
R&B star Rihanna was involved in an altercation after a crazed fan threw a bottle at her while she was leaving a nightclub. According to TMZ Online, the 24-year-old was leaving the nightclub, Box, when someone threw a bottle of an energy drink at her while screaming something about her boyfriend Chris Brown. ...

02:38 PM, Feb 18, 2013

Mindy McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died Sunday in Arkansas in an apparent suicide. She was 37. The Cleburne County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that McCready was found dead at a residence in Heber Springs from what appears to be a single, self-inflicted gunshot to the head. An autopsy is pending. ...

12:11 PM, Feb 18, 2013

International music composer and performer Edward Maya says that he follows Bollywood and likes superstar Shah Rukh Khan the most. "I do follow Bollywood. I like Shah Rukh Khan the most," he told IANS. The composer says he would love to give his music to Bollywood and even sing in a film. ...

07:24 PM, Feb 17, 2013

Popstar Lady Gaga has cancelled the rest of the tours of the 'Born This Way Ball' as she undergoes surgery for a hip injury. The singer had previously postponed shows in Chicago, Detroit and Ontario because of the problem but she is now forced to cancel the rest of the tour because of "a labral tear" in her right hip, Live Nation Global Touring announced on her official website. ...

11:04 AM, Feb 15, 2013

Punjabi pop singer Daler Singh Mehndi was Thursday dispossessed of 10 acres land at Sohna in Haryana by a sub-divisional magistrate court which also served him a 15-day notice for seizing another 100 acres of his farm house. ...

10:20 AM, Feb 15, 2013

A school in Bangalore holds more value for art and dance than any other lessons and most students are children rescued off the streets. Music is her world now and the flute her best friend. ...

11:44 AM, Feb 13, 2013

With "Murder 3", one gets a bit sceptical initially as there are just four original songs in the film. ...

06:44 PM, Feb 12, 2013

On a long-haul international flight writer Piya Choudhury tells the one story she hasn't yet told - her own. Loved and indulged by her mother and grandparents, but haunted by the mysterious absence of her father, Piya grows up in Kolkata, a gifted and impetuous child who pursues her studies with the same passion as she does her first few adolescent crushes, until a savage encounter leaves her repulsed. She...

02:30 PM, Feb 12, 2013

The sitar virtuoso, ambassador of Indian music and friend of The Beatles, who died in December at 92, won best world music album for 'The Living Room Sessions Part 1.' ...

09:59 AM, Feb 11, 2013

The answer to the trivia question will be: "Monkey Drums (Goskel Vancin Remix) by Chase Buch." That's the 25-billionth song purchased on iTunes. ...

11:02 AM, Feb 07, 2013

Looking forward to the Grammys later this month, with three nominations, Gotye is the man of the hour. He performed in Delhi on Wednesday. ...

10:38 AM, Feb 07, 2013

Three persons have been arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in connection with the alleged online abuses and threats to the all-girls rock band, Pragaash. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, "I'm glad the police in Kashmir has identified and arrested people for the online threats made to the girls. I'm told more arrests are possible." ...

09:20 AM, Feb 07, 2013

Two youth were arrested on Wednesday night in connection with the online abuses and threats to the all-girl rock band of Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, "I'm glad the police in Kashmir have identified and arrested 2 people for the online threats made to the girls. I'm told more arrests are possible." ...

02:26 AM, Feb 07, 2013

How do the fatwa and the subsequent disbanding of the all-girl band affect the women's rights movement in Kashmir? Social activist Qurat Masoodi joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...

06:51 PM, Feb 06, 2013

Tonight at 10:30, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts whether artistic freedom is in jeopardy in India. You can send your viewpoint and questions on the issue here or tweet them to us
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12:08 PM, Feb 06, 2013

As Kashmir's all-girls band is forced to stop singing due to threats and fatwas, most stunned by the anger is a group of female folk singers from Iran. In India for their first foreign performances, the women say that Islam doesn't stop women from singing and they have been doing so for years. ...

10:04 AM, Feb 06, 2013

Kashmir Center for Social and Development Studies, chairperson Hameedah Nayeem joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the fatwa against Kashmir's all-girl band ...

02:57 PM, Feb 05, 2013

While the Jammu and Kashmir Police filed an FIR against those issuing threats to the valley's first girl rock band Pragaash, the leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Nation), Asiya Andrabi backed the fatwa issued by the Grand Mufti against the band. Andrabi said there was nothing wrong in stopping the girls from performing on stage. ...

01:28 PM, Feb 05, 2013

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday filed an FIR against online abusers of the all-girl music band Pragaash, said sources. The police action came after an SMS threat was circulated against the all-girl band. ...

10:45 AM, Feb 05, 2013