As campaigning for the Lok Sabha seats of Prayagraj picks up, demand for folk singers increases. Birha singers effectively attract crowds in election rallies and meetings with songs about poll promises and achievements. Candidates utilize their services to mobilize listeners in native language.
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Prayagraj: The bhajan-kirtan troupes and organisations that perform during Ramlila and Krishnalila, which are slowly becoming extinct in the era of DJ.
BJP leader and sarpanch's father Kanchan Yadav along with some people had reached to attend the meeting on the occasion of Rang Panchami in the village
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THANE: Police have arrested a woman and three others in Thane city of Maharashtra for allegedly threatening and molesting a female artist by promising to give a role to her in a Hindi film, an official said on Friday.
The 24-year-old victim lodged a complaint at Kasarvadavali police station, where an offence was registered against the accused on Thursday night, he said. The accused had told the victim that she has been shortlisted for a role in an upcoming Hindi movie, and asked her to meet its director/producer in Thane, who was coming from Lucknow. They told her that she has to accept his demands in order to bag the role. She was called to a farmhouse on G B Road in Thane city on Thursday,” the police official said.