No bull, Brit artist's work sells for record £10 mn Damien Hirst sells 54 new works, including bull in a tank of formaldehyde. ...  
12:51 PM, Sep 16, 2008

Supreme Court offers relief to M F Husain He was alleged for hurting public sentiments through his paintings. ...  
04:27 PM, Sep 09, 2008

SC won't try Husain for 'obscene' paintings
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The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea to prosecute Husain. ...  
11:02 PM, Sep 08, 2008

Indian Art Fair under roving eyes of top auction houses

The first ever International Indian Art Fair ended on Sunday. ...
01:29 AM, Aug 26, 2008

M F Husain says he is returning to India
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On the occasion of Virender Sehwag's 100th Test match at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium against England starting Friday, two of his former opening partners shared with Cricketnext their experience of batting with him in Test cricket. Former India opener Sanjay Bangar was part of the Test squad in England in 2002 when India's then coach John Wright and captain Sourav Ganguly asked Sehwag to open the innings at Lord's. Sehwag made...  
03:34 PM, Jul 22, 2008

Two Picassos stolen in second art heist in Brazil Port of Spain: West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has dismissed reports that he sustained minor injuries following a vehicular accident on Wednesday. The 29-year-old was reported to have been treated for damage to both hands after his white Jaguar sports car collided with a Suzuki SUV along the Uriah Butler Highway in south Trinidad. I don't know where the reporters got their information from. There is absolutely nothing wrong with...  
08:53 AM, Jun 13, 2008

Relief for M F Husain, judge says charges 'baseless'
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Colombo: England captain Andrew Strauss insisted on Monday that he would fight on as captain and battle through his batting slump as the team look for a series-levelling win in the final Test against Sri Lanka. Strauss's world number one side face a must-win situation at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Tuesday after losing the opening game of the two-match series in Galle by 75 runs. It was...  
02:59 PM, May 08, 2008

Masterstroke: Husain painting fetches $1.6 mn
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Vinod Kambli claimed India's loss in the 1996 World Cup semi-final was suspicious, further engulfing cricket in the cloud of match-fixing. ...  
02:53 PM, Mar 21, 2008

Shame story: Obscene 'art' of Nithari victims on sale
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London: England pacer Stuart Broad says Indian batsmen should be prepared for more short-pitched stuff in the ongoing ODI series as bouncers will continue to be a legitimate tactic for the host bowlers despite causing injuries in the visiting camp. It was Broad's bouncer which broke Rohit Sharma's index finger in the rained out ODI opener on Saturday ruling out the Indian batsman from the rest of the series. Earlier,...  
09:42 PM, Feb 26, 2008

Swiss police find paintings stolen in Zurich theft Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri have been accused of bias towards the BCCI as commentators since they are paid by the Indian board. ...  
01:35 PM, Feb 19, 2008

Paintings over $164 mn stolen from Swiss museum Mumbai: Mumbai Cricket Association would continue to be headed by a politician as Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh defeated former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar by a margin of 45 votes in a straight contest to become the new president of the cricket body. Deshmukh, a vice-president like Vengsarkar in the outgoing committee headed by another political bigwig Sharad Pawar, garnered 181 votes as against Vengsarkar's 136 to emerge triumphant in the...  
04:31 PM, Feb 12, 2008

Hussein show in Delhi cancelled after threats
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Colombo: Buoyed by an 11-run victory over co-host Sri Lanka, Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi reckons his side are now firmly among the title contenders at the World Cup. Asked whether his team deserved to be considered among the favorites after Saturday's victory in Colombo, Afridi said: "Definitely, inshallah (God willing)." Afridi's change in tone about his side's World Cup prospects is a noticeable one. Prior to the opening match in...  
07:08 PM, Dec 22, 2007

Picasso painting stolen in Brazil museum Nagpur: Defending champions Australia dished out a clinical display to outplay Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand and notch up a comprehensive seven-wicket victory with 16 overs to spare in a group A game of the World Cup here on Friday. Ricky Ponting's boys raised their game and proved to be a far superior side in each and every department. This was Ponting's 24th consecutive victory as Australian captain in World Cups....  
04:59 PM, Dec 21, 2007

Pritish Nandy's bored and he's loving it! Centurion: Yusuf Pathan hit a blistering 68-ball century but could not stop South Africa from winning the series-deciding fifth and final one-day international against India at SuperSport Park on Sunday. South Africa won by 33 runs according to the Duckworth/Lewis method, clinching a come-from-behind 3-2 series win thanks mainly to a century by Hashim Amla and four wickets by fast bowler Morne Morkel. Opening batsman Amla made 116 not out...  
06:47 PM, Dec 03, 2007

At 72, this 'arty' granny has added colours to her life Kiran Saxena makes religious statements with every artwork of hers ...  
09:56 AM, Aug 09, 2007

Arjun to look into Baroda dean issue Centre may ask the UGC to reinstate suspended dean of fine arts at Vadodara's MS University, but will it set off a centre-state conflict? ...  
04:16 PM, May 15, 2007

Artists say VHP politicising art The artists' community in the Capital has reacted sharply to the developments in Vadodara. ...  
03:34 PM, May 12, 2007

Baroda university dean suspended The MS University in Baroda suspends its Fine Arts faculty dean for supporting the students arrested for painting allegedly obscene works. ...  
12:15 PM, May 12, 2007

Debate: Nude vs nudity, what's art? What does it mean for democracy when artists are put in jail or subjected to moral police’s treatment for simply painting their mind? ...  
02:56 AM, May 11, 2007

Students held for 'obscene'  paintings VHP and BJP activists had damaged the paintings in the hall where they were on display, claiming they were offensive. ...  
09:08 PM, May 10, 2007