Bhubaneswar, May 26 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday requested the union government to provide Visa on Arrival facility and a halt here for Air India’s Colombo-Varanasi flight to increase the tourist footfall…
Dhaka, May 26 (IANS) A statue called ‘Lady Justice’ was removed on Friday from Bangladesh’s Supreme Court complex, after an outcry from religious hardliners. According to the hardliners, the statue, a variation on the Greek…
By Saket Suman Title: The Gift of Anger; Author: Arun Gandhi; Publisher: Penguin; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 292. Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi is widely thought to have been a calm and composed personality…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Discover how love and food build a shared connection amongst diverse cultures; read how in a quest to find happiness, a man travels through the heart of India; know about…
Melbourne/Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) A Kerala NRI painter’s work on a 50-metre long single canvas titled “Pride of Australia” was on display at the Queen’s Hall in the Victorian Parliament and fetched accolades. This is…
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Music bands from all over India will take part in an online battle — Indian Band League (IBL) — starting on May 31. Conceptualised by Musical Dreams Academy, the seven-day IBL…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) He has a staggering 450-plus projects to his name over a career spanning 55 years — ranging from the IIT-Kanpur campus to New Delhi’s ISKCON Temple. He…
By Vikas Datta Title: Sherlock Holmes’ School for Detection; Author: Simon Clark (editor); Publisher: Robinson; Pages: 448; Price: Rs 499 Even nine decades after his original creator penned his last tale, the solver of mysteries,…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Three stone sculptures — Seated Buddha; Worshippers of Buddha; and Goddess Pratyangira — which were brought back from Australia have been put on display at an exhibition titled “Return of…
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) Aiming to bring innovative and inspiring women across the globe to discuss, debate, inspire and turn ideas that matter into action?, an audience of 400 women delegates from across India will…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will on Friday recieve the first copy of a compilation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Mann Ki Baat” radio chats. Compiled by BlueKraft Digital Foundation and published…
Beijing, May 24 (IANS) Archaeologists in China’s Inner Mongolia region recently found cave painting of human hand prints that they estimate to date back to the Palaeolithic Era, an official said on Wednesday. It has…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) In an attempt to revive miniature painting in India, renowned painter and fashion designer Suvigya Sharma discussed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi about the scope of introducing art…
By Saket Suman It seems to be yesterday once more with the deafening silence of the Sahitya Akademi and other cultural institutions over the provocative threat that acclaimed actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) An art carnival being organised by students here aims to globalise Indian art by bringing back the essence of the old classical art form in modern and contemporary art. The…
London, May 23 (IANS) The culturally curious flocked to the British Library last weekend for the London leg of the popular ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival for sessions on a range of topics including travel writing,…
New York, May 23 (IANS) A confident and distinctly global community of collectors converged at Christies flagship US saleroom in Rockefeller Center, driving its 20th Century Art sales of Impressionist, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) “Whenever I have a story, I write it.” So says Nikita Singh, best-selling author in the romance genre. And one can well believe her: at 25, she…
By Vikas Datta Title: Lucknow: The City of Heritage & Culture – A Walk Through History ; Author: Vipul B. Varshney & Ajaish Jaiswal (photographer); Publisher: Niyogi Books; Pages: 208; Price: Rs 2,500 It is…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 22 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday decided against attending a function to release a book by a serving top Kerala Police official that has lavished praise on the Left leader….