Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that “soft power” plays a vital role in today’s world and hailed Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s…
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: People at Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s World Culture Festival in New Delhi, on March 11, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Amidst controversy over environmental and security concerns, Sri Sri Ravi…
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…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of “blatant political and constitutional impropriety” by supporting and participating in the World Culture Festival….
New Delhi: The stage for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s World Culture Festival being decorated in New Delhi on March 10, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The three-day World Culture Festival being organised…
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…
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) The National Green Tribunal on Friday gave three weeks to Art of Living (AoL) to pay environmental compensation of Rs.5 crore for holding World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplains…
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…
Canberra, March 9 (IANS) A contemporary dance theatre group in southern Australia has revived a lost Aboriginal language by integrating native songs into public workshops and performances, the media reported on Wednesday. Adelaide’s cutting-edge Australian…
By Vikas Datta Title: Do You Know Any Good Boys?; Author: Meeti Shroff-Shah; Publisher: Pan Macmillan India; Pages: 195; Price: Rs.250 Humans have a penchant for entertainment spectacles in which some of the participants may…