
New Delhi: 'Kolaveri Di' hitmaker Dhanush returned to the music world with his anthem for Sachin Tendulkar. The video was a salute to master blaster Sachin. The song and the video was an instant hit when the link was posted by Dhanush on Twitter but it was soon pulled off. "Sad dat sum1 removed sachin song link.v worked so hard 4 a week wout a mins sleep.well,I wish all well...

11:58 AM, Feb 10, 2012

New Delhi: 'Kolaveri Di' hitmaker Dhanush has taken the microphone again. This time to salute master blaster Sachin Tendulkar through a music video. The 28-year-old, who is riding high on the success of Tanglish song, says he is honoured to croon for 'India's pride' Tendulkar in a Boost commercial. "It's a great honour to sing for a legend like Sachin Tendulkar. I am happy that I have been chosen to...

01:51 PM, Feb 08, 2012

After the immense success of 'Why This Kolaveri Di', actor Dhanush has now come up with an anthem saluting cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Here's the making of the video. ...

05:43 PM, Feb 03, 2012

New Delhi: In a rousing display of patriotism and unity, over 15,000 people from the city on Wednesday participated in a mass singing of national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana', creating a world record in the process. With a tally of 15,243, they took India into the 'Guinness Book of World Records' for "the most people singing a national anthem simultaneously", erasing the previous record held by Pakistan for 5,800 individuals....

06:43 PM, Jan 25, 2012

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05:19 PM, Jan 25, 2012

New Delhi: No other Indian song is said to capture the poignancy of a do-or-die moment, be it in the sporting field or at the frontiers, the way Jana Gana Mana can. Jana Gana Mana, composed by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and sung for the first time at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress on December 27, 1911, has fired a nation's patriotism and united it in crisis...

07:14 PM, Dec 26, 2011

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL, which sought replacement of word 'Sindh' with 'Sindhu' in the National Anthem. Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Roshan Dalvi dismissed the petition, saying that the apex court had already dealt with the issue. The PIL, filed by retired professor Shreekant Malushte, had claimed that when the anthem was composed in 1917, 'Sindh' was a part of India, which is...

07:01 PM, Oct 07, 2011

New Delhi: Anna Hazare on Saturday announced that he would end his fats on Sunday morning after Parliament adopted 'Sense of the House' on his demands, but cautioned that only half of the battle against corruption has been won. Hazare congratulated Parliament for adopting his demands and called it a people's power. "I congratulate every MP on what has happened today. It's a victory of people power. This is just...

10:02 PM, Aug 27, 2011

Stanza 2 Ohoroho Tobo Aahbaano Prachaarito,Shuni Tabo Udaaro Baani Hindu Bauddho Shikho Jaino,Parashiko Musholmaano Christaani Purabo Pashchimo Aashey,Tabo Singhaasano Paashey Premohaaro Hawye Gaanthaa Jano Gano Oikyo Bidhaayako Jayo Hey,Bhaarato Bhaagyo Bidhaataa Jayo Hey, Jayo Hey, Jayo Hey,Jayo Jayo Jayo, Jayo Hey Meaning: Your call is announced continuously, we heed Your gracious call The Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsees, Muslims, and Christians, The East and the West come, to the side...

11:26 PM, Aug 12, 2011

Stanza 2 Ohoroho Tobo Aahbaano Prachaarito,Shuni Tabo Udaaro Baani Hindu Bauddho Shikho Jaino,Parashiko Musholmaano Christaani Purabo Pashchimo Aashey,Tabo Singhaasano Paashey Premohaaro Hawye Gaanthaa Jano Gano Oikyo Bidhaayako Jayo Hey,Bhaarato Bhaagyo Bidhaataa Jayo Hey, Jayo Hey, Jayo Hey,Jayo Jayo Jayo, Jayo Hey Meaning: Your call is announced continuously, we heed Your gracious call The Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsees, Muslims, and Christians, The East and the West come, to the side...

11:26 PM, Aug 12, 2011

New Delhi: The Silent National Anthem, an ad campaign that features deaf and mute children "singing" the 'Jana Gana Mana' through sign language, won a silver at advertising's highest awards - Cannes Lions 2011. Media reports say, after the shortlists on day one came the awards on day two of the Cannes Advertising Festival. Mudra Groups Silent Anthem for Reliance MediaWorks has bagged a silver and two bronze lions at...

05:11 PM, Jun 21, 2011

New Delhi: He had once fired a nation's patriotism with verses espousing freedom from imperialism, a 100 years later, Rabindranath Tagores ode to the motherland still has the power to move a country of a billion people to tears in a fierce show of nationalism. As the opening strands of 'Jana Gana Mana' started to play at Mumbai's Wankhede stadium on Saturday before the final clash between India and Sri...

06:40 PM, Apr 04, 2011

An ad featuring a pug won a contest at the superbowl beating popstar Christina Aguilera. ...

11:56 AM, Feb 08, 2011

Arlington: Christina Aguilera says she flubbed a line as she belted out the national anthem at the start of the Super Bowl on Sunday night after getting lost in the moment and losing her place. "I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of its anthem still came through," she said in a statement after the performance. When she was...

06:12 PM, Feb 07, 2011

Colombo: Sri Lanka has scrapped the Tamil version of its national anthem at official and state functions, a move likely to further alienate the ethnic Tamils in the country. Now the national anthem-'Sri Lanka matha....' can only be rendered in the majority Sinhala language at official functions, the Sri Lankan cabinet decided. The decision was taken at the last cabinet meeting headed by the President Mahinda Rajapksha, who pointed out...

06:54 PM, Dec 12, 2010