Mukherjee asks youth diaspora to learn about India
September 7th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday asked the youth of the Indian diaspora to learn about India, its traditions and thought process and to use the ... Read more...
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Olympics: Putin lauds ‘brilliant’ Russian judo golds
August 3rd, 2012 - 6:28 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday lauded the "brilliant" performance of Russia's judo exponents at the London Olympics, where they have won three gold medals.Putin cheered ... Read more...
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Sahara pick up Lucknow franchise of HI League
July 23rd, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 23 (IANS) Indian hockey's chief sponsor Sahara India Pariwar announced Monday that they have bought the Lucknow franchise of the proposed Hockey India League (HIL).Speaking on the occasion ... Read more...
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Vettori to return to shortest format with World T20
June 20th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, June 20 (IANS) All-rounder Daniel Vettori has declared himself available for the Twenty20 World Cup in September, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced Wednesday.Last year, Vettori had opted out of ... Read more...
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Hand shadowgrapher Amar Sen holds infinity in his palm (With Images)
April 23rd, 2012 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Amar Sen knows literally how to create the world with his fingers. With a swish and a flick of his fingers, grains of sand transform into ... Read more...
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Roach praises Malcolm Marshall’s legacy
April 19th, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain (Trinidad), April 19 (IANS/CMC) Kemar Roach, a member of the emerging generation of West Indies pacers, hailed Malcolm Marshall as one of the finest exponents of the art, ... Read more...
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Mamata fetes 18 singers
April 12th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday presented the maiden 'Mahasangeet Samman' and 'Sangeet Samman' to 18 well-known singers at the inauguration of an annual ... Read more...
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President hosts BRICS leaders at cultural soiree, banquet
March 28th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Indian President Pratibha Patil hosted the heads of the BRICS countries who are in India for their 4th BRIC summit to a banquet and ... Read more...
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Three-day ballet festival opens at Kamani theatre
March 21st, 2012 - 1:32 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) A three-day festival of ballet dance opened at the Kamani theatre in the capital with performances by Manipuri guru Rajkumar Singhajit Singh and Maitreyee Pahari.The ... Read more...
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A septuagenarian gives voice to art of mimicry
February 21st, 2012 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) For some mimicry is an art, for others just imitation, but for Subhendu Biswas it is a science. The septuagenarian - who says everything about him ... Read more...
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Kailash Kher to perform at world Sufi fest
February 10th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Singer Kailash Kher is set to serenade music lovers with his soulful Sufi renditions at the fourth edition of the World Sufi Spirit Festival, supported ... Read more...
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Braj haveli sangeet on verge of extinction
February 7th, 2012 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 7 (IANS) The famed musical tradition of 'haveli sangeet',originating in western Uttar Pradesh's Braj region, is on the verge of extinction in the place of its origin, with ... Read more...
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US scholar keen on Shakespearean theatre in India
January 24th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) James Shapiro, the author of "1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare" and "Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare", wants to tour India and ... Read more...
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Hindustani classical music will never die, say exponents
January 4th, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) Masters of Hindustani classical music who were in Kolkata Tuesday to announce an annual music conference admitted that the genre was losing ground to Bollywood and ... Read more...
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Martial arts exponents mask fear to show confidence
January 3rd, 2012 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) Competitors of mixed martial arts have unique ways of masking fear that actually allow them to project a confident face, says a US study.
"Successful management ... Read more...
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Doctor by day, musician and writer by night
December 1st, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) The scalpel gives way to a harmonium and the surgeon in 80-year-old Samir K. Gupta steps aside for the artist as he gives musical life to ... Read more...
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Gharanas may not retain their identity: Pandit Rajan Mishra
November 25th, 2011 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 25 (IANS) The legendary gharanas of Indian classical music may not be able to retain their distinct identity in the contemporary age where electronic media and rampant ... Read more...
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Happy at popularity of Punjabi music: Daler Mehndi
October 2nd, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) With his foot tapping compositions, Daler Mehndi is credited with changing the definition of Punjabi music. And the singer says he feels proud to see ... Read more...
