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35 stories for “Culture” · September 2026
Clear filtersLakkundi in Karnataka's Gadag district will be surveyed with modern technology to locate monuments buried or hidden under vegetation. The State Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage (DAMH) signed an MoU with th...
Gollala Gudi Temple at Palampet village in Mulugu district, Telangana, has been declared a Monument of National Importance through a Gazette notification of the Union Ministry of Culture and Tourism. A Trikutalaya with t...
The Rangpur-Sivasagar Historical Ensemble in Assam has entered UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List, with India's dossier filed under cultural criteria (iii) and (iv). It includes Rang Ghar, Talatal Ghar, the Namdang S...
The Archaeological Survey of India recorded a Chola inscription at the Vedapureeswarar Temple in Therazhundur, Mayiladuthurai district. Dated 1003 CE, the 18th regnal year of Rajaraja Chola I, it is in Tamil on a pillar...
The reconstructed Veera Vasantharayar Mandapam at the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai was formally opened on August 30, 2026. Built in 1611 CE by Muthu Veerappa Nayak, brother of King Thirumalai Nayak, it stands near t...
ISRO successfully launched the Earth observation satellite EOS-05 aboard GSLV-F17 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, placing it in a Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. EOS-05 is India's first imaging satellite...
A Megalithic burial complex with several dolmens and cist burials has been found at Kadamakuttai village in Krishnagiri district. Its enclosing wall is still visible and the monuments follow a planned layout. Neolithic f...
The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has introduced RAINCHNNAI, a weather futures contract tied to Northeast monsoon rainfall in Chennai. It is cash-settled and uses official India Meteorological Depar...
India and Uzbekistan have raised their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and set an annual trade goal of $5 billion by 2030. Eleven agreements were signed or exchanged in areas such as mining, tourism...
During Question Hour in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Agriculture Minister R. Vinoth raised a question on preparations for the Mahamaham festival of 2028. Question Hour is when Ministers reply to questions from MLAs on govern...
Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R. Vinoth announced a set of farm infrastructure and farmer-support steps in the Assembly. Nine seed storage warehouses will be built in 7 districts at ₹11.64 crore to protect seed quality...
