Mumbai: Lyricist Javed Akhtar during the special celebrity screening of film Guddu Rangeela in Mumbai on July 2, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Well known poet and writer Javed Akhtar on Tuesday…
By Vikas Datta Title: The House at Baker Street; Author: Michelle Birkby; Publisher: Pan Macmillan; Pages: 352; Price: Rs.399 In most of his career, Sherlock Holmes always made light of women – despite the story…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The National Remote Sensing Centre of ISRO has signed an agreement with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for preparing satellite-based maps to help check unauthorised construction around over 3,000…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The government has not received any proposal to open a Madame Tussauds wax museum here, Culture and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma said on Monday. In a written reply to the…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The government does not intend to constitute national heritage sites commission, parliament was told on Monday. Culture and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma told the Lok Sabha in a written reply,…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Pakistan former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani will not attend ‘Spring Fever’, touted as one of Delhi’s oldest literary and cultural festival, which begins on Tuesday, said organisers. Citing…
Bhubaneswar, March 14 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged the central government to direct the ASI to send its best experts for repairing the hall facing the sanctum sanctorum of Shri Jagannath…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Art of Living (AoL), headed by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, on Monday, said it was committed to setting up a bio-diversity park at the Yamuna floodplain. “We…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) As the embattled Sahara chief Subrata Roy completes two years in prison, there is something he can cheer about. Roys book “Life Mantras”, which hit the stands last month, has…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Applied Spirituality; Author: Swami Agnivesh; Publisher: Harper Element; Pages: 156; Price: Rs.350 In this small yet punchy book, Swami Agnivesh unveils all that has gone wrong with organised religions. Agnivesh,…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Morning They Came for Us – Dispatches from Syria; Author: Janine Di Giovanni; Publisher: Bloomsbury ; Pages: 224; Price: Rs.399 The worst wars are where a regime turns on its…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Questioning the intentions of environmentalists who opposed the World Culture Festival, union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said the criticism was the craving of “some people’s negative thinking”. “How could an…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) BJP leaders on Sunday slammed critics of the Art of Living’s World Culture Festival celebrated on the banks of the Yamuna river here, saying attempts were made to stop the…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Indians have to move away from the mindset of minority or majority to ensure an inclusive society, union Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal said on…
Taipei, March 13 (IANS) Regularly practicing the Chinese exercise tai chi that combines certain postures and gentle movements with mental focus, breathing, and relaxation can help older adults reduce the risk of falling down, says…
By Vikas Datta A long-running Indian TV game show about a group of disparate people consciously living under the continuous view and direction of an omniscient but unseen observer may make for entertainment for some…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Showers lashed the Art of Living’s World Culture Festival on the Yamuna flood plain here for the second consecutive day while union ministers Rajnath Singh and Sushma Swaraj lauded Sri…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Deepening inequalities across societies globally is turning up as a major challenge for the world, Pakistani leader Sherry Rehman said here on Saturday. Rehman, a member of the Pakistan senate…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Fashion can be the balm that can lend a healing touch to relations and bring India and Pakistan closer, feels Pakistani fashion designer Huma Nassr. We can speak peace through…
Beijing, March 12 (IANS) The repair of parts of the Great Wall of China in Gansu province is nearing completion, authorities said. Repairs of the Great Wall along Jiayuguan city started in May 2012. About…