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The lost art of Tibetan knife-making
August 29th, 2011 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) A 62-year-old man from Tibet's Xigaze prefecture is perhaps one of the last exponents of a lost art - that of making knives the Tibetan way.Tsedan ... Read more...
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Britain lagging behind in digital age: Google chief
August 27th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 27 (IANS) Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has warned that Britain would fall behind in the digital age unless it makes drastic changes in its education system.Schmidt said ... Read more...
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Wimbledon: Paes-Bhupathi, Somdev and Sania advance in doubles
June 25th, 2011 - 1:42 am ICT by IANS
London, June 25 (IANS) India's doubles exponents Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi recovered from a first-set loss to carve out a fighting 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-4 victory over Croatia's Ivan ... Read more...
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Vice-President Ansari to visit Dhaka for Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations
May 3rd, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will undertake a two-day visit of Bangladesh to participate in the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.He will ... Read more...
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Bopanna reaches career-high doubles ranking
April 25th, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) India's Rohan Bopanna gained two places to reach his career high doubles rankings of 12 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) charts Monday.Bopanna's ... Read more...
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Cuba celebrates 50 years of electroacoustic music
April 1st, 2011 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Havana, April 1 (IANS) Cuba is all set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the composition of the first piece of electroacoustic music by a national artiste.Beginning April 27, Cuba's ... Read more...
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Thang-Ta championship held to popularise weapon-based artform in Manipur
March 21st, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Impha, Mar 21 (ANI): In an endeavor to popularise the weapon-based artform used by ancient Manipuri warriors as an offensive and defensive mechanism with swords, spears and physical movements, Manipur recently hosted ... Read more...
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Pandit Jasraj enthrals Dhaka audience
March 20th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 20 (IANS) Music enthusiasts here were thrilled as Pandit Jasraj, one of India's best known exponents of Hindustani classical music, played to a packed house here.The musical soiree ... Read more...
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Davis Cup: Bopanna-Somdev lose marathon doubles match, India down 1-2 (Lead)
March 6th, 2011 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
Novi Sad (Serbia), March 5 (IANS) India's Rohan Bopanna and Somdev Devvarman dug in deep but could not stop Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac from giving defending champions Serbia ... Read more...
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Malaysia’s first male bharatanatyam duo raring to dance
February 13th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Ipoh (Malaysia), Feb 13 (IANS) Malaysia will have its first father-son duo of bharatanatyam dancers next Saturday, adding to the motley group of male exponents of this women-dominated dance form. ... Read more...
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Time to experiment with Tagore works: German scholar
February 8th, 2011 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The rendition of Rabindrasangeet, the 3,000 odd oeuvre of songs composed by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, is often "too sugary" and should be open to ... Read more...
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Annu Kapoor, Durga Jasraj team up again to host TV show
January 28th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) After popular music show "Antakshari", Annu Kapoor and Durga Jasraj are set to recreate the same magic as the hosts of the new show "Idea Jalsa - ... Read more...
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Gregg Allman Releases His First Solo Music Album In 14 Years
January 17th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Gregg Allman has remained a Southern blues-rocker for years. His work with the Allman Brothers' band stands out as one of the best in the country/blues ... Read more...
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Campaign to resurrect Mirza Ghalib’s legacy gathers momentum
December 24th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The campaign to resurrect the poetic legacy of Mirza Ghalib, the iconic 19th century classical Sufi lyricist and poet, is gathering momentum with the installation of his ... Read more...
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Two injured in blasts at embassies in Rome (Fourth Lead)
December 24th, 2010 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 23 (IANS) Police searched embassies and consular offices in Rome after two people were injured in separate parcel bomb blasts Thursday at the Swiss and Chilean missions in the Italian ... Read more...
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India showcases traditional martial arts at Games closing
October 14th, 2010 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) India showcased its traditional martial art forms from various parts of the country during the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games here Thursday.With fireworks and weapons, ... Read more...
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Korn On ‘Rock Scarz’
July 24th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 24, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Legendary modern metal exponents Korn would soon be gracing the cover of Rock Scarz magazine. The guys from Korn were attending a photo shoot. They were ... Read more...
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