Patna, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A fan of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made several piggy banks in the form of his statues in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. Jai Prakash, a sculptor, has showcased several such statues…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well,” Baron Pierre…
Bengaluru, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) South-Western Railway, Bengaluru Division has begun to give shape to its grand plan of developing four of the oldest railway stations surrounding Bengaluru as heritage stations. Ashok Kumar Verma, Divisional Railway…
Bhubaneswar, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The chariots of Lord Jagannath and his siblings Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra reached Gundicha temple before the scheduled time on Monday. All rituals, starting from Pahandi Bije of the three…
Tirupati, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) additional executive officer A.V. Dharma Reddy on Monday lamented that ‘Veda Sakhas’ have plummeted from 1,331 to just nine over the years and exhorted that there is…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) A painter, playwright and poet who practiced medicine for decades, Mumbai-based artist Gieve Patel smiles that for him all these art forms may not necessarily “complement” each…
New Delhi, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) In July 1971, US National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger made a secret visit to China to meet top Chinese leaders. This inaugurated a new phase not just in US-China relations…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Poet and journalist Arun Dasgupta passed away at his village Dhalghat Patiya in Bangladesh’s Chittaagong at about 12 noon on Saturday. He was 86. He had been suffering…
Agra/New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Diplomats from Afghanistan visited the Taj Mahal on Sunday morning and enjoyed their stay at the iconic monument amid the weekly lockdown imposed in the city on Saturday and Sunday…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Everything in our lives warps and unravels with the passage of time, says P.A. Chawla, a fan of T.S. Eliot, which explains her nom de plume, of…
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received the first copy of the book ‘The Ramayana of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, penned by late Baljit Kaur Tulsi, the mother of…
Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh), July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Plans are afoot to revive a 8th century Sun temple, located in a Uttar Pradesh village in Pratapgarh district. A joint team of the state tourism department and Uttar…
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Heres an ode to one of the most entertaining periods of Hindi cinema. Kaveree Bamzai’s “The Three Khans – And The Emergence of New India” (Westland), releasing on July 15,…
Liverpool, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Arts and cultural organisations in Liverpool joined force in a last-minute bid to avert the British city losing its Unesco World Heritage status. Unesco’s World Heritage Committee, meeting later this month…
New Delhi, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Booknerds, a Dehradun-based initiative, is revolutionizing the way books and authors connect. The Beginning Booknerds is a literary startup based out of Dehradun, India founded by husband-wife bibliophile duo Rohan…
Tirupati, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) additional executive officer A.V. Dharma Reddy on Tuesday said there is an urgent need to enlighten youth on the ethics embedded in ‘Arsha Dharma’ after the recitation…
By Sujit Chakraborty Guwahati, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian railways authorities have initiated the process to give permission digitally to make films and documentaries on Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), a UNESCO World Heritage site, which…
By S. Ravi New Delhi, July 6: While there is a widespread speculation as to what awaits Afghanistan after the departure of the US-led foreign troops in the country, historians and heritage experts globally, are…
Lucknow, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former UP minister Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh has written a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, seeking development of Bateshwar town in Agra district as a tourist destination. Bateshwar…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Had it not rained in Southampton on the morning of July 8, 2020, washing out play in the West Indies-England cricket Test, Michael Holding, one of the…