Tributes Pour In For Singing Legend Kishori Amonkar

Renowned classical singer Kishori Amonkar passed away shortly before midnight after a brief illness, family sources said here on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, among a host of others, have mourned her death.....

 

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Acclaimed Hindi Fiction Writer Krishna Sobti Dead

Acclaimed Hindi fiction writer and essayist Krishna Sobti died on Friday here at the age of 93 due to prolonged illness, her family said.....

 

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B-Town Celebs Mourn Classical Singer Kishori Amonkar's Death

Bollywood celebrities including Shabana Azmi, Vishal Dadlani and Lata Mangeshkar have mourned the death of renowned classical singer Kishori Amonkar, who passed away here shortly before midnight on Tuesday. ....

 

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Mamang Dai, Ramesh Kuntal Win Sahitya Akademi Award

Authors Mamang Dai and Ramesh Kuntal Megh have won this year's Sahitya Akademi award for their work "The Black Hill", a novel, and "Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar", a literary criticism, in English and Hindi respectively. ....

 

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