Bhubaneswar, July 4 (IANS) Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Monday completed the creation of 100 sand chariots on the Puri beach in Odisha ahead of Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra to set a new record….
Canberra, July 4 (IANS) Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia (NGA) may be forced to hand back priceless ancient Indian artefacts after it was revealed they might have been acquired from an illegal smuggling ring. The…
By Vikas Datta With her large, limpid brown eyes, statuesque figure, seductively deep voice, she was one of the world’s best-known actresses and sex symbols in the 1950s and 1960s – but Gina Lollobrigida, who…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) If you are planning a road trip soon, update Google Maps on your smartphone now. With the latest update on Google Maps on Android (coming soon to iOS), you can…
By Ankit Sinha Street performances as an art form have existed since time immemorial, with musicians, dancers, magicians and a plethora of artistes exhibiting their craft in public. In India too, street art has pervaded…
By Vikas Datta Title: The BRICS – A Very Short Introduction; Author: Andrew F. Copper; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 160; Price: Rs 225 With India’s recent bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group failing…
Title: Words Matter: Writings Against Silence; Edited/Introduced by: K. Satchidanandan; Publisher: Penguin/Viking; Pages: 261; Price: Rs 399 The challenge to Indian democracy has always come from those who hate democracy as an idea, those who…
Los Angeles, July 3 (IANS) Director Robin Hardy, best known for The Wicker Man, has died. He was 86. He died on Friday, his wife Victoria confirmed in a Facebook post, reports variety.com. The location…
By Vikas Datta Every poetic tradition has one great exponent, traditionally and popularly embodying and representing its identity and characteristics. Most are historic figures, though relatively new, or revived languages may see those from recent…
Bhubaneswar, July 2 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced online certificate courses in Odia would be offered from next year for the benefit of Non-Resident Odias (NROs) globally and the students residing…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that great freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s “dreams were not yet fulfilled” and a lot needed to be done in this respect. “Bhagat…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Arts education, which will include imparting the knowledge and practice of India’s rich and diverse culture and performing traditions, will be be made compulsory in Delhi schools, Deputy Chief Minister…
Rome, July 1 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and shoe magnate Diego Della Valle on Friday attended a ceremony to mark completion of the multi-million euro cleaning of Rome’s Colosseum – the first phase…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will visit Britain in July to participate in a Hindu gathering in a bid to attract British Hindu youths to Indian culture. Bhagwat will stay in…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Enter the kitchen of a great chef, cast an eye on the educational experience at alternative schools, flick through the upstream life of a man who battles alone in a…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Legendary athlete Milkha Singh has launched the ‘Read India’ initiative which aims to set up libraries in about 700 government-run schools to benefit over 3.5 lakh underprivileged students. Backed by…
Dharamsala, June 30 (IANS) China has detained award-winning Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden for what Chinese police said was a dispute over baggage at an airport in Qinghai, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said on Thursday….
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The public will have access from next month to three new ‘tourist circuits’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan here: The main building, two museum complexes and the gardens, which they can see…
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) Eminent artist K.G. Subramanyan, one of the pioneers of modern Indian art, passed away in Vadodara on Wednesday, due to old age, art historian and curator R. Siva Kumar said. Subramanyan…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Spontaneously painted women-centric expressions that present various stages in a woman’s life can be viewed alongside the relationship of nature with its varied moods at an exhibition here July 2-7….