Prof Hamidi Kashmiri passed away

Dr. Hamidi Kashmiri, literary figure in the world of Urdu language, literature, and literary criticism passed away on 26 December 2018...

Sitarist Manju Mehta gets ‘Tansen Samman’

Sitar player Manju Mehta was conferred with the ‘Tansen Samman’ for 2018 by the Madhya Pradesh government The award was given for her c...

Bengali poet Nirendranath passed away

Veteran Bengali poet Nirendranath Chakraborty passed away on 25 December 2018. Alongside poetry, Nirendranath Chakraborty was well know...

PM to open Buddhist site museum at Lalitgiri

The ‘Buddhist site’ museum was inaugurated at Lalitgiri in Odisha on 24 December 2018. The site is one of the earliest Buddhist settl...

Art and Culture (17-22 Dec 2018)

‘Sangeet Kala Sangam’ was organised for the art and music teachers of Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas by Ministry of Human R...

Assamese singer Dipali Barthakur passed away

Popular Assamese singer Dipali Barthakur passed away after a prolonged illness on 21 December 2018. She was known as the ‘Nightingale...

6th edition of Yuva Natya Samaroh inaugurated

The 6th edition of ‘Yuva Natya Samaroh’ was inaugurated in New Delhi on 22 December 2018. It is a theatre festival for young directors....

India-China Film Festival to begin from 22 Dec

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is organising an ‘India-China Film festival’ from 22 to 24 December 2018. It will be org...

Preeti Saran elected to UN’s CESCR

Preeti Saran has been elected to an ‘Asia Pacific’ seat on the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) on 6 Decem...

Arts and Cultures (26 November 18 - 1 December 18)

Friendship Day was organized in Arunachal Pradesh on 28-29 November 2018, a multi-cultural social program. In the Kurukshetra of Harya...

“Aadi Mahotsav” Organized By Tribal Affairs Ministry in Delhi

i. The 4th edition of annual “Aadi Mahotsav”, a National Tribal Festival organized by Ministry of Tribal Affairs in association with TRIF...

Art & Culture (19 – 24 Nov 2018)

‘Baliyatra festival’ was inaugurated in Odisha on 23 November 2018. The ‘Jangalmahal festival’ was inaugurated in Kolkata on 23 Novemb...

Noted Indian Classical Musician Ustad Imrat Khan Passes Away

i. Classical music stalwart Ustad Imrat Khan, who dedicated his life to propagating the Sitarand the surbahar worldwide, has died in the ...

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Presented Lifetime Achievement Award In Delhi

i. One of India's greatest sarod masters, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, was presented the 'Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achieve...