President to get taste of Shimla’s colonial past
byShimla: President Pranab Mukherjee will visit this hill town for one-and-a-half days beginning Thursday. During his stay, he will get a taste of British…
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Indian sand artist wins Danish ‘grand prize’
byNew Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the Danish ‘grand prize’ at the 2nd Copenhagen International Sand sculpture festival…
Film on Assam village chosen for UK archive
byGuwahati, May 19 (IANS) An Assamese documentary film has been selected to be archived at the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) of Great Britain and…
Kolkata exhibition celebrates Gopal Ghose
byKolkata, May 19 (IANS) The centenary of legendry artist Gopal Ghose, famed for ingenious handling of watercolours is now being celebrated with an exhibition…
Chinese musician seeks enduring India-China ties
byNew Delhi, May 19 (IANS) She started liking the poetry of India’s poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore while in school, and now China’s noted dulcimer…
Host of celebrities to be get Bengal government awards Monday
byKolkata, May 17 (IANS) A host of sports celebrities including former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, and country’s soccer legends P.K. Banerjee, Chuni Goswami…
Paintings return to England for first time in 230 years
byLondon, May 17 (IANS) A world-class collection of oil paintings returning from Russia to England is like the treasures of the Forbidden City returning…
Amar Chitra Katha launches collection of all 300 titles
byMumbai, May 17 (IANS) Amar Chitra Katha, which has depicted India’s rich culture for generations of Indians through its comics, has launched a complete…
First edition of `The Great Gatsby’ auctioned
byLondon, May 17 (IANS/EFE) A first edition of legendary American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” sold for 1,875 pounds ($2,872), or nearly…
Amber Room, looted by Nazis during WWII, to be recreated
byKaliningrad, May 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The legendary Amber Room, a Tsarist-era antiquity which was looted by Nazi German forces at the end of World…