Singing talent hunt grand finale: Arundhati Hegde crowned Bangaluru’s Super Singer-2018

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September 26, 2018

Bangaluru: India’s biggest singing talent hunt, RalcoTyres presents Radio City Super Singer, culminated the 10th Season with a grand finale in Vega City Mall, Bangaluru. Radio City Super Singer has been one of the most celebrated singing talent hunt on Radio, which has successfully grown year after year. The decade long success of the property resonated with the audiences, and like every year has garnered a record-breaking participation in each of the 39 cities this year.

Radio City Super Singer 2018’s top 6 finalists from Bangaluru, Guruprasad, Charvi, Muralidhar, Sindhu Hegde, Sameer Kulkarni, and Arundhati enthralled the audience and upheld the repute of this timeless property with entertaining performances in the presence of the ever-dynamic Kannada director, lyricist and screenwriter, Yogaraj Bhat. The ultimate singing crown was bagged by Arundhati Hegade along with an attractive cash prize of INR 1lac.

Delighted by the success of the 10th season of Radio City Super Singer, Kartik Kalla, Chief Creative Officer, Radio City said“Radio City Super Singer has become one of the most sought-after platforms that has been responsible for producing some of the brightest talents since a decade in the country, who have proved their mettle in the singing space.

The property has garnered tremendous response year on year from participants, listeners and singers. We have constantly spun the innovation wheel in making the property more engaging and grander which has been a key attraction for advertisers as well. We aim to upscale the property in the years to follow with the most entertaining content and I congratulate the winner and Radio City team for keeping up the spirit and making Radio City Super Singer a milestone.”

Sharing his happiness on being associated with the 10th season of Radio City Super Singer, Yogaraj Bhat said, “India is full of young, talented and aspirational singers with mesmerizing, melodious voices. All they need is a platform to nurture and showcase their talent to the right audience. It is really great to see and be a part of Radio City Super Singer, a talent hunt which has been providing a launch pad to the budding singers of our country for the past 10 years. I congratulate Radio City for further promoting the culture of music in the country and hope we witness the discovery of more extraordinary talents in the years to follow.”

Through this property, Radio Cityhas been consistently providing a platform to many singers who have contributed significantly to the industry such as Harjot Kaur, Manya Narang and Sri Ganesh to name a few. With the top 5 contestants from each of the 39 city battling in the grand finale, this season saw some of the renowned judges, music maestros like Jasraj Joshi, Vishal Mishra, Shri Charan, Kona Venkat, JasbirJassi etc. to name a few.

After an intense competition, the top six participants: Guruprasad, Charvi ,Muralidhar, Sindhu Hegde, Sameer Kulkarni, and Arundhati were shortlisted by an eminent jury and later judged byYogaraj Bhat. Through the talent hunt, Radio City aims to empower aspiring singers and provide a platform for every city to laud their exceptional local talent.

True to Radio City’s philosophy of ‘Rag Mein Daude City’, participants from the kona-kona of India registered through Radio City’s digital platform www.radiocity.in through IVRS, in-studio and mall auditions.

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June 8,2020

Mumbai, Jun 8: Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar has won the 2020 Richard Dawkins Award for critical thinking, holding religious dogma up to scrutiny, advancing human progress and humanist values.

Akhtar has become the first Indian to be given the honour, which recognises a distinguished individual from the field of science, scholarship, education, or entertainment, who publicly proclaims the values of secularism and rationalism and upholding scientific truth.

Akhtar's wife, veteran actor Shabana Azmi said the award's relevance becomes more prominent especially in the current times when secularism is under attack.

"I am thrilled. I know what a hero Richard Dawkins has been for Javed. The award gains all the more significant because in today’s time when secularism is being attacked by religious fundamentalists of all hues, this award comes as a validation of Javed’s long service to rational thinking," Azmi told PTI.

The award is named after world-renowned English evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. Actor-comedian Ricky Gervais received the honour last year.

Bollywood celebrities Anil Kapoor and Dia Mirza took to Twitter to congratulate the 75-year-old writer for the recognition.

