London, Jan 16 (IANS) The death of Dolores O’Riordan, the 46-year-old iconic lead singer of the rock band The Cranberries, was on Tuesday ruled not suspicious by the British police. O’Riordan was on Monday found…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2016 will be given away to 43 eminent musicians, dancers, and theatre artists at Rashtrapati Bhavan by President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday. Artists…
Shillong, Jan 16 (IANS) Former Meghalaya bureaucrat and renowned Khasi author Leslie Harding Pde died at a hospital here on Tuesday following a brief illness, family sources said. He was 79. A playwright, writer, translator…
Chennai, Jan 16 (IANS) Three spectators of Jallikattu or bull taming sport were killed and several injured at different places in Tamil Nadu when bulls attacked them, according to reports reaching here. In a village…
Agra, Jan 16 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara spent over an hour visiting the Taj Mahal in Agra on Tuesday. The Israeli Prime Minister and his wife were welcomed by…
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) The story of India’s surgical strike on terrorist hubs in Pakistan is being made into multi-part series. Applause Entertainment will be making the series. However, the medium on which the series…
Lucknow, Jan 16 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrived at Agra on Tuesday morning to see the Taj Mahal. The Israeli Prime Minister and his wife were welcomed by Uttar…
By Biswajit Choudhury Book: “From Lehmann to Demonetisation: A Decade of Disruptions, Reforms and Misadventures”; Author: Tamal Bandyopadhyay; Publisher: Penguin Random House India; Pages: 348; Price: Rs 599 While last year saw three valuable contemporary…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) As the government envisages to develop Delhi as a world-class city, it is time to make public art an essential component of town planning, Union Minister of State for Urban…
Bengaluru, Jan 15 (IANS) Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Monday said Karnataka was the true ambassador of Indian culture. Of the 3,686 monuments protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), 506 are in…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) Amish Tripathi, a master of mythological fiction titles, has vouched for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s forthcoming controversial movie “Padmaavat”, saying it celebrates Rajput bravery and projects India’s culture in a positive way….
Bhubaneswar, Jan 15 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced a monthly pension of Rs 1,200 for 50,000 artistes in the state. Currently, 4,000 artistes are getting Rs 1,000 pension under Mukhya Mantri…
Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) More than 90 lakh people took the holy dip at the Sangam — the confluence of the three holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mystical Saraswati — on the festival of…
Seoul, Jan 15 (IANS) North Korea agreed with South Korea on Monday to send a 140-member orchestra to the South Korea-hosted Winter Olympics, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said. The agreement came after delegates from the two…
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday condoled the death of legendary Sarod player Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta, terming it a great loss to the world of classical music. “Padma…
Jaipur, Jan 15 (IANS) A detailed two-volume publication that covers the rich heritage of Indian jewellery and its significance in past and present Indian society will be launched at Gyan Museum here. Titled “Traditional Indian…
Islamabad, Jan 15 (IANS) The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has for the first time claimed responsibility for the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in a new book in written by Taliban leader Abu…
By Vikas Datta Title: Austenistan; Author: Laaleen Sukhera (editor); Publisher: Bloomsbury India Publishers: Pages: 288 Price: Rs 350 The heroines, living (or aspiring) to settle into stately homes in the class-conscious society of Regency Britain,…
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Poets, researchers, photographers from the northeastern states of India on Sunday decried the stereotypes the rest of the country have of them and said the ‘northeast’ tag attached to them often…
Chennai, Jan 14 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s traditional Jallikattu or bull taming sport got off to a great start on Sunday as part of Pongal celebrations in Madurai district. After mass protests last year against banning…