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Film on Assam village chosen for UK archive

Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) An Assamese documentary film has been selected to be archived at the Royal Anthropological Institute... (more...)

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Kolkata exhibition celebrates Gopal Ghose

Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) The centenary of legendry artist Gopal Ghose, famed for ingenious handling of watercolours is now... (more...)

Host of celebrities to be get Bengal government awards Monday

Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) A host of sports celebrities including former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, and country’s... (more...)

Paintings return to England for first time in 230 years

London, May 17 (IANS) A world-class collection of oil paintings returning from Russia to England is like the treasures of... (more...)

Amar Chitra Katha launches collection of all 300 titles

Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) Amar Chitra Katha, which has depicted India’s rich culture for generations of Indians through its... (more...)

First edition of `The Great Gatsby’ auctioned

London, May 17 (IANS/EFE) A first edition of legendary American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” sold... (more...)

Amber Room, looted by Nazis during WWII, to be recreated

Kaliningrad, May 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The legendary Amber Room, a Tsarist-era antiquity which was looted by Nazi German... (more...)

SPIC-MACAY’s first globalal convention begins May 20 in Kolkata

Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Over 1,800 delegates will participate in the first SPIC-MACAY international convention on promoting... (more...)

China gifts Tagore gallery on 152nd birth anniversary

Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) A gallery on Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and China was opened Wednesday at Tagore’s ancestral... (more...)

Smithsonian to showcase visual history of yoga

Washington, May 15 (IANS) Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum and research complex here, is launching a major crowdfunding... (more...)

Lenin mausoleum reopens in Moscow after renovation

Moscow, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The mausoleum housing the remains of Russian communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin reopens... (more...)

Conservationists demand restoration of Dara Shikoh’s library (With Image)

Agra May 15 (IANS) Conservationists here have demanded the restoration and reopening of Dara Shikoh’ library that is lying... (more...)

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