By Vishal Gulati Chandigarh, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chandigarh — the first planned modern and green city to be conceived after India’s Independence in 1947 — is rolling out the red carpet for the delegates attending…
Patna, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Dutch-era Record Room building in the Patna Collectorate which featured in movie ‘Gandhi’ that won eight Academy Awards, has been demolished, but eight pillars of the historic structure have been…
By Vikas Datta Apart from the flag, national anthems are the most cherished symbols of nationhood. However, are these musical compositions, eulogising the particular country/nation’s history and traditions or expounding its destiny, only the cultural…
By Ajay Kumar Patna, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) During every election, leaders of various political parties promise the rejuvenation of industries, handicrafts, litchi farming, jute farming, sugarcane farming in Bihar but they hardly even think of…
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, while paying tributes to renowned vocalist Pandit Jasraj on his 93rd birth anniversary, announced to give Rs 21 lakh from his discretionary fund for the…
Jammu, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, said on Friday that poetry explores and expresses our linguistic heritage. Sinha was addressing the ‘Akhil Bhartiya Kavi Sammelan’ at the University…
Srinagar, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The J&K tourism department is part of India’s official tourism delegation at the five-day 43rd edition of FITUR, one of the largest international tourism fairs in the world in Madrid, which…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Did you know that eggs can be pickled, and so can salmon, cucumber, okra (bhindi), tomatoes, brinjal and oranges – to name just a few. Prominent restauranter,…
Mumbai, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Filmmaker Anurag Basu hosted a Saraswati puja and it was attended by a string of Bollywood personalities including Rajkummar Rao and wife Patralekhaa, Kartik Aaryan and Abhishek Bachchan among many others….
Srinagar Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy recently announced the awards for the year 2019-21. The list of awaredds includes eight writers from Jammu and Kashmir. Those selected for the honours from Jammu and…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Stressing that management education, and closely observing and learning from the English publishing ecosystem have been instrumental for Aditi Maheshwari in turning-around Vani Prakashan Group, one of…
Ayodhya (UP), Jan 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) A three-day international conference on ‘Mrityunjay: Birth, death and reincarnation’ will be held by the Shankaracharya Vangmaya Seva Parishad, in Ayodhya, from January 27-29. Shankaracharya Vangmaya Seva Parishad is an…
Hyderabad, Jan 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Spiritual leaders Swami Chinna Jeeyar and Kamlesh D Patel, music director M. M. Keeravaani, linguist B. Ramakrishna Reddy and social worker Sankurathi Chandra Sekhar are among the personalities from Telangana and…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Author and philanthropist Sudha Murty and industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla are among nine personalities who have been named for the coveted Padma Bhushan awards on the occasion of Republic Day…
Chennai, Jan 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Noted playback singer Vani Jayaram, on Tamil Nadu, was on Wednesday awarded the Padma Bhushan. She has rendered more than 8,000 playback songs in 14 different languages. She has also recorded…
Ahmedabad, Jan 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Balakrishna Vithaldas Doshi, who was the first Indian to bag the Pritzker Prize, considered architecture’s highest honour, has passed away leaving behind irreplaceable void in architecture industry. Born on August 26,…
Kochi, Jan 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) A contemporary art illustration by the daughter of noted writer and environmental-human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was hanged by the Nigerian military dictatorship nearly three decades back, raising inspiring memories…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Jan 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) He speaks slowly, and weighs words. Pauses. Insists that meanings are found in the ones not spoken and amidst spaces left blank. That when sentences feel lonely,…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Jan 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) His first book, “Anatomy of Froth” was an investigative work with some analysis of the root causes of the global financial crisis. While it had recommendations, its…
Chandigarh, Jan 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Haryana’s tableau of Virat Swaroop of Lord Krishna, with the theme of International Gita Mahotsav, will be showcased in the Republic Day parade at Kartavya Path in national capital Delhi. For…