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1 week, 5 days ago

Bengaluru midnight marathon on December 14-15: All you need to know

The 17th Bengaluru Midnight Marathon is scheduled to take place on the night of December 14 and 15, and in light of the event, the city's traffic police have issued an advisory outlining key road restrictions to ensure smooth traffic flow during the marathon. Vehicles will be restricted on the left side of the road, extending from the Ginger Hotel …

Traffic Bengaluru Hope Farm Bengaluru Midnight Marathon

3 months, 1 week ago

Music gets an open house with upcoming Omkar Music Fest

The Hindu

The upcoming three-day Omkar Music Fest at Prestige Shantiniketan, marks the 10th anniversary of Omkar Music School led by Hindustani vocalist Iman Das. My lineage belongs to the Patiala gharana.” Seed of a dream “I want to see if the IT city of Bengaluru can be a parallel IC city and I am working towards this from our Academy.” One …

Music Students Indian Fest Hindustani Iman Iman Das

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Emami Arts retrospective | K.G. Subramanyan, Kolkata’s Tamil visionary

The Hindu

During my visit to the Kolkata Centre for Creativity, a day after the opening of K.G. They seem miles away from each other, but a Kolkata friend tells me that Alkazi helped KG travel to England as a Fellow at the prestigious St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, in the 1980s. This exhibition, One Hundred Years and Counting: Re-Scripting KG Subramanyan — …

Art India Kolkata Emami Art Shantiniketan

8 months, 1 week ago

Memories of Tagore’s trip to China travel to Bengaluru

The Hindu

Gandhi Global Family, in partnership with the Indian Institute of World Culture, is organising a photo exhibition in Bengaluru, ’Rabindranath Tagore: The Spirit of Asia and Our Human Future’ to commemorate 100 years of Rabindranath Tagore’s trip to China in 1924 and remember the cultural and artistic connections that formed between India and China through his visit. Cheena Bhavana The …

India Bengaluru Chinese Lin His Visit Tagore Rabindranath Tagore

9 months ago

5 diverse and unique Holi celebrations across India

India TV News

Image Source : Wikipedia 1/6 5 diverse and unique Holi celebrations across India Image Source : Google 2/6 Lathmar Holi in Barsana: In Barsana, near Mathura, Lathmar Holi is a unique tradition where women playfully chase men with sticks while the men defend themselves with shields and try to drench the women in coloured water. Image Source : Google 3/6 …

Holi Source Google

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Winners of The Hindu Young World Quiz announced

The Hindu

Sheba Jessica and Niharika Syan, class VI students from Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Hubballi, and Ayush U. Dhumal and Rishabh R. Shirekar, class IX students from Smt. Drakshayini Kalyanshettar Public School, Dharwad, emerged winners in junior and senior categories of The Hindu Young World Quiz held in Hubballi on Saturday. In the multi-city event presented by the State Bank of …

English Students School Junior Senior Category Hubballi

11 months ago

‘Institutions must carry forward the vision of Shantiniketan’

The Hindu

To make great art and to imbibe knowledge, it is important for an artist to spend time with not just artists, but also with musicians, theatre artists, film makers, writers and so on, said Bose Krishnamachari, painter, curator, and co-founder of Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Fortunately, I could spend a lot of time later with not just artists or art makers, but …

Art Artists Krishnamachari

1 year, 2 months ago

Congress calls PM Narendra Modi 'chief peddler of fear' over Rabindranath Tagore plaques row

Hindustan Times

The Congress on Monday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the omission of Rabindranath Tagore's name from newly installed plaques at West Bengal's Visva-Bharati University, saying after attempting Jawahar Lal Nehru's "erasure", he was now trying the “erasure" of the late poet. The plaque naming Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Visva Bharati University. Now, erasure of Rabindranath Tagore also begins," …

University Congress Modi Narendra Modi Tagore Plaques Rabindranath Tagore

1 year, 7 months ago

If you touch Amartya Sen's house...: Mamata's stern warning to Visva Bharati

India Today

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday issued a stern warning against the eviction order issued by Visva Bharati University to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. "If you touch Amartya Sen's house, you don't know what I can do," said the CM while speaking to media persons in West Bengal's Bolpur. With her warning, Mamata Banerjee gave out the message …

Eviction Mamata Mamata Banerjee Notice Sen Visva Bharati Visva

1 year, 7 months ago

Manipur violence: State Government issues ‘shoot-at-sight’ order; 55 Army columns deployed, RAF flown-in

