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Spituk Gustor Festival 2020 brightens Ladakh with colours
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ladakh [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Despite the challenging weather conditions prevailing in Ladakh, the cultural and traditional heritage of the place continued in full swing when scores of devotees flocked to Spituk Monastery to witness the yearly enchanting colourful festival 'Spituk Gustor'.
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JNU to expand cooperation with Iran's Allameh Tabataba'i University
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): A five-member Iranian delegation led by country's Cultural Counselor Mohammad Ali Rabbani held talks with Jawaharlal Nehru University's Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar on Tuesday to expand cooperation between Tehran's Allameh Tabataba'i University and JNU's
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Rally in Ladakh demands UT be included in Sixth Schedule
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ladakh [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Hundreds of people participated in a rally in Ladakh here on Sunday demanding the inclusion of new Union Territory in the sixth schedule of the Constitution, to ensure the protection of resources and cultural identity of the region.
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UNESCO asks US, Iran to protect cultural sites
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan 07 (ANI): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has asked Iran and the US to observe conventions obliging states to protect cultural sites after President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iranian culturally important locations.
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Punjab: CM gives responsibility of Parkash Purb celebrations to Tourism Mi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday assigned responsibilities of Parkash Purb celebrations to Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Charanjit Singh Channi this year.
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Indians abroad start eating beef because of not being taught cultural, tra
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Begusarai (Bihar) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said that Indian children go abroad and most of them start eating beef because they are not being taught about our 'culture' and 'traditional values'.
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J-K delegation meets Shah, seeks ST status for Pahari-speaking people
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 25 (ANI): An 11-member delegation of Jammu and Kashmir Pahari Cultural and Welfare Forum met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and NSA Ajit Doval here on Wednesday in pursuance of the long-pending demand for Scheduled Tribe status to "Pahari" speaking people of Jammu and K
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Maharashtra: CM Thackeray writes to PM Modi for grant of elite status to M
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): State Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he should personally intervene and instruct the concerned authorities to give Marathi language elite status.
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People with food restrictions may suffer from feelings of loneliness: Stud
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 24 (ANI): People with restricted diets - due to allergies, health issues or religious or cultural norms - are more likely to feel left out when they can't share what others are eating, suggests a new study.
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Kurdish leader says Turkey pursuing socio-political genocide against Kurds
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Rojava [Syria], Dec 21 (ANI): Turkey is pursuing a policy of political, cultural, social and economic genocide against the Kurds and preventing them from life, claims Ilham Ahmed, president of an executive committee of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDF), adding that such actions may harm
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Culture, language, political rights of people of northeast will remain in
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Giridih (Jharkhand) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the central government was committed to safeguarding cultural, social and linguistic identity of people of the northeast.
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Indian Embassy signs agreement for reconstruction of Nepal's 11 cultural h
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec 12 (ANI): Indian Embassy on Thursday signed an agreement with the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), India for the post-earthquake reconstruction of 11 Cultural Heritage sites in Nepal.
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