Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Swara Bhaskar-starrer Nil Battey Sannata will be tax-free in Uttar Pradesh, state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced on Thursday. Yadav shared the news on Twitter. Touched by the story of ‘Nil…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Bird population in India and across the world faces unprecedented threats, a new book says. “Feathers of Vellayani”, a publication of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board, says that the largest…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Amid demands from various quarters to get the Kohinoor diamond back from the British, the Congress on Wednesday said that it was keen on getting Indian artefacts lying abroad to…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) A granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee, was on Wednesday conferred a French honour for her contribution in the fields of culture, education and environment. French Ambassador Francois Richier…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Commemorating the 400th death anniversary of William Shakespeare, the British Council in association with the BBC will announce a “Shakespeare Day Live” digital campaign on April 23 to bring across…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) How have Deccans Kalamkari textile-paintings gained an Indian appeal today? Which are the famed Uttarakhand tribal foods? Where exactly is Yamuna Biodiversity Park? Reliable answers to these and many more…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The hill town Dehradun is all set to host the first edition of its literature festival from Friday. The two-day festival will feature renowned authors like Nayantara Sehgal, Durjoy Dutta,…
By Vikas Datta Title: Gangster Warlords; Author: Ioan Grillo; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Pages: 385; Price: Rs.399 It may take an inexplicable atrocity to bring focus on a ‘war’ long-underway which doesn’t get global attention like other…
The Hague, April 20 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has received a high Dutch royal honour in The Hague. Ban was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion on Tuesday….
London, April 20 (IANS) Shakespeare is more popular globally than with people in Britain though the bard has made a significant contribution to Britain’s economy and culture, a new research revealed on Tuesday. According to…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday presented the Hindi Sevi Samman Awards to 39 scholars in seven different categories for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014. The awards were distributed at…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Incredibly shuffling between post-partition Sialkot and the Pataliputra of 250 BC but focussing on the six decades of sub-continental upheaval since 1947, Ashwin Sanghi’s latest book is…
By Vikas Datta Title: Shammi Kapoor – The Game Changer; Author: Rauf Ahmed; Publisher: Om Books International; Pages: 299; Price: Rs.595 If Shammi Kapoor’s life was presented on celluloid, it would quite be like one…
By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, April 19 (IANS) Reshma Thomas is working for a doctorate on health issues relating to LGBTs and has over 200 paintings – out of an oeuvre of 500 – on the…
Kathmandu, April 18 (IANS) Almost a year after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake jolted Nepal, scores of people gathered at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu on Monday to pray for the success of ongoing rebuilding…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Fourteen Years with Boss; Author: Ashokamitran; Publisher: Penguin Books; Pages: 164; Price: Rs.299 Title: The Ghosts of Meenambakkam; Author: Ashokamitran; Publisher: Penguin Books; Pages: 149; Price: Rs.299 For decades Gemini…
By Vikas Datta Title: Getting Things Done – the Art of Stress-Free Productivity; Author: David Allen; Publisher: Hachette India; Pages: 353; Price: Rs.399 In our fast-paced and complex chaotic world of work and life, a…
Bhubaneswar, April 18 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and eight injured when a bus carrying over 40 artistes of an opera team fell down a 300-feet gorge in Odisha’s Deogarh district on Sunday…
Abu Dhabi, April 17 (IANS/WAM) The Black Box Cinema project by UAE filmmaker Nawaf Al Janahi will feature 18 films from 10 Arab countries in the 26th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) which starts…
Islamabad, April 17 (IANS) A Pakistani commentator has hit out at a private TV channel for using “extremely offensive and derogatory remarks” targeting the Hindu minority. A commentary published in The Nation pointed out that…