The Hindu

The Manipur government on May 4 issued shoot-at-sight orders in “extreme cases” to contain spiralling violence in the State between tribals and the majority Meitei community which has displaced over 9,000 people from their villages. Nitish Kumar does not want to conduct the caste-based survey in Bihar and they put forward the weak side intentionally so that the court puts …

India Human Rights Delhi High Court Violence Bihar Court

1 year, 7 months ago

Relief for Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen as Calcutta HC stays Visva-Bharati's eviction notice

India Today

Temporary relief for Nobel laureate Amartya Sen as Calcutta HC stays Visva-Bharati University’s eviction notice till the lower court passes an order on the matter. The university had earlier sent an eviction notice to Sen, asking him to vacate 13 decimals of land at his Santiniketan residence by May 6. READ | 'Humiliation': Open letter to Visva Bharati on eviction …

Notice Sen Eviction Notice Visva Bharati

1 year, 7 months ago

If Amartya Sen's home bulldozed...: Mamata Banerjee dares Visva Bharati University

India Today

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has dared the Visva Bharati University to bulldoze Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s house in Shantiniketan and said she would go and sit there if authorities raze Sen’s home. “Even I am seeing the audacityâæ they will bulldoze Amartya Sen’s house. In a recent eviction order, the Visva Bharati University asked the economist to vacate …

University Mamata Banerjee Sen Sit Visva Bharati Visva Bharati University Visva

1 year, 8 months ago

Until lease expires…: Amartya Sen responds to Visva Bharati eviction notice

India Today

No one can claim the land until the lease notice expires, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen said in his reply to Visva Bharati University’s eviction notice. His response came after the Visva Bharati University issued an eviction notice on April 14 for his Shantiniketan residence amid the ongoing row with the varsity authorities over disputed land. “Sri Amartya Kumar Sen, the …

Land Notice Sen Eviction Notice Visva Bharati Visva Bharati University Visva

1 year, 8 months ago

Visva Bharati University sends eviction notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in Shantiniketan

India Today

Authorities at the Visva Bharati University on Friday issued an eviction notice to Nobel laureate and economist Amartya Sen over the ongoing land row. It is pertinent to mention that Nobel Prize winner Sen, who is currently in the US, is accused by Visva Bharati University of “illegal possession” of the excess area at his ‘Pratichi’ residence. Despite several pleas, …

Notice Sen Eviction Notice Visva Bharati Visva Bharati University Visva Nobel Laureate

1 year, 8 months ago

Amartya Sen may have to vacate Shantiniketan home over rift with Viswa Bharti

India Today

A court in Bengal's Bolpur today permitted the imposition of Section 145 on the ‘disputed’ land at the Shantiniketan home of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. The court ordered police deployment in the area to ensure law and order as Sen’s lawyers expressed concern over the breach of security at the economist’s ‘Pratichi’ residence in Shantiniketan. It is pertinent to mention …

Court Nobel Sen Section 145 Vacate Shantiniketan Viswa Bharati Read Amartya

1 year, 8 months ago

Amartya Sen raises 'deep concern' about democracy after Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as MP

India Today

Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen has raised 'deep concerns' about Indian democracy amid the uproar by various opposition parties over Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from the Lok Sabha. In a letter addressed to Sudipta Bhattacharjee, former Head of Department of Economics at Viswa Bharati University in Shantiniketan, Sen questioned if an opposition leader in India has the right to oppose …

India Democracy Congress Rahul Gandhi Sen Indian Democracy

1 year, 8 months ago

President Droupadi Murmu on two-day tour of West Bengal from Monday, to visit Shantiniketan

Firstpost

The president will visit Netaji Bhawan in Kolkata to pay homage to Subhash Chandra Bose on Monday New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu will be on a two-day visit of West Bengal from Monday, during which she will visit Santiniketan to grace the annual convocation of Visva-Bharati, according to a statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday. The president will …

Kolkata President Visit

2 years, 3 months ago

West Bengal: Violent protests in Shantiniketan after child's decapitated body found on roof

Firstpost

The family members of the child have alleged that he was killed by the people from whose roof the body was recovered. According to local media, the dead body was recovered from that roof at noon on Tuesday Santiniketan : Violent protests rocked Santiniketan in the Birbhum district of West Bengal after the decapitated body of a child was found …

West Bengal Child Roof Santiniketan Bengal Violent Decapitated Body

2 years, 3 months ago

Bengaluru demolition drive: Nearly 40 IT companies, including Wipro, on encroachers' list

India TV News

Highlights The operation of clearing the encroachments of the Raj canal is actively underway As on Tuesday, a total of 18 encroachments were cleared As many as seven buildings and four compound walls will be cleared in the Shantiniketan layout Bengaluru demolition drive: In the aftermath of heavy rains leading to floods in Bengaluru, the demolition of apartments built illegally …

