RIP Ravi Shankar: the sitar gently weeps
byNew Delhi: He was a classical musician in the purest sense and was also dubbed the ‘godfather of world music’ by Beatles friend George Harrison….
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Gujral: The Gentleman who sought peace with neighbours (Obituary)
byInder Kumar Gujral was India’s prime minister for a brief 11 months in 1997-98. But the mild-mannered, soft-spoken politician, whose personality flew against the…
Bal Thackeray: The tiger roars no more
byMumbai: You loved him, you hated him, but you never could ignore him. That was Bal Keshav Thackeray, a fierce proponent of Hindu supremacism in…
Satire king, Jaspal Bhatti is no more (Obituary)
byChandigarh: The genial sardar who not just brought on a smile but also provoked introspection with his biting wit and humour is no more….
Veteran Himachal minister dead
byShimla: Congress leader and five-time Himachal Pradesh minister Sat Mahajan died early Saturday in New Delhi after a brief illness, family members said. He…
Dev Anand: Obituary
byMumbai : From “Baazi” in 1951 to “Chargesheet” in 2011, it was an untrammeled joyride through six decades of Bollywood. It’s curtains for the…
Jhuki jhuki si nazar, in remembrance of Jagjit Singh
byMumbai: Indian ghazal king Jagjit Singh’s way of celebrating his 70th year was unique – he was aiming to complete 70 concerts by the…
Apple’s vissionary, Steve Jobs no more
byWashington: Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, is no more….
Writer Hari Datt Bhatt is no more
byDehra Dun: Dr Hari Datt Bhatt ‘Shailesh’, a renowned writer of Hindi and Garhwali, and former teacher of The Doon School, was consigned to…
Himachal CM, journalists condole demise of veteran journalist PN Sharma
byShimla: Chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, Himachal Journalist Forum and Press Club Shimla have condoled the death of veteran journalist PN Sharma who passed…