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Ram Kishore Derawala is proud to have inherited the skill of block printing. Photo: V. Ganesan Stunning spread: Ram Kishore Derawala's saris on display at Lalit Kala Akademi.

Kakinada: A five-member team of academicians led by Gujarat Central University Vice-Chancellor Prof.

Sources said on Tuesday that the names have been sent to President Pratibha Patil [ Images ] for her assent.

A visitor to the Stroganov Palace inspects a sculpture on display as part of an exhibition of modern Indian art there.

Her voice spills out like caramel, drizzling over a delicate pastry while her eyes pull you into her orbit, hypnotizing you to believe anything she says.

Enthralling: Einent Hindustani vocalist Padma Shri Pandit Gokulotsavji Maharaj performing at Vedant-BMC National Music festival in Bhubaneswar.

'The present day Indian population is a mixture of two ancestral groups of the prehistoric period - Ancestral North Indians and Ancestral South Indians ,' said Dr Lalji Singh, a Padma Shri awardee and CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, while speaking at a conclave - 'Evolution, Life's Continuum' - ...

The secretary-level meeting between Bangladesh and India ended at state guesthouse Padma in the capital on Saturday.

On November 12, Thursday, Pareekshith Day will be observed as part of the 35th death anniversary of the King, who paved the way for the integration of Kochi and Travancore.

Spokesmen of Maoist extremism have recently expressed regret for beheading a police officer and explained their actions as a defence of the oppressed.

Pratibha Patil has been and gone with London - which the ultra-nationalist British National Party says is no longer a British city - hardly any the wiser.

Not everyone makes it to the top of the Kolahai glacier. Some lose their enthusiasm when the road leaves the bright orchards of the Kashmir Valley.

Padma Venkataraman, a widely recognized Indian humanitarian, addressed students and faculty after spending two decades in the United Nations in Vienna.

Chaurasia developed a style that is respectful of tradition, yet demonstrates innovation.Photo: Mumit M. Karim Waheed According to mythology, 'bansuri' is intimately linked to the love story of Krishna and Radha.

Olympian and former Indian hockey captain Pargat Singh has been nominated general secretary of the newly formed 'Hockey Punjab'. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is also the state's sports minister, was unanimously elected president of Hockey Punjab and he named Pargat Singh, a Padma Shri awardee, as general secretary Tuesday.

Dance with lamps: Deepavali celebration at Dolphin Matriculation Higher Secondary School.

Missing Indian student Srikanth Rayadurgam may have been feeling under pressure at home and university, finding himself short of money and failing exams shortly before disappearing.

Concerned over reports that China was building a massive dam on river Brahmaputra on its side, India said Thursday it will ascertain from Beijing if it was constructing such a project as it would adversely affect the population downstream in India.

The Padma awards are coveted civilian honours. Reports indicate that the list the state government has sent includes the names of S N Sasidaran Kartha who heads the Cochin Mineral and Rutiles Ltd and non-resident Indian businessman Ravi Pillai.

New Delhi, 7 Oct: Acclaimed Indian flautist Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, who was recently knighted by the French government, will now be honoured with a special two-day-long celebration in Paris.