Rahul Dev Burman was a legendary music composer who changed the face of Indian film music. With his inspired rock 'n' roll classics, Panchamda, as he was fondly known, brought about 'youthful exuberance' to Bollywood's music. Burman's first brush with success ...
Dwayne Johnson, more commonly called 'The Rock' comes out with a stellar performance in 'Snitch'. The movie, directed by Ric Roman Waugh, tells the story of a father out to save his son wrongly accused of drug peddling.
Kanyakumari's beauty lies in lush landscapes and indomitable ranges of mountains. However, the mountains do not seem indomitable these days. The illegal rock mining mafia have been blasting the age old Western Ghats, near Vilavancode, and smuggling the rocks i...
Family members of the silenced Kashmiri all-girl rock band 'Pragaash' has hit out at Grand Mufti for its double speak. A kin of one of the band members has said that Grand Mufti, which issued a fatwa against the band saying that their performances are un-Islam...
The Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested two of the three persons who posted offensive comments against the state's only all-girls band, Pragaash. Tariq Khan and Rameez Shah were arrested. The band, however, had already disbanded following a fatwa that was i...
Even though the all-girls band from Kashmir has called it quits after a fatwa was issued against them by the Grand Mufti, support for them has only grown. Femal singers and artists from Islamic countries, such as Pakistan and Iran, have urged the band to conti...
Tormentors of the Kashmiri all-girl rock band 'Pragaash' is likely to face legal action soon. The J&K police is reportedly building a watertight case against those who abused and bullied the members of the band online. The accused are likely to be booked under...
As fundamentalists in Jammu and Kashmir meet success in silencing a budding all-girl rock band, the government's silence on the matter could only encourage unofficial censorship and undermine its authority. The band, Pragaash, was forced to give up after the G...
In this episode of the 30 Minutes, the fatwa against the all-girl Kashmiri rock band Pragaash is in focus. The hate messages against the rock band on social networking sites was followed by the fatwa that led the girls to say they were giving up their music. T...
News Hour | Fringe radical groups have tried to politicise the issue of the fatwa by the Grand Mufti and curbing the freedom of individuals. However, the silent majority in J&K has come out speaking in support of the all-girl band. Mehmooba Mufti, PDP chief, t...
Moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference hits out at the hardliners, claiming that there is no place for fatwas in the modern world. Speaking to the channel, senior leader of Hurriyat Conference Bilal Ghani Lone, says the controversy of the fatwa issued aga...
As if the threats and fatwa issued against Kashmiri all-girl rock band 'Pragaash' is not enough, the family members of the girls are threatened with social boycott. Dukhtaraan-e-Millat, an all-women outfit, which has issued this threat, has also slammed Jammu ...
Terming the fatwa issued against Kashmir's all-girl rock band 'Pragaash' a slap on the face of secular India, BJP leader Balbir Punj has demanded immediate action from the Jammu and Kashmir government against the fringe elements that forced the band to call it...
As if the threats and fatwa issued against Kashmiri all-girl rock band 'Pragaash' is not enough, the family members of the girls are threatened with social boycott. Despite the support from various corners and the assurances of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister...
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has once again been embarrassed by his uncle Mustafa Kamal. The leader of National Conference has stirred up a fresh controversy in the case of a fatwa issued against Kashmir's all-girl rock band, by saying the Gr...
Kashmir's all-girl rock band 'Pragaash' has decided to call it quits after a fatwa was issued against them by the Grand Mufti, calling their performances un-Islamic and obscene. The assurances from Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah have failed to co...
There has been widespread protest against the fatwa issued to Kashmir's all-girls rock band 'Pragaash'. People are up in arms against curtailing the freedom of artistic expression. Despite all these protests and support for the band, the Omar Abdullah-led gove...
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah speaks on the Fatwa issued by Grand Mufti against the all-girl band 'Pragaash' in Kashmir. Omar supports the right of the girls to sing. He says that the government is willing to give them required protection. How...
Grand Mufti reiterates stand on Fatwa against the all-girl rock band of Kashmir, says it is justified and for their own good. President of the All Imam Association also supports the Fatwa, saying Shariat is against music.
Condemning the fatwa issued against 'Pragaash', Kashmir's first female rock band, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh says the party cannot support such regressive diktats. Various women's rights organizations too have come out, condemning the fatwa.
Despite the widespread outrage against the fatwa issued against 'Pragaash', Kashmir's first female rock band, Hurriyat has reiterated the diktat. Although the Jammu and Kashmir government has initially supported the band after it received online threats, it no...
A fatwa has been issued against 'Pragaash', Kashmir's first female rock band, prohibiting it from participating in music concerts. The rock band, which had faced online threats, is now silenced by this unofficial censorship. The fatwa comes despite the Jammu a...
A fatwa has been issued against 'Pragaash', Kashmir's first female rock band, prohibiting it from participating in music concerts. The rock band, which had faced online threats, is now silenced by this unofficial censorship. The fatwa comes despite the Jammu a...
The tailor, King, owns the Custom Clothing and Accessories shop. Every year he, along with his Chimp, religiously makes his way to the The Burning Man Festival, a week-long festival that is held at Playa in Black Rock City in Nevada. For a week, this stretch o...
