In a tragic incident, a 19-year-old student allegedly took his own life in the Thane district of Maharashtra after he was assaulted by a group of people on a local train following a row over not ...

City-based NGO Wishes and Blessings hosted the fourth edition of its annual fundraising event, Jashn-e-Qawwali 2025, over the weekend. Held on September 12, the evening drew more than 650 attendees, ...

Qawwali has long been an art form that transcends borders and generations, drawing audiences into a trance-like state of rhythm and devotion. Think of yesteryear legends like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, ...

In a curious development during the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's (MNS) protest in Thane amid the raging language row in the state, state Transport Minister and Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik tried to ...

The Raj Thackeray-led MNS posted a video of the detention on social media. Security has been heightened across the Mira Bhayander area in response to the rally. Ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal ...

As Maharashtra continues to reel under a fierce debate over linguistic identity, an old video of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray has resurfaced online, drawing renewed attention. In the clip, ...

Over 72 hours after a Mumbai shopkeeper was assaulted for not speaking in Marathi - his ordeal filmed and circulated online by the assailants - and over 24 hours after the FIR was filed, the police ...

NEW DELHI: Delhi's KD Jadhav Stadium was transformed into a haven of soulful melodies and cultural unity as Sagar Wali Qawwali, led by the renowned Sufi artist Sagar Bhatia, graced the city as part of ...

Celebrated Qawwali maestro Sagar Bhatia, popularly known as Sagar Wali, is set to embark on a 15-city nationwide tour of unparalleled scale from March to June this year to entertain fans of Sufi music ...

The Union Cabinet has granted classical language status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali, increasing recognized classical languages to eleven The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the ...

The great Pakistani qawwali singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, dubbed the "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" (the King of the Kings of Qawwali) died in 1997 at the young age of 48. He was right at the peak of his ...

The Niazi brothers have not only preserved the traditional essence of Qawwali but have also managed to infuse it with contemporary relevance, writes GYANESHWAR DAYAL Immersed in the mysticism of Sufi ...