New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A wide range of issues that are crucial to contemporary India — its foreign policy, its relationships with its neighbours and the constitution — were elaborately discussed on the second…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A determination to change the discourse on diversity and a plan of action to grow the network for change was visible at the She Leads India conference on Thursday here….
Islamabad, March 30 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday urged India to respect the importance of Jinnah House in Mumbai which a BJP legislator said should be demolished. The Foreign Office said the Indian government needed to…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) An ambitious project to bring alive the memories and underline the contribution of some of Delhi’s significant theatre groups, including the Delhi Art Theatre, is underway and glimpses of the…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) One of the major shortcomings in Indias educational system, according to a senior faculty member at Art of Living, is the shortage of well qualified teachers. “The…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) In what is set to be a pioneering event, the Raza Foundation is organising the countrys first poetry biennale in which 45 poets from 15 Indian languages will participate here….
Beijing, March 30 (IANS) Beijing’s Palace Museum will digitise its entire collection and make the images available to the public. The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, had 1,862,690 antiques and relics in…
Los Angeles, March 30 (IANS) Prince’s former wife Mayte Garcia says she tried for years to dismiss the late pop icon’s addiction to drugs, and believed him when he told her it was nothing. In…
Panaji, March 29 (IANS) Goa is looking to emulate Greek holiday capital Mykonos, with the Town and Country Planning Ministry planning to incentivise use of traditional colours to paint the facades of their homes and…
Kochi, March 29 (IANS) Kerala Culture Minister A.K. Balan on Wednesday said that the state government understood the value of India’s only biennial ‘Kochi Muziris Biennale’ as an agent for change. Billed as the biggest…
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) Days after she expressed solidarity with noted Bengali poet Srijato Bandopadhyay, who was embroiled in a controversy over a poem that allegedly hurt Hindu religious sentiments, writer Mandakranta Sen on Wednesday…
Stockholm, March 29 (IANS) Music legend Bob Dylan will finally accept his Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm this weekend, the Swedish Academy announced on Wednesday. The American singer was awarded the prize in October…
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan finds it sad that modern education could not make human beings compassionate and that people are “so greedy”. Amjad Ali Khan, who was present here on…
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who is gearing up for the release of “Noor” — a film adaptation of Saba Imtiazs “Karachi, You’re Killing Me!” — might have found her luck in books…
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) Noted Bengali poet Mandakranta Sen, who had expressed solidarity with counterpart Srijato who was embroiled in a controversy over a poem that allegedly hurt Hindu religious sentiments, on Wednesday said she…
Hyderabad/Amaravati, March 29 (IANS) Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday celebrated Telugu New Year ‘Ugadi’ with gaiety and traditional enthusiasm. The Chief Ministers of the two Telugu-speaking states attended the main official celebrations in their…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Aimed at helping Bengali speakers discover new information quickly, Google on Wednesday announced the introduction of Knowledge Graph in the Bengali language on Google Search. What is more, Google said…
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) One of Indias premier institute for performing arts, National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) has installed a 450 KW solar PV System, one of the largest rooftop projects in Mumbai. The…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) National Tribal and North East Conclave-2017, which aims to celebrate and study the tribal as well as the north-eastern culture, was inaugurated by here on Wednesday by Minister of State…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has beefed up security at selected monuments in the country and action have been taken to counter illegal construction and encroachment in the vicinity…