Roerich estate has 37 rare paintings of Russian painter
September 18th, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 18 (IANS) The International Roerich Memorial Trust (IRMT), which manages Russian painter and philosopher Nicholas Roerich's estate in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, has over 8,000 artefacts, including ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Roerich museum curator quits
September 9th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 9 (IANS) Alena Adamkova has relinquished her charge as curator of Russian artist Nicholas Roerich's museum in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu valley, an official said Sunday. She headed the ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Anupam plans theatre fest in Shimla, says it is payback time
August 6th, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 6 (IANS) Noted Bollywood actor Anupam Kher is in his hometown to mentor budding talents in the city. He says that it is payback time and that ... Read more...
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With 400 scripts, Shimla’s Gaiety Theatre recreates the past (With Image)
July 31st, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 31 (IANS) It's modelled on London's Royal Albert Hall. Now, the British-era Gaiety Theatre, where Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling and legendary actors Prithviraj Kapoor and Balraj Sahni ... Read more...
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poems translated into German
May 27th, 2012 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 27 (IANS) Works of noted subcontinental Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, globally recognised as one who believed in social reform and devoted his poetry to the uplift of ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Story can fail, innovative technique can never fail: RGV
May 16th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Director Ram Gopal Varma says that he shot his forthcoming thriller "Department", his most expensive film so far, by using a new technique and is ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda guns down American in Yemen (Lead)
March 18th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Aden (Yemen), March 18 (IANS) Terror outfit Al Qaeda Sunday claimed responsibility for killing a US citizen working as an English teacher at a Swedish-run institute in Yemen, media reports ... Read more...
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American gunned down in Yemen
March 18th, 2012 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Aden (Yemen), March 18 (IANS) A US citizen working as a teacher at an English-language institute in Yemen was shot dead Sunday by suspected Al Qaeda gunmen, media reports said.Two ... Read more...
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CIC upset at Delhi government’s inaction on graft
April 14th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) has expressed its "distress at the extraordinary slow methods" of the Delhi government in acting on a probe into a decades-old embezzlement ... Read more...
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Gauhati varsity professor murders student
January 25th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 25 (IANS) The sensational murder of a girl student by a Gauhati University professor in his official residence and then his attempt to commit suicide by consuming poison has numbed ... Read more...
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