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Hyderabad’s new 'feel the jail experience' lets people live like prisoners for 24 hours: Eat jail food and sleep in prison cellsHyderabad has launched the Telangana Prisons Museum and 'Jail Anubhavam' program, offering citizens a simulated prison experience. This ini...
The Twain Met at the Met Gala: How Indian craftsmanship found its biggest fashion stage in New YorkIndian designers and artisans took centre stage at this year’s Met Gala, using the global fashion event to showcase traditional Indian craf...
Jai Shibram: Remembering Bengal’s great satirist in a changed KolkataShibram Chakraborty, a celebrated Bengali writer, is largely unknown outside his native language. His genius in wordplay and satire is high...
As New Delhi’s North, South Blocks become repositories of Yug Yugeen Bharat, why not house a Museum of Bengal?New Delhi's Raisina Hill is undergoing changes. North Block occupants are moving to new buildings on Kartavya Path. The hilltop complex wil...
Kolkata's Indian Museum gets bomb threat, search operation underwayAn email threat alleging bomb placement in Kolkata's historic Indian Museum triggered a police search. The 200-year-old museum is under scr...
How well do you know India? This Independence Day weekend, here are 10 museums to test your GKThis I-Day weekend, engage in some time travel and visit these museums to unravel more about our history.
To celebrate UNESCO's heritage tag for Durga Puja, museum exhibits 200-yr-old idols of the goddessBengal's iconic festival recently got UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) tag.
Tourism not hit due to CAA or Article 370: Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel"We will take complete responsibility if some untoward incident happens and not go about giving excuses. Even as the minister should not be...
Navy may offer Sea Harrier fighter jet for aircraft museum in KolkataThe West Bengal govt is setting up a museum featuring the 'Albatross' and it is likely to be thrown open to the public by mid-2020, Commodo...
- 'Century-old Indian dinosaur fossils yet to be recovered, restored'
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) A section of fossil records of Indian dinosaurs, described by British geologist Charles Matley in the early 20th cen...
SP Mookherjee's house to be converted into museum: Mahesh SharmaSharma said the government is working on a proposal to conserve the house of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder SP Mookerjee and convert it into ...
India wants to learn from Singapore's experience on technology and tourism: Tourism Minister Mahesh SharmaIndia said it is keen to learn from Singapore how it has developed modern technology and promoted cleanliness and tourism.
Railways mulling train from Kolkata to cover key Buddhist sitesThe train will benefit tourists looking to visit Kolkata as also the states popular for their Buddhist pilgrimages, a senior Railway said.
Indian artifacts reaching abroad: SC expresses concernSupreme Court today expressed concern over CAG's findings that Indian artifacts have reached foreign auction houses like Sotheby's and Chri...
CAG reveals financial irregularities in Kolkata museum: SC toldIt has been alleged that the officer has been missing since July 3 after he mentioned the alleged irregularities in the management of the m...
PM Manmohan Singh gifts commemorative stamp on Indian Museum to MamataAt the inaugural function of the bicentenary celebrations of the museum, the oldest in Asia, the two leaders shared the dais in the newly-r...
Heritage museums turning to social media to attract new visitorsHeritage museums in cities such as Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata are looking to create a buzz in digital space through Facebook pages, web port...
- 'Indian Art Week' at Christie's in London
Cutting edge contemporary artists from across the subcontinent will see their works sold at auction alongside those of the great modern mas...
Private initiatives to support the musesIn India, the few government museums don’t enjoy that popularity. Neither are they armed with adequate funds to spruce up or add to their c...
- Private art goes public
Taking a cue from the West, collectors and corporates, sporting sizeable art collections, can consider putting up private art museums in th...