Apr 30, 2016, at 03:46 am
Mumbai, Apr 29 (IBNS) With an objective of reintroducing the joy and fun of coins, currency notes & stamps collection to modern India and its youth. www.mintageworld.com - the world’s first online museum for Vintage & Current Coins, Stamps & Currency Notes was launched by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
eBay language study reveals words to use and avoid when selling products
Apr 30, 2016, at 02:57 am
Birmingham, Apr 29 (IBNS): A 'gent' can expect to pay twice as much as a 'man' and 'authentic' products fetch up to 50 per cent more than 'genuine' ones, according to unique academic analysis of the language used on eBay.
Apr 29, 2016, at 09:18 pm
Kolkata, Apr 28 (IBNS) Let your children turn creative and pick up various skills that will help them later in life at the summer camp being organised by Kolkata's popular lifestyle and bookstore STORY.
Prodyut Mukherjee, Kamal Sabri perform tabla-sarangi jugalbandhi
Apr 29, 2016, at 04:54 pm
Kolkata, Apr 29 (IBNS) Aparajita Dance Foundation recently presented GIMA Award winner percussionist Prodyut Mukherjee and Grammy nominated musician Kamal Sabri in a tabla-sarangi jugalbandi (duet performance) at the prestigious Shriram Centre, New Delhi
Bollywood is huge connection, Indian new wave welcome: Festivals Edinburgh Director
Apr 28, 2016, at 09:41 pm
Sujoy Dhar speaks to "Festivals Edinburgh" director Julia Amour to find out how she plans to work with key partners and also include India- known for its colourful global brand ambassador Bollywood - as one of the countries in focus to take forward the legacy of world's festival city that is Edinburgh
B and C category B-schools producing un-employable pass-outs: ASSOCHAM
Apr 28, 2016, at 02:34 pm
New Delhi, Apr 28 (IBNS) Barring a handful of top Business schools like the government run IIMs and other few, most of 5,500 B schools in the country are producing sub-par graduates who are largely un-employable resulting in these pass-outs earning less than Rs 10,000 a month, if at all they find placements, an ASSOCHAM study has pointed out.
35 mn people discuss on Indian Assembly polls on FB
Apr 28, 2016, at 01:29 am
New York, Apr 27 (IBNS) Popular social networking site Facebook, which is used by global leaders, including US President Barack Obama, recently said a whopping 35 million people from around the world took part in conversations on India's state assembly elections in their platform.
Apr 26, 2016, at 01:17 am
New Delhi, Apr 25 (IBNS) The UK-based Staffordshire University is going to conducton-spot admissions and career counselling sessions for the students of two metropolitan cities- Delhi and Mumbai- from Apr 26 to Apr 28, 2016.
Launch of Sourabh Mukherjee’s In the Shadows of Death at Starmark
Apr 25, 2016, at 09:54 pm
Kolkata, Apr 25 (IBNS): Lifestyle Starmark, in association with Ahava Communications, will host the launch of Sourabh Mukherjee’s 'In the Shadows of Death', a detective Agni Mitra thriller, at Quest Mall outlet on Apr 28.
ICSI organises a national seminar on NCLT and NCLAT
Apr 25, 2016, at 09:47 pm
Kolkata, Apr 25 (IBNS): The eastern regional council of the Institute of Company Secretaries (ICSI) on Saturday organized a national seminar on NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) and NCLAT (National Company Law Appellate) for building capacity to face the forthcoming professional challenges and in taking up cases with them.
Fashion designer Agnimitra Paul now ideates retro-themed restaurant
Apr 24, 2016, at 11:23 pm
Kolkata, Apr 24 (IBNS) In a new fashion statement, making common man the real ramp walkers, designer Agnimitra Paul has weaved the costumes of a new retro-restaurant in city themed on the 50's era Park Street.
Apr 24, 2016, at 07:39 pm
According to an United Nations estimate, about 66 percent of the world population by 2060 will live in urban environments. So a growing number of home developers are ‘thinking small’, as to what a home looks like and the size it is expected to be. Sujoy Dhar checks out some of these futuristic tiny homes at the Edinburgh Science Festival
P.C. Chandra Jewellers launches showroom in Katwa
Apr 23, 2016, at 08:44 pm
Katwa, Apr 23 (IBNS): Digging on every woman’s love for exquisite precious jewellery designs, today P C Chandra Jewellers, the leading jewellery brand in Eastern India, organized the pre-launch preview of their latest showroom in Katwa.
Shakespeare gets a doodle makeover
Apr 23, 2016, at 04:22 pm
Mountain View, Apr 23 (IBNS) Google on Saturday paid tribute to one of the greatest playwright in the history of the English language, William Shakespeare, on his death anniversary.
Shakespeare’s Sonnets given a hip hop twist to mark 400 years since the Bard’s death
Apr 23, 2016, at 04:13 pm
Birmingham, Apr 23 (IBNS): Shakespeare’s most famous words have been given a modern rap twist as part of a project aiming to bring the Bard to a wider audience and mark the 400th anniversary of his death.
