By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Sep 1 (IANS) After their retirement, the Indian Police Service (IPS) officers usually take up jobs in private companies or comfortably enjoy their post-retirement life but here is a former police…
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Eminent personalities of Bengal on Saturday remembered National award-winning filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh on his 56th birth anniversary. Ghosh, who started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency, is…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Clad in a red and yellow salwar-kameez, her head demurely covered, she sits on a white sheet in a courtyard engrossed in a book, a sprig of roses at her…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Read about an organisation of 4,000 leaders – 275 staff members, 3,000 alumni and 1,000 current Fellows – that’s transforming the lives of 38,000 students across India who otherwise would…
Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) Celebrated masterchef Vicky Ratnani on Thursday said he is discovering India through food. “I am discovering my country from food,” Ratnani told the media here. About his foray into the food…
Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) In a dramatic turn of events, it has now emerged that the book the Bombay High Court referred to during the hearing of the Bhima-Koregaon case on Wednesday was not Leo…
By Rohan Agarwal and Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The glimmering Taj Mahal, said to be at its aesthetic best in moonlight, could now be thrown open after sunset for all tourists. So…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Under its new ‘Crafting Futures’ programme, the British Council is currently inviting project proposals around the future of crafts from Indian organisations working across textiles, jewellery, sustainable fashion, handicrafts, furniture…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Serendipity Arts Festival, an annual multi-arts initiative that takes place in the Goan capital of Panaji, will raise the curtains on its upcoming fourth edition in Delhi next month….
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday announced Street Performance Fellowships for 1,000 artists, to encourage, promote and mentor young street artists. The Art, Culture and Languages Department, under the leadership of…
Agra, Aug 28 (IANS) Here’s some good news for mothers visiting the iconic Taj Mahal: an air-conditioned baby feeding room will be opened at the premise on Thursday. The Taj Mahal, with an average of…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) An upcoming festival of classical dance and music is slated to bring to the national capital dance productions and concerts by Indian stalwarts. For dance, the Parampara Series by Natya…
By Shahroz Afridi & Prabhatesh Tripathi Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh), Aug 27 (IANS/ 101Reporters) On a sweltering summer evening, Inder Chalthiya and the other members of his tribe were out in the wild, preparing for a…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar will present the 2019 National Radio Community Awards at the three-day Seventh ‘Community Radio Sammelan’, to be inaugurated here pn August 27. The…
By Amita Verma Varanasi, Aug 26 (IANS) He is an immortal writer whose writings live on in millions of hearts across the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his radio broadcast ‘Mann Ki Baat’, even…
By Arundhuti Banerjee Thimphu, Aug 25 (IANS) Celebrated Filipino documentary photographer Xyza Cruz Bacani, who has been travelling to several Asian cities to capture the lives of migrant domestic workers, says that Asians are quite…
By Arundhuti Banerjee Thimphu, Aug 25 (IANS) Rise in audience participation at the four-day Mountain Echoes 2019, the festival of arts, literature and culture, which concluded at the Royal University of Bhutan, here on Sunday,…
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) Singer Kavita Seth has been vocal about her love for Sufi music and ancient poems. She will soon unveil an album of eight songs which are based on the works of…
Thimphu, Aug 25 (IANS) Xyza Cruz Bacani, a celebrated Filipino documentary photographer and visual artiste, has questioned the Philippines government and its economic system that relies on remittances from Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW). Bacani was…
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Aug 25 (IANS) Foreign tourists visiting the Rajasthan capital are not just city hopping but have a definite purpose of late — they are coming to learn yoga and taking it…