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US to return 3 ancient sculptures taken illegally from Indian temples

The Smithsonian will return three ancient bronze sculptures to India after evidence showed they were illegally removed from Tamil Nadu temples in the 1950s IMAGE: The sculptures include Shiva...

Jordanian Crown Prince personally drives Modi to Museum

Jordanian Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II on Tuesday personally drove Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Jordan Museum here, in a special gesture reflecting the warmth of ties between...

Sonia Gandhi will look into matter: Govt on Nehru document return

Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday urged former Congress president Sonia Gandhi to return the correspondence and documents of the first prime minister...

National Museum drops non-veg dishes from menu

Non-vegetarian food has been dropped from the menu of the National Museum's week-long exhibition-cum-event on India's culinary history, Historical Gastronomica, due to an "unwritten policy" based...

Oscar winner Keeravani to lead music for R-Day mega cultural show

Representing different dance forms of India, a mega group of nearly 2,500 artistes is set to perform on the Kartavya Path in New Delhi during the 77th Republic Day parade, whose main theme will be...

Museums in metros to undergo major overhaul

Museums in metros will undergo a major overhaul with the Centre planning structural changes in its management to bring it at par with the best in the world and the total cost for the exercise is...

Art in a pandemic: Openings delayed, museums embrace technology

India’s state-owned institutes have literally been forced to embrace technologies to go digital - however reluctantly. Till the museum reopen, the magic mantra has been “online”,...

The Gentle Colossus Of Tamil Cinema

Whether it was in the company of superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan -- or, on rare occasions with both together, among others -- Saravanan's demeanour would stand out, recalls N Sathiya...

'Indira Gandhi Stood Up To The Americans'

'She was brave. She didn't care a hoot. And India was not the strongest of nations as it is now.' IMAGE: Indira Gandhi with Henry Kissinger in Chronicles of the Forgotten Genocide: The Kissinger...

At last! A museum of Indian Cinema

Historically, Mumbai has been the cinema capital of India and for her to have a film museum of this kind was perhaps a natural happening.Ranjita Ganesan reports. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra...

How India Plays Cricket

In India, cricket games are part of our geographical landscape like the Ganga or the Himalayas or the Western Ghats or Kanyakumari. Millions of games unfold across India at any time of day. Travel...

Mob Museum to display FIFA's 'rampant corruption'

The 'Beautiful Game' Turns Ugly The Mob Museum in Las Vegas. Photograph: Getty Images A Las Vegas museum devoted to the exploits of Tommy gun-wielding mobsters will open a permanent display that...

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