Bengaluru Demolition City Encroachment Zone Wall Encroachments

2 years, 4 months ago

Desi Spider-Man dances to Santhali music at a marketplace in Bengal's Shantiniketan. Viral video amuses Internet

India Today

A video that has gone viral on social media features an anonymous man dressed as Spider-Man dancing at a marketplace in Shantiniketan’s Sonajhuri. The video was posted by Instagram influencer Mr Spider who often treats his followers to similar hilarious videos. The video initially shared on Mr Spider’s Instagram handle was later posted by Kolkata's illusion. In the now-viral video, …

Viral Video Video Seen Dancing Santhali Women

2 years, 4 months ago

Partha Chatterjee, aide Arpita bought farmhouse together for Rs 20 lakh, deed shows

India Today

Arrested Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee own joint property in Shantiniketan. Earlier in the day, the Enforcement Directorate began the process of freezing at least three bank accounts of Arpita Mukherjee, where they found at least Rs 2 crore. Both Chatterjee, who has been stripped of his ministerial and party duties, and Mukherjee, from whose …

Mukherjee Chatterjee Partha Chatterjee

2 years, 4 months ago

Partha Chatterjee, arrested in Bengal teacher recruitment scam, has a luxury flat only for his dogs

India Today

Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday in a teacher recruitment scam, has a luxury flat exclusively for his dogs. West Bengal Commerce and Industries Department minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the ED on Saturday morning in connection with its probe into the alleged School Service Commission scam in West Bengal. The …

West Bengal Flat Chatterjee Partha Partha Chatterjee

2 years, 11 months ago

Nokshi pithe: The sweet tradition of edible art

Live Mint

January in rural Bengal is the time of new beginnings. “I learnt to make nokshi pithe from Maa, who picked up the recipe and technique from one of her Bangladeshi friends in Shantiniketan,” she says. “Having grown up with the art of kantha embroidery, and an equal passion for cooking, it was only wise to pursue this unique culinary art …

Art Bangladesh Rice Bengal Sugar Flour Mahapatra

2 years, 11 months ago

Nokshi pithe: The sweet tradition of edible art

Live Mint

January in rural Bengal is the time of new beginnings. “I learnt to make nokshi pithe from Maa, who picked up the recipe and technique from one of her Bangladeshi friends in Shantiniketan,” she says. “Having grown up with the art of kantha embroidery, and an equal passion for cooking, it was only wise to pursue this unique culinary art …

Art Bangladesh Rice Bengal Sugar Flour Mahapatra

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Bengaluru midnight marathon on December 14-15: All you need to know

Music gets an open house with upcoming Omkar Music Fest

Emami Arts retrospective | K.G. Subramanyan, Kolkata’s Tamil visionary

Memories of Tagore’s trip to China travel to Bengaluru

5 diverse and unique Holi celebrations across India

Winners of The Hindu Young World Quiz announced

‘Institutions must carry forward the vision of Shantiniketan’

Congress calls PM Narendra Modi 'chief peddler of fear' over Rabindranath Tagore plaques row

If you touch Amartya Sen's house...: Mamata's stern warning to Visva Bharati

Manipur violence: State Government issues ‘shoot-at-sight’ order; 55 Army columns deployed, RAF flown-in

Relief for Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen as Calcutta HC stays Visva-Bharati's eviction notice

If Amartya Sen's home bulldozed...: Mamata Banerjee dares Visva Bharati University

Until lease expires…: Amartya Sen responds to Visva Bharati eviction notice

Visva Bharati University sends eviction notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in Shantiniketan

Amartya Sen may have to vacate Shantiniketan home over rift with Viswa Bharti

Amartya Sen raises 'deep concern' about democracy after Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as MP

President Droupadi Murmu on two-day tour of West Bengal from Monday, to visit Shantiniketan

West Bengal: Violent protests in Shantiniketan after child's decapitated body found on roof

Bengaluru demolition drive: Nearly 40 IT companies, including Wipro, on encroachers' list

Desi Spider-Man dances to Santhali music at a marketplace in Bengal's Shantiniketan. Viral video amuses Internet

Partha Chatterjee, aide Arpita bought farmhouse together for Rs 20 lakh, deed shows

Partha Chatterjee, arrested in Bengal teacher recruitment scam, has a luxury flat only for his dogs

Nokshi pithe: The sweet tradition of edible art

Nokshi pithe: The sweet tradition of edible art