San Francisco, May 11 On-line retailing giant Amazon has announced that all seven Harry Potter eBooks will be added to its eBook lending library for owners of the company's Kindle devices starting June 19.
Agartala, May 10 A music laboratory sponsored by the University Grants Commission (UGC) was launched Thursday in Tripura capital Agartala to boost traditional folk songs and music in the country's northeastern region.
New Delhi, May 10 Literary icon Saadat Hasan Manto finds few takers among young readers because the stories are dark, disturbing and reflect a time they cannot relate to. But for the older generation of Indians, he still remains one of the most powerful writers of the 20th century.
London, May 10 “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London to recognise her services to children's literature.
New Delhi, May 9 Twenty-six-year-old Shin Dong-hyuk may not be as famous Dith Pran, the Cambodian labour camp survivor in the 1984 screen drama, "The Killing Fields", but his true survival story as a condemned political prisoner in North Korea who escaped is as powerful as it is unbelievable.
Aligarh, May 10 Fusion experiment can give new dimension to music if used wisely, renowned Sitar composer and performer Sri Shubhendra Rao said here.
New Delhi, May 10 Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore has found yet another permanent roosting perch in Europe. A centre dedicated to the life and works of Tagore, described in Britain as India's "Robert Burns and the Bengali Shakespeare", has been opened in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mumbai, May 10 The city surfaced in his stories. He even wrote scripts for its famous film industry and starred in some movies. Now, 100 years after Saadat Hasan Manto's birth, Mumbai is gearing up to remember the eventful time that the legendary Urdu writer spent here.
Paproudi (Punjab), May 9 Except for the Manto Yaadgari library, which too was set up only last year and has only two to three books by him, legendary writer Saadat Hasan Manto's village Paproudi is no pilgrim spot for litterateurs.
New Delhi, May 8 The National Archives of India (NAI) has digitised 15 lakh pages of documents and manuscripts at a cost of Rs 18 lakh during the finacial year 2011-12, the Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday.