In Nevada's Black Rock Desert every year, people come in tens and thousands from the cities to celebrate the Burning Man festival where they spend time building up a city only to burn it down to ash and start afresh next year.
Organisers of the Enrique Iglesias rock concert in Pune accuse an ACP rank officer of misbehaving with the crew. According to the organisers, they were beat up by the policeman when they denied him and his entourage entry into the platinum area of the concert....
Analysts believe that the resulting popularity and vandalism in the wake of the Pussy Riot punk band's trial raises a question over who is really benefiting from the sentence. A member of the jailed punk rock band, Pussy Riot, was released this week although t...
A member of the jailed punk rock band, Pussy Riot, was released this week although two of her band members were remanded to judicial custody. The three of them were handed two year terms in August for performing an anti-religious and anti-establishment provoca...
The statue of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala is said to be more than a 1000 years old. Everyday a paste of 'Paccha karpooram' is applied on the statue. This is a thick paste and has some reactive chemicals whose application on other statues results in degradati...
The resulting popularity and vandalism in the wake of the Pussy Riot band's trial raises a big question about who has benefited from the sentence. The band's trial, conviction and sentencing has received lots of coverage from media worldwide. There is very li...
In Moscow, an appeals court has freed one of the jailed members of the notorious Pussy Riot punk rock band. The court has, however, upheld the two-year sentence against the two others in the band. The three of them were previously convicted of hooliganism alle...
Nagarjuna launches Oktoberfest in Hyderabad. Here he talks about his new look, about music, his kind of music, world music, and the cultural exchange that is happening around the world in the field of music. Many rock bands are expected in Hyderabad to perform...
Former Indian captains Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin and Under-19 captain Unmukt Chand speak about their experiences, dreams and aspirations in cricket at the India Today Mind Rocks Youth Summit 2011.
Hyderabad has booming wildlife all along its roads, courtesy the 11th United Nation Convention on Biological Diversity that would be held in the city from October 1. Flyovers and other places are being painted with scenes from nature, wildlife, traditional art...
Watch all the important speeches and debates from India Today Mind Rocks Youth Summit 2012 in which eminent personalities like Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal, Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana an...
India Today Group Mind Rocks Youth Summit 2012's third edition saw a host of public figures from various walks of life sharing their success stories. Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, social activist Arvind Kejriwal, actors Priyanka Chopra, Sonam ...
India Today Group's Mind Rocks Youth Summit 2012 will take place today. The theme is 'Be the Best You' and encourages the courage to stand by one's true instinct and live one's passion. Kalli Purie, Group Chief Synergy Officer, promises an exciting event with ...
Theme for this year's India Today Mind Rocks Youth Summit is 'Be The Best You'. There is an impressive line up of speakers at the Summit, some even from Pakistan. Around 1500 youngsters are expected to attend the event.
Aspirants for the India Today Mind Rocks Youth Summit 2012 have auditioned at the SRCC campus. Celebrities and achievers from divergent fields will add colour to the event. Alternative rock band Philosophy of Life has won a chance to play at the Summit from am...
The seige rolled on at the US Open with all the top tennis stars cruising into the second round. 29-year-old former Grand Slam champion Andy Roddick gives budding star Rhyne Williams a lesson or two in professional tennis. Venus Williams dominates at the Arthu...
Sprite is all set to topple sister brand Thums Up as it climbs up to the top of the charts. Brand Equity looks at the factors that led up to this and why the clear lime segment is growing. Later, Sonali Krishna speaks to GroupM India's CEO Vikram Sakhuja who ...
Can mining start on land without the permission of the local panchayath? The Kannedhara Konda is a palce of religious importance for the tribals of Setthampeta mandal in Srikakulam district. The tribals treat the hill as their deity, and have temples located o...
One of the top equity fund managers in the country – Anup Maheshwari does not rest on his laurels. As the Head of Equities at DSP Black Rock mutual fund, his team strives to push stocks that may lead the next bull run. With more than 15 years of experience i...
Actors Vidya Balan and Ranbir Kapoor win accolades at the IIFA Awards Singapore 2012. Here's a glimpse into all the glitz that made the 'IIFA Rocks' perfomances the show-of-a-lifetime. IIFA host Ayushman gets Sonakshi to shake a leg; Dia Mirza & Shahzan Padams...
Bollywood stepped out to celebrate with a series of parties at IIFA Rocks 2012. Stars shone down on Singapore and the brightest of them was the Bengali bombshell Bipasha Basu.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal apologises for the controversial cartoon picture of BR Ambedkar in an NCERT textbook and assures that the books will not be distributed anymore.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is expected to meet Andhra Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana to resolve the rift between the two.
'A little bird told me' takes a whole new meaning with the not-so anonymous Twitter blue bird taking an enormous role of spreading the word for celebrities, brands and now politicians.
Riding on a rich legacy of classical music, including Ustad Nusrat Fatheh Ali Khan for an uncle, four brothers from Pakistan have come together to form a band called Raga Boys.
Three World Cup winners Krishnamachari Srikanth, Suresh Raina and Ravichandran Ashwin get candid at the India Today Mind Rocks Youth Summit underway in Chennai.
BCCI selection chairman Kris Srikkanth, cricketers Suresh Raina and R Ashwin, participate in the second India Mind Rocks Youth Summit 2011 held in Chennai.