Prayagraj, Jan 17 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated a three-day Gandhian Resurgence Summit at Parmarth Niketan camp at the ongoing Kumbh Mela on Thursday. About 300 Gandhians from different parts of the country and…
Gangtok, Jan 17 (IANS) Doves symbolising peace and prosperity were released and Tibetan native drum-dance presented, as the three-day Sikkim Red Panda Winter Carnival 2019, showcasing the state’s unique culture and talent, got off to…
By Arun Kumar Das Varanasi, Jan 17 (IANS) Decked up with hundreds of mono and multi-colour lights with a special-effects system synchronised with soothing music, the entire stretch from Rajghat Bridge to Samne Ghat Bridge…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday inaugurate the National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) that has come up in a 19th century heritage bungalow and a modern building in the…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Asserting that the days of “khichdi politics” are over, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, says that the proposed mahagathbandhan is an “alliance of opportunists”. The results of the 2014 general…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Noted writer-historian and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival William Dalrymple will not be attending the 2019 edition of the annual literary extravaganza, scheduled to take place in the Pink…
Guwahati, Jan 16 (IANS) Despite a Supreme Court ban on animal fights and race across the country, people of Morigaon district organized the traditional buffalo fight at Bidyabori and Ahatguri area of the district on…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Author Novoneel Chakraborty says he considers his books his ladies and so, he is “extra possessive” about them. His books “The Stranger Trilogy” are being adapted into web series by…
By Vishal Gulati Manali, Jan 16 (IANS) The sounds of silence in tiny picturesque hamlets currently marooned in a thick blanket of snow overlooking this Himachal Pradesh tourist resort can be heard loud and clear….
Prayagraj, Jan 16 (IANS) The inclusion of the Kinnar Akhara led by transgender activist Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi is drawing huge crowds at the ongoing Kumbh Mela, the spiritual congregation here. While most of the traditional…
Prayagraj, Jan 16 (IANS) After a spectacular opening on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, the ongoing Kumbh Mela here is slowly settling down as thousands of devotees who had gathered here for the first of…
By Saket Suman Prayagraj, Jan 16 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh and the Centre have publicised the construction of over 1,20,000 toilets here on a large scale but their “Swach Kumbh” (clean…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) For multi-disciplinary artist and winner of the 2017 Glenfiddich ‘Emerging Artist of the Year’ Sitaram Swain, grey defines uncertainty, anxiety and impermanence, but on closer look, one finds his ‘grey’…
Prayagraj, Jan 16 (IANS) Thousands of posters, books, leaflets and calendars, counting the achievements of programmes introduced and promoted by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre, and bearing photographs of him…
Kolkata, Jan 15 ( IANS) Amid the row on the screening of ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’, former National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan on Tuesday said that 80 per cent of the claims in the book…
Prayagraj, Jan 15 (IANS) More than 16 lakh devotees took a holy dip here at the Sangam, the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna rivers and the mythical Saraswati, on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) In the latest example of public-private partnership in the Indian cultural scenario, the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the Culture Ministry have…
Prayagraj, Jan 15 (IANS) A slew of hoardings welcoming devotees to the Kumbh Mela in this historic city of Uttar Pradesh call for the construction of a grand Ram temple at the disputed Babri Masjid…
Vijayawada, Jan 15 (IANS) Crores of rupees changed hands as cockfights continued unabated in several parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh during Sankranti, despite court orders and warnings by police. On the second day of the…
Prayagraj, Jan 15 (IANS) The Kumbh Mela, which kicked off early on Tuesday with thousands taking a holy dip at the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna rivers and the mythical Saraswati, is seeing numerous sadhus…