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The nominations for the 67th Grammy Awards were announced on Friday, bringing both familiar and new Indian and Indian-origin names to the forefront. Artists like Ricky Kej, Anoushka Shankar, Varijashree Venugopal, Radhika Vekaria, and Chandrika Tandon are among those recognised this year. Ricky Kej, a two-time Grammy winner, earned a nomination in the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album category for his album Break of Dawn. Also in this category are the album Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn by sitarist, singer-songwriter and composer Anoushka Shankar, Warriors of Light by Indian-origin artist Radhika Vekaria and Triveni by entrepreneur and artist Chandrika Tandon, created with flautist Wouter Kellerman and cellist Eru Matsumoto. Anoushka… Read More »Grammys 2025: Ricky Kej, Anoushka Shankar, Varijashree Venugopal Among 5 Indian Nominees

Pakistan all-rounder Kamran Ghulam opened up about being denied his debut cap ahead of the 1st ODI against Australia in Melbourne earlier this week. Ghulam, who slammed a century on his Test debut last month, featured at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Monday as Pakistan lost the series opener by a narrow margin. Prior to his Test debut against England last month, where he had replaced star batter Babar Azam who was dropped from the team owing to poor form, Ghulam had only played one international match before. For the unversed, Ghulam made his ODI debut as a concussion substitute on 13 January 2023, against New Zealand at Karachi. However, he did not get to… Read More »Pakistan Star, Waiting For His 1st ODI Cap, Told You Already Made Debut

A farmer’s family in Gujarat’s Amreli district has become the talk of the town after they held a grand burial event for their “lucky” car. Nearly 1,500 people, including seers and spiritual leaders, attended the function organised by Sanjay Polara and his family at Padarshinga village of Lathi taluka on Thursday. A video of the event that went viral on social media shows Polara and his family performing rituals at their farm, where a slope and 15-foot deep pit was dug for their 12-year-old Wagon R. The hatchback, decorated with flowers and garlands, was taken to Polara’s farm from his house with much fanfare, driven on the slope and placed in the pit. The vehicle… Read More »Gujarat Family Honours ‘Lucky’ Car With Burial Ceremony, 1,500 People Attend

An Iranian man has been charged over an alleged plot by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to kill Donald Trump – the United States president-elect who has already survived two attempts on his life. The Republican leader, set to return to the White House this January, was shot in his ear during an assassination attempt in July. The Justice Department termed Farhad Shakeri as an “Iranian asset” who was tasked by the Iranian regime on October 7 to plot Trump’s assassination. Shakeri, 51, allegedly told law enforcement that he did not intend to propose a plan to kill Trump within the timeframe set by the IRGC, according to an official statement. “The Justice Department… Read More »3rd Assassination Attempt? Iran Man Charged With Plotting To Kill Trump

Four coaches of the Secunderabad-Shalimar Superfast Express derailed near Howrah in West Bengal this morning. The weekly special train derailed in Nalpur, about 40 km from Kolkata. The four coaches that derailed also included a parcel van. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far, South Eastern Railway officials have confirmed. Railway officials are on their way to the accident site.