Sydney: Sachin Tendulkar has made an unscheduled appearance at the Sydney Cricket Ground as a life-sized wax figure of the Indian batsman was unveiled in front of a throng of cricket fans. Local Indian fans, known as the Swami Army, cheered and sang Indian chants as the "Little Master" was unveiled at the SCG before becoming a permanent attraction at Sydney's Madame Tussauds wax museum. The waxwork is the latest...
11:06 AM, Apr 20, 2013
London: London will stage its biggest political funeral in almost half a century on Wednesday when Britain's governing elite join the Queen and global leaders to bid farewell to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, better known as the "Iron Lady". In an event comparable to that of Winston Churchill's funeral in 1965, Thatcher's coffin will be carried atop a horse-drawn gun carriage through streets lined with admirers, and some detractors,...
06:50 AM, Apr 17, 2013
London: For the first time in 48 years, London's iconic Big Ben will fall silent on Wednesday as a mark of respect for 'Iron lady' Margaret Thatcher's funeral. The former Conservative Prime Minister died of a stroke in London on Monday aged 87. She will be given a ceremonial funeral with military honours, one step down from a state funeral. It is the first time that the bells of Big...
01:17 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: A history museum, throwing light on the country's freedom struggle and evolution as a modern democracy over the decades, was inaugurated at the Kerala Assembly by state Governor Nikhil Kumar on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, the Governor said the Kerala Assembly had set a model for other states by creating such a museum which would also help the young generation know about the life and work of Mahatma...
08:23 PM, Apr 15, 2013
London: Plans to create a mega library-cum-museum and training centre in memory of Margaret Thatcher are being devised in the lead up to the funeral of the former British premier on Wednesday. Supporters of the 'Iron Lady', who died of a stroke aged 87 last week, aim to raise around 15 million pounds in private funds towards the library and museum to celebrate her legacy. The project is being promoted...
07:49 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez will be embalmed and put on display "for eternity" at a military museum after a state funeral and an extended period of lying in state, acting President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday. Huge crowds are still waiting to pay their respects to Chavez after his death this week, and Maduro said the move - reminiscent of the treatment of Communist leaders Lenin, Stalin and Mao after their...
12:40 PM, Mar 08, 2013
A reading chair reclines at a comfortable angle. Spectacles lie within arm's reach. Old teak consoles with black marble tops line the room, which is dominated by book-crammed cupboards. Old frescoes of Hindu gods accentuate the sacred emotion of reading and growing with each book. An old hookah and an ebony-and-ivory chess board add to the personal sense of the space. Thakur Amar Singh could have just left his library...
05:45 PM, Mar 07, 2013
The exhibit in Vienna's Leopold Museum is entitled 'Naked Men', so a group of nudists and naturalists took the curators at their word and showed up to see it on Monday in the buff. ...
02:44 PM, Feb 19, 2013
The Indian tricolour, which was hoisted in 1947 at the 17th century British centre of power, Fort St George, in Chennai on the declaration of India's independence, will be on display at the special gallery in the Fort Museum. The special gallery will be inaugurated on January 26. ...
12:13 PM, Jan 23, 2013
A man was arrested for allegedly passing lewd remarks at a young woman who was waiting for her husband at a bus stop in central Delhi today, police said. ...
08:10 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Delhi Metro will soon have a working women's hostel for its staff staying alone in the capital, a move that comes in the backdrop of the brutal gangrape and assault of a 23-year-old paramedical student. The new age transport system has also cancelled the annual celebrations at the Metro Museum and other events relating to the New Year in view of recent incidents in the city. ...
07:29 PM, Dec 30, 2012
Paris: In its boldest development in a generation, the Louvre Museum has a new wing dedicated to Islamic art, a nearly 100 million ($130 million) project that comes at a tense time between the West and the Muslim world. Louvre curators tout their new Islamic Art department, which took 11 years to build and opens to the public on Saturday, as a way to help bridge cultural divides. They say...
03:16 PM, Sep 27, 2012
CNN-IBN re-visits the Bradman Museum of Cricket in the batting wizard's hometown Bowral on his birth anniversary. ...
08:39 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Chennai: Fascinated by the history of Madras? Then head to the Government Museum, Egmore to sample their special exhibition organised as part of Madras Day celebrations. The week-long exhibition that began on Wednesday has a wide variety of exhibits ranging from imperial bushel measures to miniature cannons used by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan.Black and white photographs capturing the essence of Madras were the highlight of the exhibition. Mount Road,...
07:41 AM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: Former president Pratibha Patil has courted controversy yet again. This time, she is under the scanner for taking a range of expensive gifts she had received as President to her hometown Amravati. It is being seen as an aberration of sorts by Constitutional experts. Patil reportedly received more than 150 gifts during her tenure as President. These included a gift from US President Barack Obama and a gold-plated...
01:47 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Hyderabad: The 2,350 years old Egyptian Mummy which is on display at the YSR AP State Museum, will soon have a special conservation room for itself, considering its bad shape. Talks are on to rope in the National Physical Laboratory to complete the task. Currently being preserved in an air tight glass case, the Mummy is soon expected to have an advanced facility for effective preservation in the next four...
02:10 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: So, Sarada Niketan will remain as it is. And maybe, in a few decades, crumble down to the earth. The home to one of the greatest poets in Malayalam, Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer, the E-shaped house was promised a resurrection by the LDF government by turning two rooms with Ulloors belongings into a museum. However, the move to acquire the whole house and hand it over to a literary...
01:52 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Mumbai: Late superstar Rajesh Khanna's bungalow will reportedly be converted into a museum as per his daughters' wish. "Yes, there are plans to convert Aashirwad into a museum, but nothing has been finalised yet. The family members will take the decision after Rajesh Khanna's 'chautha'. It's his daughters Twinkle and Rinke's wish to do so," a source close to Rajesh Khanna's family told IANS on condition of anonymity. "It will...
10:31 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: For most people, soil is something that has to be tapped off their shoes or washed off their clothes. But what about a museum for soil? Indias first reference centre on soil types will come up at the Soil Analytical Laboratory of the Soil Conservation Department at Parottukonam in Thiruvananthapuram. The proposed Soil Museum will be set up at a 5,000- square feet space on the first floor of...
01:20 PM, Jul 18, 2012
