Art & Culture

Raja Ravi Varma's oil painting "Yashoda and Krishna" (c. 1890s) was sold for $17.9 million (approximately ₹167.2 crore, including buyer's premium) at a Saffr...

The Member of Parliament from Nandyal constituency (Andhra Pradesh) has formally sought UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) recognition for the Paruv...

Raja Ravi Varma's oil painting "Yashoda and Krishna" sold for Rs 167.2 crore (approximately $18 million) at Saffronart's Spring Auction on April 1, 2026 in M...

Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha member Ramji Lal Suman raised the Mahabodhi Temple management issue during Zero Hour in the upper house on April 2, 2026, deman...

On Mahavir Jayanti (March 31, 2026), Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Samrat Samprati Museum in Koba, Gandhinagar — dedicated to Jain history and...

A recent revisiting of the village of Dasgaon in Maharashtra has brought attention to a largely forgotten precursor to the famous Mahad Satyagraha: in early ...

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has approved fresh scientific excavation at Balirajgarh Fort in Madhubani district, Bihar, aiming to investigate whe...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture tabled a report on the Ministry of Culture's budget for 2026-27, flagging severe negle...

A new butterfly species, Euthalia zubeengargi, has been recorded in the Basar region of Leparada district, Arunachal Pradesh, and named after celebrated Assa...

The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, chaired by JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha, released a report on the Min...

The Ratna Bhandar (treasury) of the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha, was reopened for a fresh inventory after a gap of 48 years — the las...

The Mahad Satyagraha, led by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on 20 March 1927, completes 99 years in 2026 and enters its centenary year (the 100th anniversary falls on 20 ...

A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, headed by JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha, tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) ...

The Allahabad High Court issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and the Archaeol...

After a gap of 48 years, the inventory process of the Ratna Bhandar (treasury) of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha, commenced on March 25, 2026. Th...

23 March marks Shaheed Diwas (Martyrs' Day), commemorating the 95th anniversary of the execution of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev at Lahore Central Jail...

A magazine focused on India-Israel relations titled "Namaste Shalom" has been relaunched by former BJP Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Vijay, originally a 2018 publicat...

As the 2024–25 edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) unfolds, its Island Mural Project has transformed the walls of Fort Kochi and Mattancherry into a ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum project as transforming the former seat of British colonial power — North and South Bloc...

The Mahad Satyagraha, led by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on March 20, 1927, marks its 99th anniversary — a landmark event now widely recognised as the foundational act...