Tag: Culture Minister

Konark: If Konark is in your wish list, then there would be no better time to prepone your visit as the curtains to the scintillating Konark Festival were raised today. Culture minister Ashok Panda inaugurated the 28th edition of the open theatre Konark Festival today. “During the five-day festival, some eminent artistes from different parts […]

Bhubaneswar: Worried over reports of replacement of stone carvings at Konark Sun Temple by Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI), Odisha government today urged the Centre to look into the sensitive issue. In a letter to Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sought the Centre’s intervention based on a news report […]

Bhubaneswar: A seven-day special programme has been chalked out by Odisha’s Culture department from April 8 in Bhubaneswar to mark Maha Vishuba Sankranti, the beginning of Odia calendar Year on April 14. This was announced by Culture minister Ashok Chandra Panda on Thursday. Talking to newsmen here, Panda said the theme of the special programme […]

Jerusalem: Israeli film “Foxtrot,” which Culture Minister Miri Regev has castigated as an insult to the military, has won the country’s best film award, making it a candidate for the Oscars. The surreal and complex movie by director Samuel Maoz includes what could be seen as a critical view of the Israeli military. It also […]

New Delhi: Over 170 monuments and sites in the national capital have been declared as ‘monuments of national importance’, Culture Minister Prahlad Patel informed Parliament Tuesday. In a reply to a query in Rajya Sabha, he said the expenditure incurred on conservation, preservation and environmental development of centrally protected monuments and sites in Delhi during […]

Bhubaneswar: Several State Ministers submitted their first monthly report cards of their respective departments to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today. Earlier on June 5, Patnaik had directed his ministers to submit monthly report cards mentioning steps taken by their departments for implementing promises made in BJD’s election manifesto.The ministers were told to submit their monthly […]