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"A Reward": Minister Govind Gaude Dropped From Goa Cabinet Weeks After Corruption Remarks
Goa Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude was on Wednesday dropped from the state cabinet, almost a month after he alleged corruption in the tribal welfare department headed by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.
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US Official Lee Satterfield To Visit India To Attend G20 Culture Ministers' Meeting
The trip of Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Lee Satterfield comes on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official state visit to the United States in June.
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Kerala Minister Clarifies After Flak On Social Media Over Azaan Remarks
Kerala Culture Minister Saji Cheriyan, who has come under criticism on social media for his recent remarks about the Muslims' call to prayer, on Monday appealed to the people to "clear the misunderstanding" about it.
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Russia's Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Russia's culture minister has tested positive for coronavirus, her spokeswoman said Wednesday, as the country's total number of cases surpassed 1,65,000.
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Rooms For Mothers, Children At Tourist Sites Across India: Minister
Culture Minister Prahlad Patel today said that all iconic tourist sites of the country will now mandatorily have a room dedicated for mothers going there with young children.
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Taj Mahal Will Soon Remain Open Every Night For Tourists: Union Minister
The Taj Mahal is likely to be thrown open after sunset for all tourists. So far, night access to the globally renowned monument was allowed at a premium only for five nights in a month.
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174 Delhi Monuments, Sites Declared ''Monuments Of National Importance''
Over 170 monuments and sites in the national capital have been declared as ''monuments of national importance'', Culture Minister Prahlad Patel informed Parliament said on Tuesday.
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Models Asked To Remove Scarves At Taj Mahal. Government Denies Officials' Role
Days after a couple of foreign models were asked to remove their 'saffron scarves' before entering the Taj Mahal, the government today said no official of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) or the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was involved in the incident.
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Can't Order United Kingdom To Return Or Not To Auction Kohinoor: Supreme Court
Disposing of a petition seeking direction to the United Kingdom to return the Kohinoor, the Supreme Court today made it clear that it could neither pass an order for reclaiming the 108-carat diamond nor stop its present owner from auctioning it. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar said it could not ask a foreign government not to auc...
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'Any Proof Of Where Sita Was Born,' Congress Asks Minister Mahesh Sharma
Debates over Ramjanambhoomi - the birthplace of Lord Ram - have been on for decades. But a question on the birthplace of his wife Sita saw a minor war of words in parliament's Upper House today.
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South Korean Minister Arrested Over Artist Blacklist Allegation
South Korean prosecutors on Saturday arrested President Park Geun-hye's culture minister and her former top presidential adviser over allegations that they blacklisted artists critical of the government. Culture Minister Cho Yoon-sun and ex-presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon allegedly drew up the list of thousands of artists and cultural figu...
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Russia Mourns Clowning Legend Oleg Popov, Dead At 86
Russia on Thursday mourned Oleg Popov, a legendary Soviet-era clown who performed until he died of heart failure this week at age 86.
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Every Indian Woman Will Be In A 'Burqa' If Mahesh Sharma Has His Way: Congress
Hitting out at Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma over his controversial comment that foreign female tourists must refrain from wearing skirts for their own safety, the Congress on Monday asserted that if he had his way, then every woman in the country right now would be wearing a burqa.
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PM Modi Phones Gandhi's Grandson In Old-Age Home, Offers Help
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Kanubhai Gandhi, who is living in an old age home in New Delhi with his wife, and directed Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma to meet him.
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Government Replaces Board Of Top Arts Body IGNCA, Set Up By Rajiv Gandhi
The Union government on Tuesday appointed a new board of trustees to the Indira Gandhi Centre For the Arts or IGNCA, the prestigious institution set up in memory of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her son and then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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"A Reward": Minister Govind Gaude Dropped From Goa Cabinet Weeks After Corruption Remarks
Goa Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude was on Wednesday dropped from the state cabinet, almost a month after he alleged corruption in the tribal welfare department headed by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.
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US Official Lee Satterfield To Visit India To Attend G20 Culture Ministers' Meeting
The trip of Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Lee Satterfield comes on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official state visit to the United States in June.
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Kerala Minister Clarifies After Flak On Social Media Over Azaan Remarks
Kerala Culture Minister Saji Cheriyan, who has come under criticism on social media for his recent remarks about the Muslims' call to prayer, on Monday appealed to the people to "clear the misunderstanding" about it.
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Russia's Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Russia's culture minister has tested positive for coronavirus, her spokeswoman said Wednesday, as the country's total number of cases surpassed 1,65,000.
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Rooms For Mothers, Children At Tourist Sites Across India: Minister
Culture Minister Prahlad Patel today said that all iconic tourist sites of the country will now mandatorily have a room dedicated for mothers going there with young children.
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Taj Mahal Will Soon Remain Open Every Night For Tourists: Union Minister
The Taj Mahal is likely to be thrown open after sunset for all tourists. So far, night access to the globally renowned monument was allowed at a premium only for five nights in a month.
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174 Delhi Monuments, Sites Declared ''Monuments Of National Importance''
Over 170 monuments and sites in the national capital have been declared as ''monuments of national importance'', Culture Minister Prahlad Patel informed Parliament said on Tuesday.
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Models Asked To Remove Scarves At Taj Mahal. Government Denies Officials' Role
Days after a couple of foreign models were asked to remove their 'saffron scarves' before entering the Taj Mahal, the government today said no official of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) or the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was involved in the incident.
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Can't Order United Kingdom To Return Or Not To Auction Kohinoor: Supreme Court
Disposing of a petition seeking direction to the United Kingdom to return the Kohinoor, the Supreme Court today made it clear that it could neither pass an order for reclaiming the 108-carat diamond nor stop its present owner from auctioning it. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar said it could not ask a foreign government not to auc...
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'Any Proof Of Where Sita Was Born,' Congress Asks Minister Mahesh Sharma
Debates over Ramjanambhoomi - the birthplace of Lord Ram - have been on for decades. But a question on the birthplace of his wife Sita saw a minor war of words in parliament's Upper House today.
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South Korean Minister Arrested Over Artist Blacklist Allegation
South Korean prosecutors on Saturday arrested President Park Geun-hye's culture minister and her former top presidential adviser over allegations that they blacklisted artists critical of the government. Culture Minister Cho Yoon-sun and ex-presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon allegedly drew up the list of thousands of artists and cultural figu...
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Russia Mourns Clowning Legend Oleg Popov, Dead At 86
Russia on Thursday mourned Oleg Popov, a legendary Soviet-era clown who performed until he died of heart failure this week at age 86.
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Every Indian Woman Will Be In A 'Burqa' If Mahesh Sharma Has His Way: Congress
Hitting out at Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma over his controversial comment that foreign female tourists must refrain from wearing skirts for their own safety, the Congress on Monday asserted that if he had his way, then every woman in the country right now would be wearing a burqa.
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PM Modi Phones Gandhi's Grandson In Old-Age Home, Offers Help
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Kanubhai Gandhi, who is living in an old age home in New Delhi with his wife, and directed Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma to meet him.
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Government Replaces Board Of Top Arts Body IGNCA, Set Up By Rajiv Gandhi
The Union government on Tuesday appointed a new board of trustees to the Indira Gandhi Centre For the Arts or IGNCA, the prestigious institution set up in memory of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her son and then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
