New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Classical music aficionados in the capital were treated with the melliflous voice of Arshad Ali and enchanting ragas of sitar player Purbayan Chatterjee at ‘Baithak’, a series introduced by Legends…
By Vikas Datta Title: Time and Time Again; Author: Ben Elton; Publisher: Black Swan; Pages: 465; Price: Rs.399 Suppose we had the power to travel back in time and change history by preventing the death…
London, May 29 (IANS) A team of archaeologists have scanned the highest prehistoric paintings of animals in Europe discovered in a rock shelter in the French Alps 2,133 metres above sea level. The team from…
London, May 29 (IANS) Harry Potter undergoes two magical biological transformations in the popular eight-film series based on the stories and characters created by British author J.K. Rowling. Natural sciences students have now put these…
By Vikas Datta It is the time of the year when people across the sub-continent start to look beseechingly at the skies for the season to end the tyranny of a scorching sun in leaden…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Parliamentarians, including Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Saturday paid homage to Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on his 133 birth anniversary. They paid floral…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) With every unsuccessful love story, there comes a phase when dealing with normal life becomes a task. What follows is a heartbreak that leads to several other…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) With every unsuccessful love story, there comes a phase when dealing with normal life becomes a task. What follows is a heartbreak that leads to several other…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The government on Friday released another batch of declassified files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on portal www.netajipapers.gov.in. The files were released by N.K. Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture….
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Inspired by India and bearing an international vocabulary, designer Gunjan Gupta’s works will be exhibited at the prestigious Triennale Di Milano and Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 beginning later this month….
Embark on a fictional journey of a widow who reads fragments of her dead husband’s unfinished book that goes deep into issues of equality, love, caste and religion; Then, there’s a tiny town that tells…
Mumbai: Actor Sir Ian McKellen during the opening ceremony of the 7th Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival in Mumbai on May 25, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Award-winning British actor and Shakespeare…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) With India and Africa sharing the same challenges and development models, India’s doors are always open for African countries, Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh said on Thursday….
Bhubaneswar, May 26 (IANS) Following delay in release of a commemorative coin on Lord Jagannath’s Nabakalebara festival, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday asked the Odisha government to speed up furnishing designs and photos of…
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) As the Narendra Modi government completes two years in office, Mahesh Sharma, Minister for Culture and Tourism said that the ‘award return’ movement, one of the major…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) In an age when scientists, doctors, intellectuals and philosophers are discovering and conveying the troubles faced by mankind and the various issues that have been inherited by history and culture,…
London, May 26 (IANS) Presenting unique opportunities for new art collectors and connoisseurs, Christie’s upcoming sale on Thursday here, will have a private collection of Mughal, Pahari and Rajput paintings and works by leading modern…
By Mudita Girotra New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Moving a work of art, whether for repositioning or an exhibition, is a highly specialised affair that requires both the skills of a professional mover and an…
London, May 26 (IANS) Four folios of British playwright William Shakespeare were sold for nearly around $3.67 million at Christie’s London auction on Wednesday afternoon. Margaret Ford, international head of Books & Manuscripts at Christie’s,…
New Delhi: Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra during a press conference in New Delhi on Feb 9, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Delhi Tourism and Culture Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday said…