Art & Culture

A dispute erupted at the University of Lucknow over the sealing of the historic Lal Baradari — a nearly 200-year-old Nawabi/Mughal-era structure within the u...

A historical profile revisited the multifaceted legacy of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari — known as "Rajaji" — on the occasion of renewed public interest in his...

The Communist Party of India (CPI) welcomed the Union Cabinet's approval of Kerala's renaming to "Keralam," calling it "intrinsic to the Malayalam language" ...

Historical analysis has revisited how the British colonial administration systematically deployed photography from the mid-nineteenth century as an instrumen...

Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan released updated editions of the Constitution of India in Tamil and Gujarati at Uprashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, on Februar...

The World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025, organized by India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MoIB), was held from 1 to 4 May ...

A comprehensive Rs 210 crore conservation and transformation plan has been announced for Srinagar's walled city (Shahr-e-Khaas), aimed at restoring the herit...

A recent feature highlighted the ecological significance of orchids, one of the largest flowering plant families with approximately 28,000 naturally occurrin...

The Union Cabinet approved the transition of government operations from the historic North and South Blocks to the newly constructed 'Seva Teerth' and 'Karta...

In a written response to a query in Rajya Sabha, Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat stated that the budget and timeline for the Yuge Yugeen Bhar...

Researchers have identified approximately 30 Tamil-Brahmi and Prakrit inscriptions inside six rock-cut tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, including the to...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art (Washington DC) announced the return of three bronze sculptures to the Government of India, following comprehe...

A recent report profiled the Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association (NWEA), widely regarded as India's first wildlife conservation organisation, tracin...

Cardinal Poola Anthony, the 64-year-old Archbishop of Hyderabad, was elected as the new President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) at its ...

The managing committees of the four Char Dham shrines in Uttarakhand — Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri — proposed barring entry to non-Hindus, ...

Union Budget 2026-27 announced plans to develop 15 archaeological sites across India into immersive cultural tourism destinations, with a focus on transformi...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget 2026-27 (presented 1 February 2026) unveiled a multi-pronged tourism promotion strategy covering heritage ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned the "orange economy" prominently in her Union Budget 2026-27 speech, signalling a policy push to develop India'...