New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, expressed deep sorrow over the passing of veteran playback singer Asha Bhosle, describing her as one of the most iconic and versatile voices in Indian music and saying her extraordinary musical journey enriched the nation’s cultural heritage. In a message posted on X, PM Modi said he…
Mumbai: The singer who crooned into the hearts of multiple generations with songs like Piya Tu Ab To Aaja (1971 film Caravan) to Zara Sa Jhoom Loon Main (1995 film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge) breathed her last at 92. Her son, Anand Bhosle, confirmed the tragic news. In the vast, melodious landscape of Hindi cinema, few voices…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu reacted to Asha Bhosle’s death. A post on her official X account read, “The passing of Asha Bhosle Ji has created a huge void in the world of music. Her legendary career as an iconic singer has defined an era of music in India. I have fond memories of having…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the time has come for the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Act in its true spirit, and the 2029 Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections will be conducted with the quota for women in place. In a letter to the floor leaders of Lok Sabha and…
Mumbai: Asha Bhosle, who not only survived in the shadow of her sister’s greatness but stepped out of it with a genre-defying voice to create her own universe in Hindi playback singing, died on Sunday. She was 92. Asha, one half of the Mangeshkar sisters whose versatility was unmatched even by her sister, was admitted…
The collapse of the latest round of U.S.–Iran talks is not just another failed diplomatic exercise—it is a flashing red signal that West Asia is inching toward a far more dangerous and uncontrollable phase. After over 21 hours of negotiations, the breakdown confirmed first by J.D. Vance and subsequently by Iran’s foreign minister, exposes a…
For a brief moment, the US–Iran talks in Islamabad were sold as the new Geneva. Quiet backchannel talk became loud primetime certainty. Some familiar opposition voices were quick to applaud Pakistan’s ‘initiative’ and ask why New Delhi was not in the room. Well, the room has now emptied. Quietly. After long hours of talks and…
Kolkata: More than 3.6 crore electors across 16 districts are eligible to exercise their franchise in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections on April 23, according to Election Commission data. The electoral rolls for the first phase comprise 1.84 crore men, 1.75 crore women and 465 persons of the third gender, the…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that calling Parliament’s special sitting amid state polls reinforces belief that the government is hurrying the implementation of women’s reservation law for “political mileage”. In a letter to PM Modi, Kharge reiterated the demand that an all-party meeting be called to discuss…
New York: India’s economic growth journey is a huge opportunity for its international partners, the country’s envoy in Washington, Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra, said, underlining that the US is “front and centre” and among New Delhi’s most consequential partnerships. Kwatra made the remarks during a special address on Saturday at the Columbia Indian Economy Summit…
