New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Exactly two years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government commenced the exercise to ban over 85 per cent of high-value currency notes, former banking industry honcho Meera H. Sanyal says…
Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) Commoners, political heavyweights and social bigwigs came together on Diwali, and celebrated the festival of lights, which marks the return of Lord Ram to Ayodhya after a 14-year exile, across Uttar…
Agra Nov 7 (IANS) Mesmerised by the exquisite beauty of the monument of love, the Taj Mahal, South Korean First Lady Kim Jung Sook said she would return with her husband. Instead of the scheduled…
Lhasa, Nov 7 (IANS) Tibetan heritage site Potala Palace, known for its gold-plated roof, has undergone major repair and polishing work. The facelift took about a year-and-a-half with 31 million yuan ($4 million) of funding…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Artist Rekha Rodwittiya, whose art is “free, feisty, feminist and more” and yet is the “everyday woman”, consciously placed the female figure at the centre of her…
By Anand Venkitachalam New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) American metal band Disturbed’s seventh studio album, “Evolution”, is a disturbingly weak effort after a three-year wait since the more superior “Immortalized” of 2015. While the album,…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Book: Red Birds; Author: Mohammed Hanif; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 304 With a fallen pilot, an ambitious, but floundering, teenager and a dog as the three narrators, Pakistani writer Mohammed…
Lucknow, Nov 6 (IANS) The First Lady of South Korea Kim Jung-sook on Tuesday evening was witness to the lighting of over 3 lakh earthen lamps on the banks of the Saryu as well as…
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Reflections of the “old world charm” of broken, out-of-use artefacts, painted onto canvases with shades of earth and rust, are on display at Triveni Kala Sangam here till November 14….
Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) As Mumbai’s Mecca of performing arts Prithvi Theatre turned 40 years old, Bollywood’s famed Kapoor clan organised a grand celebration to commemorate the day. Prithvi Theatre was founded by late actor…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Ethiopia, Africas oldest independent country, is home to several tribes, some of which have been brought to the mainstream. The remaining are engaged in a constant battle…
By Ravi Subramanian (Ravi Subramanian’s “Don’t Tell The Governor”, a novel set against the backdrop of demonetization, arrives on the stands on Tuesday. Below is an exclusive excerpt from the book) Harsha Ranjan was standing…
Lucknow, Nov 5 (IANS) South Korea First Lady Kim Jung-sook arrived in the state capital on Monday evening on a two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh. She was received at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport…
Lucknow, Nov 5 (IANS) Popular Hindi bhajan singer Vinod Agarwal has been admitted in a critical condition to a private medical facility in Mathura after he complained of chest pain on Sunday, family sources said…
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) A photography exhibition on eight African tribes, featuring over 200 stills by wildlife biologist Latika Nath, opened at the Bikaner House here on Monday. Titled “OMO: Where The Time Stood…
Guwahati, Nov 5 (IANS) Assam on Monday paid rich tributes to music maestro Dr Bhupen Hazarika on his seventh death anniversary. Hundreds of organizations across the state held functions in various places to pay tributes…
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) From the days of pioneers like Diana Eduljee and Shantha Rangaswamy in the early 1970s to the stars of today like Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur, the story of womens…
Ranchi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Jharkhand cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday approved setting up of a 25-ft statue of freedom fighter Birsa Munda at the old Birsa Munda Central Jail here,…
Bilbao (Spain), Nov 5 (IANS) Shillong-based Big-Ri & Meba Ofilia won the Best India Act for their song “Done Talking” at the 2018 Europe Music Awards (EMA), where American-Cuban singer-songwriter Camila Cabello scooped four honours….
Yangon, Nov 5 (IANS) Myanmar plans to hold an ethnic culture and tourism festival here in January next year to promote tribal groups. According to Myanmar News Agency’s report on Monday, it would be organised…