Rome, June 14 (IANS/AKI) A stolen 2,000-year-old marble sculpture of the head of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, was welcomed back to Italy on Tuesday, over 40 years after it was illegally smuggled out of…
Ahmedabad, June 14 (IANS) The Navjivan Trust, the Ahmedabad-based publishing house founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1929, is planning to bring out his life story in a comic form. “It would be similar to Amar…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) To prevent next generation of weavers from abandoning the heritage art, the West Bengal Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd (Manjusha) on Tuesday launched a e-commerce portal and app exclusively devoted to promoting…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Art graduates from different colleges in the country are all set to present their works, created under the annual PEERS 2016 residency programme to address issues of urban safety, racial…
Srinagar, June 14 (IANS) About 12,000 Hindus, mostly migrant Kashmiri Pandits, on Tuesday gathered at the ‘Sangam’ (confluence) of the Jhelum river and Sindh stream in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir to celebrate ‘Maha…
Ottawa, June 12 (IANS) The construction of a record-setting 53-metre high tower building, using mostly wooden material, is under way on the campus of the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada’s Vancouver city. Its…
By Ankit Sinha New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Jazz still has a scope to grow in the country despite the presence of mainstream music, says Grammy nominated artiste Louiz Banks, who has spearheaded the jazz…
By Vikas Datta Among forms of transport as settings for stories, trains seem the most popular. Rail travel may not have the speed or ‘glamour’ of air travel, or the well-heeled ambience of, say, a…
By Jaideep Sarin Gunehar (Himachal Pradesh), June 11 (IANS) A remote village in the picturesque Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh is experiencing its brush with contemporary art. With artistes of international repute being in residence…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) West Bengal Handicraft Development Corporation, Manjusha, on Friday reported its maiden operational profit of Rs 3.87 crore for 2015-16 after its inception in 1978, while the State Handloom Weavers Society, Tantuja,…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Emphasising on deepening and strengthening cultural ties between India and UK, The British Council India launched ‘UK-India Year of Culture 2017’ programme here on Friday. The ‘UK-India Year of Culture’…
By Ajeyo Basu Book: Six Machine; Author: Chris Gayle; Pulisher: Penguin Viking; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 275 “I’m weird, I’m a weirdo. You think you know me? You don’t know me.” Chris Gayle begins his…
Do you often underestimate your abilities? Have you been a victim of fat-shamming and racism? Here’s a book that guides you on how to boost your confidence. Then, there’s one on why women need to…
Buenos Aires, June 9 (IANS) An Indian poetry festival is being organized in association with the prestigious Inter American University (UIA) in Buenos Aires on June 11 along with the Buenos Aires Poetry Festival. In…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Indian women have the ability to become agents of comprehensive transformation of the country, and the potential to determine its destiny as well as that of the planet earth, Power…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) India needs to focus on developing skills of youth so that the country’s growth is not hampered when the population aged 60 or above grows manifold by 2050, Minister of…
Tokyo, June 8 (IANS) The origami cranes made by US President Barack Obama, who donated them to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum during his visit to the city, will be exhibited in the museum, starting…
London, June 7 (IANS) Administrators at an elementary school in Bristol, England, arrived in the morning to find acclaimed street artist Banksy had painted a mural on one of the facility’s walls as a gift…
By Mudita Girotra New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The originality of classical dance forms is getting lost because of the influence of Bollywood and alteration of the conventional patterns, according to noted Kathak exponent Vaswati…
Shimla, June 7 (IANS) The bus service from New Delhi to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir has restarted for the summer season, an official of the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) said here on Tuesday….