Category: Culture

Demonetisation was an ‘unmitigated disaster’, says ex-banker Meera Sanyal

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Exactly two years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government commenced the exercise to ban over…

6 years ago

Commoners, bigwigs in UP celebrate Diwali with traditional fervor

Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) Commoners, political heavyweights and social bigwigs came together on Diwali, and celebrated the festival of lights,…

6 years ago

Will come again with my husband: South Korean First Lady at the Taj

Agra Nov 7 (IANS) Mesmerised by the exquisite beauty of the monument of love, the Taj Mahal, South Korean First…

6 years ago

Tibet’s Potala Palace undergoes repair

Lhasa, Nov 7 (IANS) Tibetan heritage site Potala Palace, known for its gold-plated roof, has undergone major repair and polishing…

6 years ago

My female representation endorsement of female victory, spirit: Artist Rekha Rodwittiya

By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Artist Rekha Rodwittiya, whose art is "free, feisty, feminist and more" and…

6 years ago

Disturbed’s latest: A bland and forgettable hard rock melodrama (Music Review)

By Anand Venkitachalam New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) American metal band Disturbed's seventh studio album, "Evolution", is a disturbingly weak…

6 years ago

Red Birds: A tough black comedy with laborious wit (Book Review)

By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Book: Red Birds; Author: Mohammed Hanif; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 304 With a fallen pilot,…

6 years ago

South Korean First Lady witnesses over 3 lakh ‘diyas’ and a name change in Ayodhya

Lucknow, Nov 6 (IANS) The First Lady of South Korea Kim Jung-sook on Tuesday evening was witness to the lighting…

6 years ago

Paintings on discoloured, old artefacts on display in Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Reflections of the "old world charm" of broken, out-of-use artefacts, painted onto canvases with shades…

6 years ago

Bollywood’s Kapoor clan celebrates 40 years of Prithvi Theatre

Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) As Mumbai's Mecca of performing arts Prithvi Theatre turned 40 years old, Bollywood's famed Kapoor clan…

6 years ago

Far from utopia: Stills from Ethiopia capture tribes in unrest

By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Ethiopia, Africas oldest independent country, is home to several tribes, some of…

6 years ago

Finance Minister, RBI Governor and demonetisation in fiction

By Ravi Subramanian (Ravi Subramanian's "Don't Tell The Governor", a novel set against the backdrop of demonetization, arrives on the…

6 years ago

South Korea’s First Lady arrives in Lucknow on two-day visit to UP

Lucknow, Nov 5 (IANS) South Korea First Lady Kim Jung-sook arrived in the state capital on Monday evening on a…

6 years ago

Eminent bhajan singer Vinod Agarwal on ventilator

Lucknow, Nov 5 (IANS) Popular Hindi bhajan singer Vinod Agarwal has been admitted in a critical condition to a private…

6 years ago

Photography exhibition on African tribes opens

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) A photography exhibition on eight African tribes, featuring over 200 stills by wildlife biologist Latika…

6 years ago

Assam pays rich tributes to Bhupen Hazarika

Guwahati, Nov 5 (IANS) Assam on Monday paid rich tributes to music maestro Dr Bhupen Hazarika on his seventh death…

6 years ago

Upcoming book charts history of women’s cricket in India

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) From the days of pioneers like Diana Eduljee and Shantha Rangaswamy in the early 1970s…

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Jharkhand to erect 25-ft statue of Birsa Munda in museum

Ranchi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Jharkhand cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday approved setting up of a…

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Shillong talents win Best India Act at 2018 Europe Music Awards

Bilbao (Spain), Nov 5 (IANS) Shillong-based Big-Ri & Meba Ofilia won the Best India Act for their song "Done Talking"…

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Myanmar ethnic festival in Jan

Yangon, Nov 5 (IANS) Myanmar plans to hold an ethnic culture and tourism festival here in January next year to…

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