Kolkata production pays tribute to female impersonators on stage
Apr 23, 2016, at 02:19 am
Kolkata, Apr 22 (IBNS):A theatre production in Kolkata is paying a tribute to an era when female characters were impersonated by the male actors on the stage, either due to lack of female artists or may be social ostracism.
MARG Architecture College opens admissions for 2016 batch
Apr 22, 2016, at 09:47 pm
Bangalore, 22 Apr (IBNS): MIDAS - a Telugu minority institution, affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and approved by Council of Architecture (COA), New Delhi opens admissions for Bachelor degree in Architecture (B.Arch) 2016 batch.
Sikkim Manipal University invites applications for MBA, MCA and other Programs for 2016-2017
Apr 22, 2016, at 08:49 pm
Bangalore, Apr 22 (IBNS): Sikkim Manipal University, Directorate of Distance Education (SMU-DE), is inviting applications for its Postgraduate and Undergraduate Programs – MBA, MCA, BBA, BCA, M.Sc. (IT) and B.Sc. (IT).
Rupankar Bagchi to judge auditions and shortlist performers for Harrow Music Festival
Apr 22, 2016, at 05:08 pm
Kolkata, Apr 22 (IBNS) Kolkata's popular lifestyle store Starmark, in association with London Sharad Utsav, London Kalibari and KOLKATA today.com, will host the auditions for solo performers from the UK here on Saturday.
Google celebrates Earth Day, dedicates a doodle
Apr 22, 2016, at 04:59 pm
Mountain View, Apr 22 (IBNS) Google on Friday celebrated Earth Day by posting a series of doodles on its home page.
Hitech mobiles signs Arjun Kapoor as brand ambassador
Apr 21, 2016, at 09:15 pm
Kolkata,Apr 21 (IBNS): Hitech Mobiles, one of the fastest growing Indian Mobile Handset brand, has signed Bollywood superstar Arjun Kapoor as their brand ambassador for tenure of two years.
M F Husain: Economy of lines his forte
Apr 21, 2016, at 08:00 pm
M. F. Husain’s favourite city Kolkata recently paid tribute on his birth centenary year with a multi-layered event ‘Husain 100’. Uttara Gangopadhyay reports
Kolkata corporate communicator excited about Cannes date for role in short film
Apr 21, 2016, at 02:38 pm
Kolkata, Apr 21 (IBNS) Mahul Brahma, a Kolkata-based senior editor tuned corporate communicator, is on cloud nine these days. He is soon to fly down to Cannes Film Festival for his role in a short film by a Delhi based banker friend, which has been chosen for screening in one of the most prestigious film festivals of the world.
Operationalisation of new IISER at Tirupati
Apr 20, 2016, at 09:26 pm
New Delhi/Tirupati, Apr 20 (IBNS) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) will now be able to function from a temporary campus in Tiruapati until its permanent campus is ready, it was announced on Wednesday following an approval from the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Pune chef Shobha Indrani holds 2-Day Cookery Workshop in Kolkata
Apr 20, 2016, at 09:05 pm
Kolkata, Apr 20 (IBNS): A two-day Cookery Workshop by the well known Pune based chief Shobha Indani was organized in Kolkata recently by PR firm Media Connect.
Shakespeare more popular abroad than in the UK, finds survey
Apr 20, 2016, at 03:38 pm
London, Apr 20 (IBNS) Four hundred years after his death, bard William Shakespeare continues to make a significant contribution to the UK’s prosperity and influence globally, according to new research commissioned by the British Council and conducted by YouGov.
Global audience for 400th anniversary revival of David Garrick’s Ode to Shakespeare
Apr 20, 2016, at 01:38 am
London, Apr 19 (IBNS) The University of Birmingham is helping Shakespeare aficionados around the globe to mark the 400th anniversary of his death with an online performance of an historic ode starring renowned British actor Sam West.
Award winning play ‘Dinner with friends’ to be performed in Mumbai
Apr 20, 2016, at 01:36 am
Mumbai, Apr 19 (IBNS) The Indian adaptation of the Pulitzer award winning play by Donald Margulies, ‘Dinner with Friends’ to be performed this weekend.
Not going to attempt a trilogy any more: Novoneel Chakraborty
Apr 19, 2016, at 03:09 am
Kolkata, Apr 18 (IBNS) Author Novoneel Chakraborty, who was in Kolkata on Friday to launch his new book 'Forget Me Not, Stranger', the last in the 'Stranger Trilogy', said that he is not going to write another trilogy any time soon.
Apr 17, 2016, at 11:56 pm
Gauhar, a play, was recently staged in Kolkata organised jointly by Master Minds Theatre and Weavers Studio, Kolkata, bringing alive the history of recorded music in India on the one hand, and the story of a woman whose life seems like pages out of a film script. Shoma A. Chatterji reports