New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is likely to visit Ajmer on April 8 to pay obeisance at the famous Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. A request for a "private visit" by the President has been forwarded to the Indian side though a final date for the trip is yet to be set, sources in the Pakistan government said. However, sources in Delhi said the visit is likely...
11:16 AM, Apr 01, 2012
Singer Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan says he has always believed that Indian classical music would mix well with Western chords. ...
05:36 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: Malayalam star Mammootty's son Dulquar Salman tied the knot with Sufia on December 22, 2011 in Chennai. Manmootty had taken time off from his movies to make sure he was there for his son's wedding. ...
06:11 PM, Dec 23, 2011
New Delhi: Director Milan Luthria's latest film The Dirty Picture is making waves. Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah starrer The Dirty Picture will be released on December 2, 2011. To exhilarate the excitement among audiences, a song video was launched lately. The song is titled 'Ishq Sufiyana' and stars Vidya Balan along with Emraan Hashmi. The track is totally different from the much talked about 'Oh...
12:46 PM, Oct 30, 2011
Ranbir Kapoor is playing a 'Rockstar' in Imtiaz Ali's November release, but the film also has a sufi track which was shot in Delhi's Nizamuddin dargah. ...
08:32 PM, Sep 22, 2011
Amritsar: Noted sufi singers the Wadali Brothers were stopped at the Amritsar airport by security personal after 14 live cartridges were found in their luggage. These are among hypersensitive items banned as per security norms. Shockingly, the two brothers passed through two CISF posts before the ammunition was detected. No FIR has been filed for now, but the singers have been asked to appear before the Commandant on Monday for...
03:06 PM, Sep 11, 2011
The birth of the Punjabi literary tradition is built into Sufi mysticism, which dates back to the birth of Shaikh Faridu'd-Din, popularly known as Baba Farid, in the late 12th century. For the last 800 years, Punjab has prided itself on a spiritual culture that believes in open worship, relying on the "holy book" and the core tenets of Sufism, secularism being its primary plank. The anthology of essays, "The...
11:18 AM, Aug 30, 2011
As India celebrates its 65th Independence Day here's Sufi singer Zila Khan rendering a patriotic number. ...
08:10 AM, Aug 15, 2011
New Delhi: The third episode of Coke Studio @MTV turned out to be one of the best with Sufi maestros Wadali Brothers taking charge and bringing out some of the best melodies with Bollywood and regional singers. From 'Aa Mil Yaar' to 'Tu Maane Ya Naa', Wadali Brothers brought out the never heard before versions of some popular Punjabi and Sufi songs. Accompanied by Mousam Gogoi and Bondo in the...
07:45 PM, Jul 02, 2011
Islamabad: The Taliban claimed responsibility for suicide attacks at a Sufi shrine in eastern Pakistan on Sunday in which 41 people were killed and up to 65 wounded, a militant spokesman said. "Our men carried out these attacks and we will carry out more in retaliation for government operations against our people in the northwest," Ehsanullah Ehsan told Reuters by telephone from undisclosed location. ...
09:35 PM, Apr 03, 2011
Islamabad: Three powerful blasts ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine near Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan's Punbjab province on Sunday, killing at least 40 people and injuring 100 others, a government official said. The first blast occurred at the main entrance of the Sakhi Sarwar Darbar located about 30 kms from Dera Ghazi Khan. The two other blasts went off inside the shrine just as a rescue operation had been...
07:42 PM, Apr 03, 2011
New Delhi: Pakistani Sufi singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, detained for allegedly carrying over $1 lakh of undeclared cash, was released after nearly 30 hours. But the Pakistani singer has not been given a clean chit and his passport has been seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Investigative Agencies are still probing to ascertain why he was carrying more money than permitted. The singer and his troupe were...
10:01 PM, Feb 14, 2011
"I keep on getting offers. Yash Chopra, Subhash Ghai and many others have offered to me to sing in their films. But I have immersed myself in Sufi music and to spread that message across is what I am busy doing," Abida, 56, told in a telephonic interview from Lahore. "It's a time-consuming thing to spread the message of Sufism and that is why I have not got enough time...
11:35 AM, Nov 08, 2010
Hundreds of devotees were visiting the marble shrine in the heart of the city when the attacks occurred. ...
01:09 AM, Jul 02, 2010
Members of the Sheedi community in Pakistan believe that holding a child over the jaws of a hungry crocodile brings good luck. ...
09:20 AM, Jun 22, 2010
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