Hyderabad, Dec 29 (IANS) A girl from Hyderabad has painted a surface of 140 square metres with her feet in an attempt to enter Guinness World Records. Jahnavi Maganti, 18, has claimed to have created…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appointed BJP leader Vinay Sahasrabuddhe as the President of Indian Council of Cultural Relations. “President has appointed Sahasrabuddhe as the President of ICCR today…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Historians are committed to writing about common people and the cause of writing scientific and secular history, Indian History Congress general president K.M. Shrimali said here on Friday. His statement followed…
Athens, Dec 29 (IANS) The arrival of the French modern circus Baraka in Greece for first time on November 15 this year happened to coincide with a tragedy. That night torrential rains hit Elefsina, a…
Bengaluru, Dec 29 (IANS) Search engine Google on Friday honoured eminent Kannada poet and Jnanpith awardee Kuvempu with a doodle on his 113rd birthday. “It’s a great day for Kannadigas and Karnataka, as Google joined…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday dubbed attempts to distort history a “crime” and said it was a “political vendetta”. “I am always in favour of historians… and truth….
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The government is encouraging the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model through the National Culture Fund (NCF) to protect, restore and develop the historical sites and monuments of the country. Till…
Mount Abu, Dec 29 (IANS) The three-day annual “Winter Fest 2017” took off here with fanfare on Friday with the city coming alive with colourful cultural and folk performances as well as traditional sports activities…
By Debayan Mukherjee Dhaka, Dec 29 (IANS) Banking on the rich tradition and scope of violin in Indian classical music, noted Indian violinist Mysore Manjunath hopes the levying of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on…
By Debayan Mukherjee Dhaka, Dec 29 (IANS) Grammy Award-winning Indian percussionist T. H. Vinayakram set the Bengal Classical Music Festival on fire with his virtuoso performance on Day 3 of the event at the Abahani…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) After a significant year for publishing in India, the upcoming month of January in 2018 will set the literary mood for a new beginning. The Jaipur Literature…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Embark this week on a philosophical and romantic journey. From being a carefree child to a person who preferred medidation and company of saints, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has a…
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Remember Swedish pop group ABBA’s effervescent “Dancing Queen”? Well, a Filipino “Dancing Queen” has been wowing audiences at a tony eatery here as the lead singer of the Sino Sikat band…
By Debayan Mukherjee Dhaka, Dec 28 (IANS) Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj on Thursday disagreed with the oft spoken concept of a “golden era” in music, saying there is a time in every generation which…
Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) Questioning attempts to change the country’s history, noted historian Irfan Habib on Thursday said it would become a mere fiction if one “invented facts” in analysing history. Denying that the Left…
Dhaka, Dec 28 (IANS) Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was the cynosure of all eyes alongwith khayal artist Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar on day two of the Bengal Classical Music Festival at the Abahani ground…
Jaipur, Dec 28 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker-singer Farhan Akhtar is set to perform at the second edition of Ranthambore Festival, which is a folk music and wildlife conversation event. The fest will be held at Rajasthan’s Nahargarh…
By Vikas Datta New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) It was another glorious year for literature with its top prizes honouring the universality and diversity of human experience, a glittering abundance of compelling reads — including…
By Vikas Datta His white-bearded and tall fur hat sporting visage is among the those of a handful of global wordsmiths familiar by their very appearance – Shakespeare, Pushkin, Tagore, Tolstoy, et al even as…
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) A library conceptualised by two pre-teens threw open its doors here on Wednesday with a collection of a thousand books to spread the joy of reading among underprivileged children. Ideated by…