David Guetta performing | Photo Credit: Courtesy davidguetta/Instagram For years, the December calendar in Goa was defined by one event: the Sunburn festival. Yet, for the first time in over a decade, the main Sunburn festival is leaving its spiritual home and moving to Mumbai. From December 19 to 21, the 18-year-old electronic dance music…
Pianist Devanga Bidrum Kalita from Dibrugarh in Assam began learning piano in class II after watching his friend play the instrument. An artist with a specific learning disability, his interest encountered a roadblock when he could not find a piano teacher in the city. Every month, he and his mother went to Guwahati to learn…
(from left) Sai Pallavi, S.J. Suryah and Anirudh | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat, B. Jothi Ramalingam, B. Velankanni Raj Actors S.J. Suryah, Sai Pallavi, Vikram Prabhu, Jaya V.C. Guganathan, K. Manikandan, and M. George Maryan are among those who have been named to receive the Tamil Nadu government’s ‘Kalaimamani’ Awards for the years 2021, 2022,…
Zubeen da, Goldie da — these were some of the names by which Zubeen Garg was known. The musician from Assam, who passed away recently following an incident in Singapore, recorded over 40,000 songs and became a voice for every mood. His sudden shifts in octave — from high to middle to low — were…
Actor Amit Chakkalakkal. Photo courtesy: Facebook Malayalam actor Amit Chakkalakkal has clarified that the Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate, Kochi, seized only one vehicle registered in his name as part of Operation Numkhor, which targeted “high-value second-hand cars” allegedly smuggled into Kerala, and not seven, as reported by certain media outlets. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday (September…
This is perhaps the hardest thing to do. To write about a elder brother, mentor, and one of the finest singers of our time. My state of Assam has been in mourning for four days, with thousands gathering to bid him farewell. Everyone seems to have a Zubeen Da story. This is mine. Offices in…
This image released by ABC shows Jimmy Kimmel on the set of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ | Photo Credit: AP Jimmy Kimmel returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday night with a defiant monologue, describing efforts to silence comedians as “anti American” and warning against government intimidation of entertainers. The episode marked his first broadcast since…
File picture of music composer A.R. Rahman | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (September 24, 2025) set aside an order against music composer A.R. Rahman over an alleged copyright infringement case related to the song ‘Veera Raja Veera’ featured in the 2023 film Ponniyin Selvan 2. A bench of…
A still from ‘The Bride!’ | Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Maggie Gyllenhaal has unveiled the first look at her second feature film, The Bride!, with a teaser trailer that reimagines Mary Shelley’s gothic classic through the lens of a 1930s outlaw love story. The film stars Christian Bale as a lonely Frankenstein in Depression-era Chicago,…
Last Updated:September 24, 2025, 16:48 IST She stayed for two days here and performed Sarpa Samskara and Naga Pratishthe. Many speculated that she might have visited as per guidance from some astrologer. In March this year, Bollywood actress Katrina kaif visited Kukke Subrahmanya temple with her family and performed special pujas over here In the…