"Knowing that Richard Dawkins has been your hero since you read 'The Selfish Gene', the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award must be extra special for you @Javedakhtarjadu Saab! It's a truly incredible honour! Congratulations!" Kapoor tweeted.

Dia said Akhtar's win is a proud moment for rhe country.

"Javed Akhtar Saab has won the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award 2020 for critical thinking, holding religious dogma upto scrutiny, advancing human progress and humanist values. He is the only Indian to have won this award! @Javedakhtarjadu Congratulations! You make us proud," Dia wrote.

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April 8,2020

Washington, Apr 8: Choosing stethoscope over the crown, Miss England 2019, Bhasha Mukherjee, has returned to work as a doctor as the world battles with coronavirus pandemic.

According to CNN, she was a junior doctor with a specialisation in respiratory medicine, before being crowned as Miss England in August last year. The beauty queen, who has her roots in India's Kolkata city, had taken a career break from the medical field.

She had paused her medical career for some humanitarian work that she was offered by several charities and was on a tour to different countries including India.

"I was invited to Africa, to Turkey, then to India, Pakistan and several other Asian countries to be an ambassador for various charity work," CNN quoted her as saying.

She had been in India at the beginning of March for four weeks. During her stay as an ambassador of the Coventry Mercia Lions Club, the 24-year-old had visited several schools and had donated stationery and other items to the needy.

Mukherjee then returned back UK as the situation worsened there with the coronavirus spreading at a fast rate. She then contacted the hospital and asked them that she wanted to rejoin.

According to CNN, the Miss England beauty pageant winner said that she felt wrong to be wearing the crown while people around the world were dying from the virus.

"When you are doing all this humanitarian work abroad, you're still expected to put the crown on, get ready... look pretty. I wanted to come back home. I wanted to come and go straight to work," CNN quoted her as saying.

"I felt a sense of this is what I'd got this degree for and what better time to be part of this particular sector than now. It was incredible the way the whole world was celebrating all key workers, and I wanted to be one of those, and I knew I could help," she added.

As the beauty queen has a recent travel history, she is currently in self-isolation and will return to work once her quarantine period is over.
She was crowned as Miss England 2019 in August last year.

According to World Health Organisation, 13,53,361people have been affected by coronavirus and over 80,000 people have lost their lives to it.

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August 1,2020

Mumbai, Aug 1: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said that Sushant Singh Rajput case should not be politicised or used to create friction between Maharashtra and Bihar.

Amid the ongoing criticism faced by the Mumbai Police following an investigation into Rajput's death case, the Chief Minister stressed that Mumbai Police is not "inefficient" while appealing those who have any evidence in regard to the case to step forward.

"Mumbai Police is not inefficient. If anyone has any evidence they can bring it to us and we will interrogate and punish the guilty. Please do not use this case (Sushant Singh Rajput death case) as an excuse to create friction between Maharashtra and Bihar," Thackeray said on Friday.

"Bringing politics in the case is the most deplorable thing to do," he added.

Maharashtra government has filed a caveat before the Supreme Court in the Rajput's death case.

Earlier, Bihar government and Rajput's family have filed caveats in the top court seeking to challenge actor Rhea Chakraborty's petition that sought transfer of the FIR registered in Patna to Mumbai in the actor's death case.

"After Bihar government and Rajput's family filed a caveat in the Supreme Court, Maharashtra government has filed a caveat before the SC today to ensure that no order is passed in Rhea Chakraborty's petition case without hearing its (Maharashtra) side," said Sachin Patil, standing counsel for Maharashtra Government.

A caveat is a legal process, in which the party which had filed it before the concerned court, shall have to be heard definitely before the concerned court passes any order in future.

Bihar Police has sought the assistance of Mumbai police to probe the Sushant Singh Rajput case, Mumbai police Crime Branch officials told ANI. However, the Police are still considering their request.

Bihar Police team reached after an FIR was filed by late actor's father KK Singh against Chakraborty in Bihar under several sections including abetment of suicide.

Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai residence on June 14.

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