Tag: Daler Mehndi

Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi and Congress leader and former cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Sidhu are in the same barrack in the Patiala Central Jail in Punjab.

Police officials, after investigations, had stated that the singers and other performers had got into a well-organised racket to illegally take youth out of Punjab to western countries by making them part of musical troupes. The youth were charged up to Rs 2 million in each case.

Chandigarh: A court in Patiala on Friday convicted Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi in a 15-year-old human trafficking case. He was sentenced to two years in jail. The police had registered a case against Daler and others after it was alleged that the accused took money from people to the tune of Rs 1 crore on […]

Cuttack: Popular Bollywood singer Daler Mehndi mesmerized visitors at a special concert organised during the ongoing Bali Yatra in Cuttack on Saturday. The pop singer, who was instrumental in putting Punjabi music on the global map, struck an immediate cord with the spectators with ‘Bolo Tara Ra Ra’ song. Talking with reporters, Mehndi said, “Bali […]

New Delhi: Singer Narendra Chanchal, who redefined popular devotional singing in India, passed away on Friday in New Delhi. He was 80. Chanchal shot to fame with his ‘Jagran’ hits in the seventies and the eighties, particularly songs dedicated to Sherawali Mata. His ode to Sherawali Mata “Chalo bulava aaya hai” continues to be popular […]