Cut cities free: India’s urban nightmare can be ended with legislative...
US secretary of state John Kerry is unlikely to forget his visit to New Delhi in a hurry. Not once but twice his meticulously planned trip was derailed by routine monsoon showers, leading him to...
View ArticleClerical income and property in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages (IMC...
At the forthcoming Medieval Congress in Leeds (3-6 July 2017) the team of the ‘Presbyters in the Late Antique West’ Project, based at the University of Warsaw, organises a strand on the income and...
View ArticleThe Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains
The presentation will mark 50 years since the band first released their debut single.
View ArticleMuseums and Cultural Spaces as Motor of Urban and Social Progress
Symposium at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale
View Article'Did you come here in boats?' US Secretary of State John Kerry takes a wry...
A look at Google Maps on Wednesday said it all, with most routes criss-crossing the capital highlighted in dark red - a warning sign of heavy traffic congestion.About 62.7mm of rainfall in the morning...
View ArticleAP mulls private participation in urban housing schemes
Amaravati: The State government is mulling over private participation in urban housing schemes. The first Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting held at temporary Secretariat on Thursday discussed urban...
View ArticleDLF to relook biz model for housing segment
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) DLF will have a relook at its business model for housing segment after the rules under the new real estate regulatory law are notified and the realty major may start selling...
View ArticleUnion minister Venkaiah Naidu calls mediapersons 'modern naradas'
Chennai: Union minister for urban development and information & broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu, terming mediapersons 'modern naradas,' urged them to desist from sensationalising news."They want to...
View ArticleGovt allots 333% more funds for urban infrastructure
NEW DELHI: The government has committed Rs 1.13 lakh crore assistance for improving urban infrastructure, which is a 333% increase from Rs 33,902 crore that UPA had approved during its tenure of 10...
View Article'Smart city proposals for Kota, Ajmer submitted'
Jaipur: Smart City proposals for Kota and Ajmer have already been sent to the ministry of urban development and there is an expectation that the second list of the 27 cities out of 67 will be announced...
View ArticleParsi trust wins third Unesco Award for restoration
MUMBAI: The campaign to conserve heritage structures in the city was boosted by a special announcement Thursday. The restoration of the Parsi-owned Cama building at Gilder Road received the Unesco...
View ArticleBy All Means Necessary: How Vivan Sundaram and Company Killed Indian Art
It is said each public building should invest seven per cent of its total cost in procuring art as a part of promoting culture in the country. And they do spend this money on art. But the kind of art...
View ArticleHabitat III and draft New Urban Agenda: The contentious clause
In the run-up to Habitat III, India has opposed the inclusion of the Right to the City in the draft New Urban Agenda that will define the way cities world-wide are shaped over the next two decades. The...
View ArticleInterartive, Issue #87: Street Art and its Languages
The 87th issue of Interartive will be published at the end of September 2016
View ArticleII International Conference on “Hermeneutics of Symbol, Myth and ‘Modernity...
The hermeneutics of the “modernity of antiquity” is a still pioneering branch of research in Italian literature and art studies. Its aim is to discover the hidden meaning of works of literature and...
View ArticleThe Network of Cassinese Arts in Mediterranean Renaissance Italy
Conference organized by Alessandro Nova and Giancarla Periti
View ArticleAfter protest, CEPT rolls back fee hike
AHMEDABAD: After intense protest from parents of students studying at CEPT University, on Monday, the management of the institution decided to revise the proposed fee hike and cut it down to agreeable...
View ArticleThe Haji Ali Dargah decision deserves to be celebrated. But let’s not draw...
The Bombay High Court judgement is a model of clarity and restraint, keenly aware of the limits of its own jurisdiction, limiting it to the fact
View Article‘Architects ignored while planning’
" Climate change is a cultural thing rather than technological. We have to resist the need to use the cheap steel that is being dumped in front of us. It may not harm the place where it is being used...
View ArticleNo NA clearance required for finalized town planning schemes
GANDHINAGAR: In a major decision to encourage affordable housing schemes and streamlining approvals for development in urban areas, the Gujarat government on Friday abolished the `Non Agricultural'...
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