Bengal celebrates Lithuanian National Day
Mar 08, 2016, at 09:31 pm
Kolkata, Mar 8 (IBNS) : Kolkata recently witnessed the bridging of barriers when Lithuania inaugurated its Honorary Consulate in Kolkata.
Google doodles to celebrate women
Mar 08, 2016, at 04:52 pm
Mountain View, Mar 8 (IBNS) Google on Tuesday dedicated an interactive doodle to women on the occasion of International Women's Day.
Mar 08, 2016, at 03:48 am
Kolkata, Mar 7 (IBNS): The West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts and the Department of Sculpture, Rabindra Bharati University held a six-day residential workshop on the making of Rava masks at the Jela Parishad Bungalow in Kamakhyaguri, and also in some of its surrounding areas in Alipurduar in West Bengal.
Rashtrapati Bhavan to host week-long ‘Festival of Innovations’
Mar 07, 2016, at 09:17 pm
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS) President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, will open the week-long Festival of Innovations by inaugurating the Exhibition of Innovations on Saturday, March 12 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Manpasand to flavour Baskin-Robbins experience with fruit drinks magic at 250 ice cream outlets
Mar 07, 2016, at 09:09 pm
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS): India’s leading fruit juice player, Manpasand Beverages Ltd, has entered into an exclusive tie up with ice cream major Baskin-Robbins.
Assam girl wins East Zone beauty contest
Mar 07, 2016, at 07:33 pm
Kolkata, Mar 7 (IBNS) Guwahati girl Krishnamoni Hazarika won the crown of Miss India Beauty 2016 finale (Eastern zone) pipping 19 other finalists from the region in a beauty pageant organised by Silver Dream Entertainment.
Cart That Art painting show in Kolkata inspired by e-commerce jargons
Mar 06, 2016, at 08:43 pm
Kolkata, Mar 6 (IBNS): Cart That Art-Priceless Art@ Artful Prices is an eclectic mix of around 75 attractive paintings that represent everything from spirituality to various facades of Kolkata and a plethora of moods and melodies on canvas that were exhibited in the city with affordable price tags to the works.
Kolkata hosts 4-day long classical music festival
Mar 06, 2016, at 06:44 pm
Kolkata, Mar 6 (IBNS): Shyam Sundar Co. Jewellers in association with Behala Sankriti Sammmilini inaugurated the fourth edition of Behala Classical Festival on Thursday at the Blind School ground in Kolkata's Behala area.
Tolly actress Mimi glams up Ratnajeevan showroom opening in Kolkata
Mar 06, 2016, at 06:42 pm
Kolkata, Mar 6 (IBNS): Ratnajeevan Gems and Jewellers on Saturday inaugurated their new outlet in Kolkata's Camac Street area with Tollywood actress Mimi Chakroborty along glamming up the event with her presence.
Want to go back to painting again: Sabyasachi Chakraborty at Camel event
Mar 05, 2016, at 06:47 pm
Kolkata, Mar 5 (IBNS): Tollywood actor Sabyasachi Chakraborty, while attending an annual art exhibition and national prize distribution, organised by Camel Art Foundation on Wednesday, said that the quality of the works he saw inspired him to pick up paint brush again.
Kolkata: DHI Medical Group launches new hair product
Mar 05, 2016, at 02:25 pm
Kolkata, March 5 (IBNS) : Medical Group DHI has recently launched a new hair product in Kolkata.
Kolkata: Chowman inaugurates its sixth branch in Behala
Mar 04, 2016, at 03:31 am
Kolkata, March 3 (IBNS): Restaurant chain Chowman on Wednesday inaugurated its first oriental fine dining branch in Kolkata's Behala area.
Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya enthralls audience in Kolkata
Mar 03, 2016, at 06:56 pm
Kolkata, Mar 3 (IBNS) Santoor maestro Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya enthralled audience in Kolkata's Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture on Tuesday as he and his students played five Santoor simultaneously, initiating his first experimental performance.
Cricket fans pad up to visit India for T-20 Cricket World Cup: Skyscanner reveals
Mar 03, 2016, at 06:54 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, Mar 3 (IBNS): While India is burning with the T-20 World Cup fever, fans from across the globe are not far behind in showing their support for their favourite team! Data from leading travel search engine Skyscanner recorded a 25 percent YoY increase in searches to first-time host country India from Mar 8 to Apr 3.
The Personal Care and Beauty Market in India
Mar 03, 2016, at 04:46 pm
Personal care and beauty products make up a huge marketing segment all over the world. Indian consumers enthusiastically participate in buying and using these products. Historically urban areas and rural areas in India have been culturally very different. In part because of pervasive mass media, these differences are becoming less obvious.
