The newborn Mayabini with her mother Kuwari in eastern Assam’s Kaziranga National Park. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement GUWAHATI A female calf born to one of the oldest elephants serving the Assam Forest Department has been named Mayabini to honour Zubeen Garg, the Assamese cultural icon who died in Singapore on September 19. Kuwari, who…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday (October 4, 2025) said that the state police cannot travel to Singapore to conduct the investigation into the mysterious death of cultural icon Zubeen Garg. Speaking to reporters after meeting Garg’s family in Guwahati, Mr. Sarma also said that Assam Police will not be able to “join…
Allysha Joy | Photo Credit: Special arrangement On the cusp of a new era, jazz continues to evolve, expand and experiment with all kinds of sounds and genres — all while staying rooted to its ornate identity. It is this quality of adaptability that keeps this genre uniquely relevant and timeless. What else could possibly…
Pt. Chhannulal Mishra during a concert in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh | Photo Credit: PTI It was perhaps fitting that Pt. Chhannulal Mishra breathed his last on Dussehra — his most enduring legacy are his recordings dedicated to Lord Ram. Whether it was the four-volume rendition of the Sundarkand, the evocative Ram Vivaha, or his popularity as a kathaakar. His…
Santhosh Narayanan | Photo Credit: Thamodharan B/The Hindu Ace music composer Santhosh Narayanan on Friday (October 3) announced that he has commenced work on building “an ultra-transparent, affordable music streaming platform” that will be “built, operated and served from India.” The Kalki 2898AD composer announced the news on his X handle. Calling it his dream…
They Call Him OG, director Sujeeth’s Telugu action drama led by Pawan Kalyan, is holding fort in theatres in its second week, and its director of photography Ravi K Chandran is pleased with the reception to the film and his work. His cinematography, along with AS Prakash’s production design, Darshan Jalan and Neelanchal Kumar Ghosh’s…
The first thing Clevatess does is kill its heroes. Thirteen champions brutally dispatched before the story has even begun. If that weren’t enough, the titular demon king razes an entire kingdom for this slight. And yet, amid the smouldering ruins, he pauses to grant a dying boy’s plea: he will take in a human infant….
A Commuter passes by a Durga Puja pandal decorated with photographs of the deceased singer Zubeen Garg, in Guwahati, Assam, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A court in Assam on Friday (October 3, 2025) sent Zubeen Garg’s band members Shekharjyoti Goswami and Amritprabha Mahanta to 14 days of police remand in connection…
Prithviraj Sukumaran, poster of ‘Operation Cambodia,’ and Tharun Moorthy | Photo Credit: @therealprithvi/Instagram and @tharun_moorthy/Instagram After scoring a hat-trick of hits at the box office with Thudarum, Malayalam filmmaker Tharun Moorthy has announced the sequel to his debut film, Operation Java, a slick thriller on Kerala Police’s cyber cell, released in 2021. Titled Operation Cambodia,…
A still from ‘Pillion’ | Photo Credit: A24 A24 has released the first trailer for Pillion, a queer romantic dramedy starring Alexander Skarsgård as a leather-clad biker gang leader and Harry Melling as the timid young man who becomes his unlikely partner. Written and directed by Harry Lighton in his feature debut, Pillion adapts Adam…
