Capital to host its first ‘Delhi International Film Festival’
August 21st, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) After getting the glimpse of Arab and Asian cinema at the Osian's Cinefan Film Festival, get set for first ever Delhi International Film Festival ... Read more...
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Rajesh Khanna was destined to be superstar, says Dimple (Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) For the first time after Rajesh Khanna's death, his estranged wife Dimple Kapadia opened up about the time she spent with him. She said he ... Read more...
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Rajesh Khanna was destined to be superstar: Dimple Kapadia
August 18th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Actress Dimple Kapadia has for the first time spoken about yesteryear superstar Rajesh Khanna after his death. She says he was special and destined to ... Read more...
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Rains at last in Delhi, more expected Saturday (Lead)
July 27th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The skies opened up and it rained finally in the capital Friday, bringing relief to a parched city after days of watching the dark clouds ... Read more...
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Noddy comes to India!
July 13th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Noddy fans in India have a reason to rejoice. The popular cartoon character and his best friends Big Ears, Tessie Bear, Bumpy Dog and the ... Read more...
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Osian back with second mega auction of movie art
July 11th, 2012 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The history of Indian cinema will cross an artistic threshold to become classical collectors' memoribilia in an
auction, "Film Memoribilia: The Osian's Cinefan Auction" ... Read more...
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Africa Day celebrated with music and dance (Lead, with images)
May 26th, 2012 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) A night filled with mesmerising dance and music marked Africa Day celebrations in the capital as artists from India and Africa took centrestage to commemorate ... Read more...
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Film fest on Bangladesh’s liberation war
March 22nd, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Six films centred around different aspects and effects of Bangladesh's 1971 "war of liberation" will be screened here as part of a special film festival ... Read more...
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‘Bad boys’ thrill Delhi
March 4th, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Delhi's culture aficianados were caught in a groovy mood as the renowned dance troupe 'Bad Boys of Dance' performed at the Siri Fort ... Read more...
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PM, BJP leaders greet Vajpayee on his 87th birthday
December 25th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and other well-wishers gave their best wishes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, ... Read more...
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Pankaj Udhas to stage concert for Sino-Indian relations
December 9th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Popular ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas will perform live at an event organised for the benefit of Sino-Indian relations.Udhas, who is known for numbers like "Chitthi ... Read more...
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Lata to receive K.L. Saigal award
November 7th, 2011 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar will be honoured with the K.L. Saigal award by Savitri Vikas Samiti here on Nov 17.According to Anita Srivastava, from Savitri ... Read more...
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Family fare pushing out children’s films: Nandita Das
October 20th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Actress Nandita Das, head of the Children's Film Society, rues that unlike other countries not enough films here focus on children and blames the economics ... Read more...
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Yogananda was India’s greatest gift to West: Kriyananda
October 13th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Paramhansa Yogananda, whose "Autobiography of a Yogi" is considered a spiritual gem, was India's greatest gift to the West, Ananda Sangha founder Swami Kriyananda said ... Read more...
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India, Germany to discuss IMF reforms, defence deal
May 30th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) India and Germany, Europe's tech powerhouse, will Tuesday broaden the scope of their strategic dialogue when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holds talks with visiting ... Read more...
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Fusion ballet to open Italian unification celebrations (With Image)
January 20th, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Italian embassy and the Italian Cultural Centre have embarked on a spectacular cultural extravaganza across India to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian unification, a statement ... Read more...
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Over 2,000 aspiring entrepreneurs to gather at TiE summit
December 19th, 2010 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Over 2,000 budding entrepreneurs are expected at The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) summit here that will feature icons like Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy and Nobel laureate Amartya ... Read more...
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PM to watch hockey final, wife to cheer Saina (Lead)
October 14th, 2010 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be among the VVIPS watching the India-Australia hockey final at the Commonwealth Games here Thursday while his wife will cheer badminton ... Read more...
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Renovated facilities at Siri Fort Auditorium world class: Ambika
September 30th, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni Thursday visited the Siri Fort auditorium to review the renovated facilities of the complex and termed those as ... Read more...
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Ang Lee’s retrospective in Delhi from July 25
July 23rd, 2010 - 1:29 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Directorate of Film Festivals will host acclaimed director Ang Lee's Retrospective Film Festival from July 23 to 25 here.The retrospective, being held in collaboration with Taipei ... Read more...
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Retrospective of ANG Lee films festival to be hosted in New Delhi
July 22nd, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 22 (ANI): The Directorate of Film Festivals in collaboration with Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre, New Delhi will host noted Director Ang Lee's Retrospective Film Festival between July 23 ... Read more...
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I will direct more films: Kamal Haasan
July 2nd, 2010 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Having completed 50 years in Indian cinema, veteran actor Kamal Haasan has written, acted in and produced numerous movies but directed only two - "Hey Ram" ... Read more...
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New Delhi To Hold A Three Day Film Festival On Kamal Hassan
June 24th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 24, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Veteran Kamal Hassan has contributed a lot to the Indian film industry. He has been a respected actor both in Bollywood as well as in ... Read more...
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Kamal Hassan films to be screened in Delhi
June 23rd, 2010 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) A three-day film festival on veteran actor Kamal Hassan is being organised in the capital July 2-4.
Titled "Retrospective of Kamal Haasan Films", the festival will be ... Read more...
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Bollywood inspires new Indo-French opera
January 2nd, 2010 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Bollywood is the inspiration for the Neemrana Music Foundation's latest crossover venture - a three-act Indo-French classical opera, "If I Were King", by 19th century French composer ... Read more...
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French maestro tells ‘West Side Story’ - hiphop way (With Images)
December 19th, 2009 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) French dance maestro Mourad Merzouki is in India to tell a story about urban blues in his new choreography "Wasteland" - with a fusion of ... Read more...
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I am useless as a professor, says the Dalai Lama
November 21st, 2009 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Not many would know that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is an honorary professor at Delhi University. On Saturday, however, not only did he reveal the ... Read more...
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India very important country in Asia: Dalai Lama
November 20th, 2009 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Dalai Lama Friday said here that India should be seen as one of the most important Asian countries. He also stressed that while he no longer ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama to speak at Delhi University
November 19th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will give the valedictory address at a conference on Tibetan history and culture at Delhi University Saturday in which more than ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama to return to Delhi Saturday
November 16th, 2009 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who left Monday for Italy, will return to Delhi Nov 20 and take part in a series of programmes.
Tempa Tsering, an ... Read more...
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Globalisation taking purity out of ghazals: top Pakistani singer
August 19th, 2009 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Tina Sani, one of Pakistan's most popular classical and semi-classical ghazal exponents, feels that globalisation, the widespread culture of pop and rock music and ... Read more...
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Kailash Kher sets Delhiites grooving at Rahman’s concert
August 12th, 2009 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Delhi music aficionados were left wanting for more at the A.R. Rahman Unplugged concert here Tuesday evening with no solo performance by the maestro. But their ... Read more...
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New annual awards in K.L. Saigals’ honour (With Images)
June 17th, 2009 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) To keep the memory of Bollywood's legendary singer Kundan Lal Saigal alive, a Delhi-based arts and culture organisation has instituted annual awards which will be conferred June ... Read more...
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‘Low-income states struggle with gender empowerment’
March 8th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Gender development and empowerment indices have not improved in India particularly in low-income states, said a report by the women and child development ministry released Sunday.
The report ... Read more...
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International Women’’s Day celebration today
March 8th, 2009 - 10:25 am ICT by ANI
The Ministry will release Gender Development Index and a report on Gender Empowerment Measures in India in a function to be organized here at Siri Fort Auditorium.Discussion on various legislative ... Read more...
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