How to Get That Perfect Smoky Eye Look the Easy Way
Mar 03, 2016, at 04:33 pm
Who does not want dark shouldering eyes with an intense gaze that can capture hearts? There was an era when a single swipe of kajal could do the magic.
Ente Keralam hosts Toddy Curry Festival
Mar 03, 2016, at 02:31 am
Bangalore, Mar 2 (IBNS): Ente Keralam is hosting Toddy Curry festival from Mar 2 to 20 at its outlet in Ulsoor Road.
Yami Gautam unveils the all new range of Skechers Burst
Mar 03, 2016, at 12:13 am
Mumbai, Mar 2 (IBNS): Skechers, the second largest sports & lifestyle footwear brand in the US, known for its comfortable shoes, launched ‘Skechers Burst’- the new range shoes for men and women.
City people spruce up at grooming workshop, Emblazon
Mar 01, 2016, at 10:48 pm
Kolkata, Mar 1 (IBNS) Young students and working professionals got a chance to polish up their personality at the grooming workshop, Emblazon, held at The Park Hotel in Kolkata.
Rotary India Literacy Mission to crown Literacy Heroes on Mar 11 in Kolkata
Mar 01, 2016, at 10:40 pm
Kolkata, Mar 1 (IBNS): Buoyed by the success it achieved in its Polio Eradication project, Rotary India has strategised the Rotary India Literacy Mission (RILM) to ensure ‘Total Literacy & Quality Education’ for India through its ‘T-E-A-C-H’ programme.
Feb 29, 2016, at 07:38 pm
Kolkata, March 1 (IBNS): Kalyani, a Bikram Dasgupta Foundation, on Saturday organised the Kalyani Ananda Utsab 2016, mainly for underprivileged children at the Globsyn Knowledge Campus in Bishnupur, in West Bengal's 24-Parganas (South) district.
Google doodles to celebrate Rukmini Devi's 112th birth anniversary
Feb 29, 2016, at 04:18 pm
Mountain View, California, Feb 29 (IBNS) Google on Monday celebrated the late Indian dancer, theosophist and animal rights activist Rukmini Devi Arundale's 112th birth anniversary with a doodle.
Starmark, in association with Jaico Publishing House, hosts the launch of Two Quality Ladies
Feb 28, 2016, at 11:11 pm
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IBNS): Bookstore chain Starmark, in association with Jaico Publishing House on Friday, hosted the launch of Amrita Priya’s novel Two Quality Ladies at its South City Mall outlet.
New flyover eases traffic and builders' woes in Kolkata's southern part
Feb 28, 2016, at 05:38 pm
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IBNS) Opening of the Kamalgachhi (Kamalgazi) flyover along the southern end of Kolkata’s Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, and easing of the traffic jam along its meeting point with the busy Netaji Subhas Road, has not only made commuters heave a sigh of relief but also boosted the hopes of realty firms with upcoming properties along the way.
Rituparna Sengupta unveils NOQNOQ with daughter Rishona
Feb 27, 2016, at 05:32 am
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IBNS): Tollywood heavyweight Rituparna Sengupta, along with her daughter Rishona Niya, launched NOQNOQ, a children's fashion wear brand at the South City mall outlet of Starmark on Thursday.
ICCR Kolkata hosts Translation, an art exhibition for young artists
Feb 26, 2016, at 08:44 pm
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IBNS): Nandalal Bose Gallery and Jamini Roy Gallery of ICCR in Kolkata is hosting 'TRANSLATIONS', the fifth international young artists exhibition promoted by Emergent Art Space, a non profit organization based in San Francisco, USA.
Feb 26, 2016, at 07:58 pm
In royal Rajasthan, the walls are no longer empty spaces. They speak through their vibrant colours and tell a story. From dreary, boring railway stations to splashy coloured auto rickshaws, one can now encounter art at every nook and corner of the state’s bustling towns. Rajasthan Post-TWF writer R Pal reports
Bonhams to keep Indian miniature at art sale in New York's Asia Week
Feb 26, 2016, at 07:01 pm
New York, Feb 24 (IBNS): Bonhams has announced that it will present Indian miniature paintings at its Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian art sale taking place during New York's Asia Week on March 14.
UNESCO lauds West Bengal government’s rural craft hub initiative
Feb 24, 2016, at 02:29 am
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IBNS): UNESCO, the United Nation’s specialized agency for art and culture, has praised the West Bengal Government’s Rural Craft Hub initiative.
JIS College of Engineering receives ASSOCHAM award
Feb 24, 2016, at 01:52 am
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IBNS) : JIS College of Engineering has been awarded the ASSOCHAMEducation National Excellence Award 2016.