New Delhi | 4 days ago
Amid border tensions, Chinese dig tunnel for Delhi Metro line
New Delhi, May 8 - Amid the media brouhaha in India over the border incursions by their troops, Chinese engineers were last week calmly tunneling in the heart of the national capital for the heritage line of the Delhi Metro network, signifying the growing commercial linkages between the two neighbours.Engineers of the Shanghai Urban Construction Group - lowered a massive 300-tonne Tunnel Boring Ma ... read more

London | 4 days ago
British exhibition charts 250 years of fashion
London, May 8 - A new exhibition of paintings from the British royal collection and historic clothing cast an unusual light on the clothing and accessories of European royalty over 250 years.The exhibition In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion opens daily from May 10 to Oct 6 at the Buckingham Palace Art Gallery, reported Xinhua.The show, which follows a well-received exhibition of Le ... read more

Hyderabad | 24 days ago
High court cancels bail of Mecca Masjid blast accused
Hyderabad, April 18 - The Andhra Pradesh High Court Thursday cancelled the bail granted by a lower court to two former RSS members accused in the 2007 terror attack at the historic Mecca Masjid here.The high court asked the sessions court to reconsider its orders, granting bail to Lokesh Sharma and Devender Gupta.The high court verdict has come as a relief to the National Investigation Agency -, w ... read more

New York | 26 days ago
Velazquez portrait makes US debut
New York, April 16 - New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art presented Monday Diego Velazquez's Portrait of Francesco I d'Este, one of the Spanish artist's most significant works and which is being shown for the first time in the US.This is one of the most important portraits by Velazquez, since in portraying an important political figure it fuses the most intimate personality of the duke that the p ... read more

New Delhi | 27 days ago
Seeing the art in what goes into your mouth
New Delhi, April 15 - Food has been an art ever since gastronomes learnt to use spices to cook their meat and vegetables. Over the centuries, art has become integral to food production.Worldwide, gastronomy engages with the way we eat and how we collect food, as market forces influence procurement, packaging and sale.A multi-disciplinary art project, In Context: Public. Art. Ecology: Food Edition, ... read more

London | 4 months ago
'Aristotle' sex manual banned for 200 years on sale
London, Jan 4 - A 17th century manual on sex and pregnancy attributed to Aristotle and banned from sale in Britain for more than 200 years will now be on auction this month.Aristotle's Compleat Master-Piece first appeared around 1680 and sets out various ideas on sexual relationships and how to conceive, the Telegraph reported Friday.It was banned in the mid-18th century and remained a forbidden t ... read more

London | 4 months ago
'Aristotle' sex manual banned for 200 years now on sale
London, Jan 4 - A 17th century manual on sex and pregnancy, attributed to Aristotle, which was banned from sale in Britain for more than 200 years will now go for auction this month.Aristotle's Compleat Master-Piece first appeared around 1680 and sets out various ideas on sexual relationships and how to conceive, the Telegraph reported Friday.It was banned in the mid-18th century and remained a fo ... read more

Hyderabad | 4 months ago
Mecca Masjid blast accused sent to jail in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Dec 27 - A city court Thursday sent Tejram Parmar, a key accused in 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case, to judicial custody for 14 days.The National Investigation Agency - brought Parmar, who was arrested near Indore Monday, to Hyderabad on prisoner transit warrant and produced him before Nampally Criminal Court.The court sent the 25-year-old accused to judicial custody till Jan 11. The activ ... read more

Agra | 4 months ago
Fog in Agra doesn't deter tourists
Agra, Dec 23 - Despite a foggy Sunday, holiday crowds are swelling in the Taj city ahead of Christmas celebrations.Agra's main churches -- St Peter's, St Mary's, St George's, Baptist and Methodist -- have all been spruced and lit up.The night temperature had dipped close to 6 degrees Celsius.Anticipating a big rush in Agra, the approach to the Taj Mahal from the Yamuna Expressway has been cleared. ... read more

Panaji | 5 months ago
Goa university to track Indian migration patterns
Panaji, Dec 7 - Out migration patterns of Indians in general and Goans in particular will now be tracked and studied with the Goa University establishing a chair for diaspora studies for the forthcoming academic year.According to Rajeev Verma, secretary to Goa Governor B.V. Wanchoo, a Rs.2 million grant has already been allocated and has been accorded approval of the University Grants Commission - ... read more