Modi gifts Buddha artwork from Karnataka to Kishida

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gifted a sandalwood Buddha statue encased in a 'kadamwood jali box' to his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida who is in India on a state visit, officials......

UGC lists 21 universities as fake; Delhi, UP top list

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday declared 21 universities as "fake" and not empowered to confer any degree, majority of which are in Delhi followed by Uttar Pradesh. IMAGE: Kindly......

Lumbini as backdrop for Modi-Deuba meet, India-Nepal sign 6 MoUs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he had an "excellent" meeting with his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba in Lumbini -- the birthplace of Gautam Buddha -- and discussed the full......

PIX: Modi's day out in Lumbini on Buddha Purnima

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Nepal for a brief visit to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, and also hold comprehensive talks with his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur......

How veganism is spawning a robust plant-based industry

In India there are vegan cafés and restaurants, vegan cooking classes, vegan tours, vegan conferences and even vegan e-tailers, reports Chintan Girish Modi. Photograph: Morris Mac......

2009 got art funds a bad name

2009 was a nether year for India's barely-emerging art industry, but it's already correcting course. Catch the big hits and misses in this A-Z. Art funds got a bad name this year, not just because......

Heavy taxes hit art business

The financial meltdown and heavy taxes on works of art imported or sold in India has caused many art galleries to shut down in recent times.Speaking on the sidelines of the international symposium......

Most expensive Indian artists

In a year when art prices stabilised (somewhat), the masters stayed ahead in the road show, but it is the contemporaries who're catching up fast. Most bankable artists Tyeb Mehta: No one has been......

Lisa, PeeCee, Kajol, Sonam in Nirav Modi jewels

When the stars wore diamonds! Nirav Modi is today India's most wanted. The CBI has issued a look-out notice for the diamond merchant after it alleged that Modi colluded with some Punjab National......

Megan Fox welcomes third son with hubby Brian

The latest Hollywood updates. IMAGE: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Megan Fox has welcomed to her third child with Brian Austin Green. Fox gave birth to the baby boy named Journey River......

Mommy-to-be Genelia D'souza, Mira Kapoor, Blake Lively's fashionable pictures

Very soon, we are all going to be flooded with news of the newborns of the Bollywood, Hollywood and Tollywood actresses. Genelia D'Souza Deshmukh, Blake Lively, Megan Fox, Shveta Salve and......

IPL media rights sold for Rs 48,930 crore: BCCI

IMAGE: While Disney Star retained their Indian sub-continent TV rights for IPL 2023-27 with a figure of Rs 23,575 crore, the India digital rights deal was acquired for Rs 20,500 crore by the......

Nagpur Nuggets: Rediscovery of the Orange City

Our correspondent Bikash Mohapatra travels to the centre of theIndia-- trying to rediscover the country again. Journey to the centre of the country It is a fact. Geographically, Nagpur lies in the......