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The Veteran Film Maker K. Balachander Conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Sep 9th
The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil has said cinema was a very powerful medium for conveying messages and it was necessary for promoting constructive and value based thinking for a culturally rich country like ours. This medium imposed a great responsibility on everyone associated with the film industry to use the power of cinema to
International Museum Day Celebrated
May 18th
The Union Ministry of Culture today celebrated International Museum Day. Several functions were organised at government of India Museums all over the country to mark the occasion. Free entry to public was given in Allahabad Museum, Allahabad, Chennai Museum, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Indian Museum, Kolkata, National Council of Science Museums, National Gallery of
Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research Modified
May 17th
The Ministry of Culture introduced in November, 2009, a new scheme by the name of “Visiting Fellows in Art, Culture & Heritage”. Later, to mark the Commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the scheme was renamed as “Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research”. The objective of this prestigious scheme was to invigorate
CSTT Commemorates Golden Jubilee Celebration
Apr 27th
The Three day Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology was inaugurated here today. On this occasion the Chief Guest Dr. D. Purandeswari, Minister of state for Human Resource Development stressed on the importance of using hindi language in scientific and technical terminology. She said that thoughts and feelings can best
FUEL Punjabi Meet : A move to standardize Punjabi Computing terminology
Mar 3rd
FUEL Punjabi is an initiative to standardize the translated terms of Punjabi language used in the interface of the Punjabi computer programs. FUEL Punjabi Meet is being organized on 4th and 5th of March in Ludhiana. The first of this kind of meet, FUEL Punjabi Meet for Punjabi language computing terminology is being hosted by
All India Musicians Group meets PM
Dec 8th
Ministry of Culture organized a historic meeting of eminent musicians from both the Carnatic and Hindustani traditions of classical music, under the aegis of All India Musicians Group (AIMG), with the Prime Minister (who is also Minister for Culture) Dr. Manmohan Singh here today. The delegation represented the finest exponents of Indian classical tradition, especially
41st IFFI wiil begin from 22nd Nov
Nov 20th
The ten day 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will commence on 22nd Nov. 2010 at Goa. This year’s festival shall feature important changes. The Competition Section has been made open to all feature films from across the world. Earlier, this section was restricted to feature films from Asia, Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin
Historic Delhi : Visual history of the capital of the country
Oct 3rd
The Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India Shri Jawhar Sircar today inaugurated an exhibition titled “Historic Delhi: Early Explorations of the Camera, c.1860-1950”at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. The exhibition has been presented in collaboration with Alkazi Foundation and will remain open for public viewing from October 1, 2010 till November 7,
Release of Media ka Underworld on 4th Oct
Oct 2nd
‘Media ka Underworld’ is a new book by well known journalist Dilip Mandal that is going to be released in Lucknow on 4th October. From few years paid news is a hot issue among Indian media panaroma and with refernece to this issue, this book tries to understand the media ownership, politics and its socialogy
Tagore Commemoration Grant Scheme started
Sep 26th
To celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Government of India has constituted a National Committee under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister and a National Implementation Committee under the Finance Minister, to plan and take up commemorative programmes and projects at the national and international level. The National Committee has also advised
