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…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Thinking, arguing and debating will certainly lead to something meaningful, if it is done with the right intentions, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of Art of Living Foundation, said…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday termed the Art of Living’s World Culture Festival event at the Yamuna flood plain here as…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The seven-acre stage created by the Art of Living Foundation for its World Culture Festival on the Yamuna flood plain here caused a bit of public inconvenience as most of…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The three-day World Culture Festival, which began here on Friday after much uncertainty for many days, was the big talking point on micro-blogging site Twitter. “And it’s raining as world…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) “I just want to say, I belong to all,” said Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the head of the Art of Living Foundation, in his welcome address on Friday to the…
By Saeed Naqvi An Urdu aristocracy on its knees, was beginning to make adjustments with the new British rulers when Ram Advani arrived in Lucknow. He set up Ram Advani Booksellers in a prominent corner…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha on Friday raised the issue of spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-led Art of Living’s World Culture Festival being allowed on the Yamuna floodplains…
Chennai, March 11 (IANS) Hindu Munnani, a Hindu organisation, on Friday condemned attempts to stop the World Culture Festival on the Yamuna flood plains in Delhi organised by the Art of Living with a hidden…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Patchy showers on Friday night followed by heavy rains may spoil the Art of Living’s (AoL) World Culture Festival scheduled here on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Two leading weather forecast…
When confronted with a disappointing Indian reality, we are apt to ask “what if” questions. Here’s a book that raises questions about India’s pioneers who steered a new nation. Then, a book that combines the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will attend inaugural function of the three-day World Culture Festival being organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Amid continuing controversy over the holding of the World Culture Festival here, the volunteers, workers and performers on Thursday expressed both hope and uncertainty as they slogged…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Assassinating former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was the Tamil Tigers’ biggest mistake, a new book quotes the late LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingham as saying. Balasingham told Norway’s former Special…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday the controversies over spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living (AoL) event should now end. ”Now that NGT (National Green…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) A painting by an Indian artist, depicting an elderly woman threading a needle, has been included in the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the artist’s spouse said…