Balkhande alleged that the university had not addressed his concerns or called him for discussions, which he said prolonged the protest.

Pune: A dispute over a two-wheeler key turned fatal in the early hours of Monday under the Market Yard police station limits, where a 28-year-old social media rapper was allegedly murdered by his ...

TMC and BJP trade new slogans ahead of West Bengal 2026 polls, TMC stresses cultural identity and outsider narrative, BJP shifts tone while focusing on governance and change ...

What does a Marathi pop culture fest look like? Last weekend, Punekars got the answer through Rada 2026, organised by BhaDiPa, an event that brought together popular creators, musicians and celebs ...

An underperforming California school district is dishing out nearly $300,000 to partner with a group to teach a rap-based curriculum to students, sparking "troubling" concerns, the Justice Department ...

One of California’s most underperforming school districts is spending nearly $300,000 teaching kids to rap, raising the alarm among DEI watchdogs. The Merced City School District in the Central Valley ...

In late 2024, Mumbai/Pune rapper Shreyas Sagvekar received a call from a French friend, who was visiting Dubai. The friend had gone out clubbing the night before and heard a track playing over the PA ...

Marathi filmmaker Hemant Dhome kicks off 2026 by ringing in Maharashtra Day as well as Teachers Day early. The Jhimma and Fussclass Dabhade director’s latest movie is set in Nagaon in Alibaug, where ...

Vets and newbies flexed their best bars in 2025. After being spoiled by a monstrous three-peat from Future, a lyrical face-off between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, and scintillating releases from Doechii ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...

It feels like the Billboard charts could use a good rap beef right about now. That’s because, according to the publication, for the first time since 1990, there is no hip hop in the Top 40 of the ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...