14 Nov, 2024 4:52 PM
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Punjab Language Department has installed photos of 10 renowned Punjabi writers at Punjab Bhawan here in the first phase.
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13 Nov, 2024 1:01 PM
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 13 (IANS) Veteran CPI-M leader E.P. Jayarajan, known for making provocative statements on crucial election days, stirred up another controversy by denying reports of an autobiography slated for release. Reports emerged that the book titled Kattan Chayayum Paripvada, to be launched by a leading Kerala publishing house DC Books on Wednesday, has been postponed.
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12 Nov, 2024 10:35 AM
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) It was a spellbinding moment that no camera could do justice to. This Bollywood actor, who had made his name as a mealy-mouthed, sadistic, and vicious brigand, now played a cultured yet hapless Nawab and on the first shot itself, lost control of himself as he crooned a simple but sad couplet with the melancholic light of a setting sun defining his face, leaving the director emotional too.
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10 Nov, 2024 6:21 PM
Chandigarh, Nov 10 (IANS) A three-day literary extravaganza - Abhivyakti 4.0 - an exemplary initiative of the Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) concluded on Sunday on a note of high positivity and resilience with former diplomat Navtej S. Sarna and celebrated author Radhakrishnan Pillai sharing their insights on trials and tribulations of writing as an intellectual pursuit.
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10 Nov, 2024 10:39 AM
Chandigarh, November 10 (IANS) She says that there is a time in everyone's life, probably in teens when most people are first drawn to poetry—they adore the sound of it and the music it holds—the rhyme that it offers.
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08 Nov, 2024 5:15 PM
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) As the grand folk festival of Chhath Puja came to a close on Friday with devotees and the faithful offering prayers and salutations to the rising Sun, the four-day-long festival marked by strict adherence to rituals, not just by the 'vrati' (the person undertaking the observance) but also by their entire family, is evoking curiosity among those who do not celebrate it, given its rising prominence and observance beyond its original catchment area.
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07 Nov, 2024 11:39 AM
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) His pathbreaking achievement boiled down to the simple question: "Why the sky is blue?" though what really piqued his interest was the similar striking colour of the Mediterranean Sea's waters. In his quest to reach the answer, Sir C.V. Raman went on beyond Sir Isaac Newton's discovery of the constitution of light to find out what ensues when light encounters matter - in any state.
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07 Nov, 2024 10:29 AM
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) A fortnight after the Pashtun tribal invasion of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar had been saved by the resolute action of some gallant Indian soldiers, but the danger had only been averted as the invaders were still around. It then took Indian troops less than half an hour on November 7, 1947, to defeat them decisively and chase them out of the Kashmir Valley.
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05 Nov, 2024 5:09 PM
Chandigarh, Nov 5 (IANS) The Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) will organise the Abhivyakti Literature Festival, a three-day celebration of literature and creativity, from November 8 at the Khetarpal Officers' Mess and Institute, Headquarters Western Command, Chandimandir Military Station.
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04 Nov, 2024 7:03 PM
Chandigarh, Nov 4 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday inaugurated the third Panchkula Book Fair being organised at Indradhanush Auditorium in Panchkula, near here.
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