BAPS swami Bhadreshdasji’s work 'Prasthanachatushtaye Brahmaghosha' receives national honour

IANS | March 17, 2026 6:45 PM

New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award 2025, presented by the Government of India in the field of literature, was announced recently. This year, the honour in the Sanskrit category has been conferred upon the eminent scholar Mahamahopadhyaya Swami Bhadreshdasji for his monumental work "Prasthanachatushtaye Brahmaghosha."

Tamil poet-lyricist Vairamuthu named 2025 Jnanpith award winner

IANS | March 14, 2026 4:48 PM

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The 60th Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour, for the year 2025 will be conferred on distinguished Tamil poet, lyricist and writer R. Vairamuthu.

Shallu Jindal Performing Arts Academy for cultural education and artistic practice inaugurated at JGU

IANS | February 16, 2026 12:06 PM

Sonipat, Feb 16 (IANS) The Shallu Jindal Performing Arts Academy was inaugurated at O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) as a major new academic and cultural facility dedicated to advancing performing arts education, artistic research, and public cultural engagement within a multidisciplinary university environment.

Did Nehru, Indira Gandhi collaborate with Western intelligence agencies?

IANS | February 11, 2026 7:14 PM

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi could have flipped through a few pages of a historical account purporting to recount the Congress and Nehru-Gandhi legacy in collaborating with Western agencies before criticising the government for selling the country over the trade and tariff agreement with the United States.

Kashmiri linguist Prof Shafi Shauq conferred with Padma Shri award

IANS | January 25, 2026 9:50 PM

Srinagar, Jan 25 (IANS) Kashmiri poet, writer, linguist and critic, Shafi Shauq, was conferred on Sunday with the Padma Shri award on the eve of the country’s 77th Republic Day celebrations.

Veteran journalist Mark Tully passes away

IANS | January 25, 2026 5:08 PM

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Veteran journalist, broadcaster, and author Sir William Mark Tully, or Mark Tully, whose voice was one of the most famous in India throughout the latter decades of the 20th century as he reported on key political developments, passed away on Sunday. He was 90.

'Shifting sands, cosmic contests, dynamic destinies': A made-in-India global fantasy (IANS Book Review)

Vikas Datta | December 31, 2025 11:05 AM

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) An ancient desert city, mysterious ruins, the constant cosmic conflict between good and evil, a powerful but lost talisman that could affect its outcome, a young heroine yet to come to terms with her hidden abilities but thrust into the maelstrom, and the like - all these portend to be sparkling ingredients for an engrossing urban fantasy.

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BAPS swami Bhadreshdasji’s work 'Prasthanachatushtaye Brahmaghosha' receives national honour

Tamil poet-lyricist Vairamuthu named 2025 Jnanpith award winner

Shallu Jindal Performing Arts Academy for cultural education and artistic practice inaugurated at JGU

Did Nehru, Indira Gandhi collaborate with Western intelligence agencies?

Kashmiri linguist Prof Shafi Shauq conferred with Padma Shri award

Veteran journalist Mark Tully passes away

'Shifting sands, cosmic contests, dynamic destinies': A made-in-India global fantasy (IANS Book Review)

PM Modi pays homage to Jnanpith awardee Vinod Kumar Shukla

Delhi Speaker presents book on Assembly’s parliamentary legacy to PM Modi

Third edition of Bookflix 2025 opens at Adani International School

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