Culture Ministry gets more allocations in Union Budget
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) With a focus on celebrations under the 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' programme commemorating 75 years of India's Independence, the outlay for annual budget 2023-24 of the Ministry of Culture has been enhanced to Rs 3,399.65 crore as against an outlay of Rs 3,009.05 crore approved in the previous Budget plan of 2022-2023. The annual outlay in FY 2023-24 is 12.97 per cent higher than the annual outlay of FY 2022-23.
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Art/Culture/Boo Focus 10:08 PM'Me-Dam-Me-Phi' strengthens link between past & present: Assam CM
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Art/Culture/Boo General 08:10 PMIconic 'Jai Jai Maharashtra Maza' proclaimed new State Song
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Kochi Biennale is among the best in the world: German Ambassador
Kochi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Kochi Muziris Biennale ranks among the best when it comes to premier art events in the world according, to Dr Philipp Ackermann, German Ambassador to India, who is also an art historian.
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Rajasthan Governor inaugurates Lokotsav in Goa
Panaji, Jan 30 (IANS) Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Monday inaugurated the 22nd edition of Lokotsav here.
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Assam plans grand Bihu festival for Guinness record, PM Modi to attend
Guwahati, Jan 30 (IANS) The Assam government is planning to take the state's cultural pride, the Bihu festival, to the world stage.
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Meet Kashmir's self-taught artist whose Insta page of artworks is a hit
By Ummar Jamal
Srinagar, Jan 30 (IANS) In the contemporary world, you will find most of the youth making excuses for remaining unemployed. But not Khazin Munir, who despite being a doctoral student in law, earns her bread through calligraphy and other art and craft forms.
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Kolkata Book Fair will also be held in Delhi from next year: Mamata
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) An edition of the iconic Kolkata Book Fair will also be held in the national capital from next year onwards, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday while inaugurating the 46th edition of the fair here.
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Friends first, competitors later: Major exhibition on Raza and his contemporaries
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Dhoomimal Gallery will present 'Raza and His Contemporaries, drawn from the Ravi Jain Collection of modern Indian art from February 7 to March 10 at its gallery in New Delhi.
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Delegates to pre-G20 summit meet get to see Chandigarh's green self
By Vishal Gulati
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) 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 the two-day International Financial Architecture Working Group meeting here on January 30-31 in the run-up to the G20 Summit.
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Dutch-era Record Room building demolished, eight pillars preserved
Patna, Jan 29 (IANS) 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 preserved.
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Soul Songs of a Country: The dazzling diversity of national anthems (IANS Column: Bookends)
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 epitome of patriotic sentiment?
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An issue in 2020 Bihar polls, fate of Madhubani art no longer excites politicians
By Ajay Kumar
Patna, Jan 29 (IANS) 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 it post election.
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Pandit Jasraj's native place in Haryana to get facelift
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) 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 Pandit Jasraj Cultural Foundation and to face-lift his ancestral village.
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Poetry explores and expresses diversity of our linguistic heritage: J&K L-G
Jammu, Jan 27 (IANS) The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, said on Friday that poetry explores and expresses our linguistic heritage.
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J&K tourism takes part in int'l tourism fest in Spain
Srinagar, Jan 27 (IANS) 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 was inaugurated by King Felipe VI of Spain, officials said on Friday.
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Monish Gujral's 'On the Pickle Trail' takes you on a global odyssey with its 100 recipes
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Did you know that eggs can be pickled, and so can salmon, cucumber, okra (bhindi), tomatoes, brinjal and oranges - to name just a few.
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Kartik, Rajkummar enjoy 'bhog' at Anurag Basu's Saraswati Puja celebration
Mumbai, Jan 27 (IANS) 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.
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Eight writers from J&K selected for UP Urdu Academy's annual honours
Srinagar Jan 27 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy recently announced the awards for the year 2019-21. The list of awaredds includes eight writers from Jammu and Kashmir.
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Metamorphosing Hindi publishing, the Aditi Maheshwari way
By Sukant Deepak
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) 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 the country's oldest and most important publishing houses.
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Chinna Jeeyar, Daaji, Keeravaani among Padama awardees from Telugu states
Hyderabad, Jan 26 (IANS) 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 Andhra Pradesh who have been awarded Padma awards this year for their contributions in their respective fields.
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K.M. Birla, Sudha Murty conferred Padma Bhushan
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) 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 2023.
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Singer Vani Jairam gets Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri for Kalyana Sundaram Pillai
Chennai, Jan 25 (IANS) Noted playback singer Vani Jairam, on Tamil Nadu, was on Wednesday awarded the Padma Bhushan.
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B.V. Doshi leaves behind irreplaceable void in architecture industry
Ahmedabad, Jan 25 (IANS) 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.
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Nigerian military dictatorship reverberates at Kochi Biennale
Kochi, Jan 24 (IANS) 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 of her father is among the notable works on display at the fifth edition of the ongoing Kochi Muziris Biennale, here.
