mini Stadium in Vikas Nagar.The health camp is being held as a tribute to the Bharat Ratna awardee and aims to provide wide-ranging medical services to residents.Health…
JALANDHAR: One moment he was enjoying kebabs on Bondi beach. The next, he was running headlong towards a hail of bullets.The Bondi shooting, horrifying as it was, also saw heroism by ordinary individuals, one of whom was Punjabi-Sikh origin New Zealander Amandeep Singh Bola, who sprinted in the direction of the gunfire, saw one of…
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath govt will table its supplementary budget for 2025-26 on Dec 22 during the winter session of UP assembly starting Friday. The house will also discuss ‘Vande Mataram’ on the same day. Chairing an all-party meeting on Thursday, Speaker Satish Mahana sought cooperation from all parties for the smooth conduct of proceedings….
Lucknow: Speed limits for buses and trucks used between 8 pm and 8 am over the network of expressways have been significantly reduced from Thursday. Taking note of the dense fog conditions, the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) notified the revised speed limits that will be enforced for buses and commercial vehicles during…
What would have been the reaction of a young Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on seeing a Rs 2,000 currency note? Actor Pratik Gandhi, who has made it to record books performing his mono act ‘Mohan’s Masala’ in Hindi, English and Gujarati in a single day, posed this query in his performance during Repertwahr on Thursday. The…
