Sangeet Natak Akademi
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World Puppetry Day: Sangeet Natak Akademi organizes Putul Utsav on tales of India’s freedom struggle
Lifestyle | Mar 21, 2022, 11:51 AM ISTAn interesting line-up of acts at the Putul Utsav includes performances by famous puppeteers, both traditional and contemporary, a seminar, demonstrations and workshops where participants can create their own puppets and carry them back home.
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Solo dance festival 'Okchari Yenningtha' brings communal harmony in Manipur
News | Mar 01, 2021, 06:00 PM ISTA week-long Manipur solo dance festival "Okchari Yenningtha" meaning welcoming the spring season concluded on Feb 28. The festival was organized by Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy (JNMDA) which is a constituent of Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA), New Delhi.
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CBI books ex-Sangeet Natak Akademi chairperson Leela Samson over irregularities
India | Dec 14, 2019, 12:40 PM ISTSamson, a Padma Shree awardee and also a former chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification, has been booked along with the then officers of the Foundation: Chief Accounts Officer TS Murthi, Accounts Officer S Ramachandran, Engineering officer V Srinivasan and proprietor of CARD and Chennai Engineers, Officials said.
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If those returning awards are wrong, put them in jail: MK Raina, Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee
India | Jun 13, 2016, 01:44 PM ISTThe Award Wapsi campaign, first started by writers by returning their Sahitya Akademi honours, was further escalated by the returns of National Film Awards.As the filmmakers are more famous for their work than the writers,
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Leela Samson resigns as Sangeet Natak Akademi chairperson
India | Oct 10, 2014, 10:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: Sangeet Natak Akademi chairperson Leela Samson has tendered her resignation from the post.The Minister of State for Culture and Tourism, Shripad Yesso Naik, told PTI that she put in her papers on Sept.
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SAARC nations' cultural history comes alive at exhibition
India | Sep 26, 2014, 07:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: Zig-zag block-like formations, carrying around 170 images of various cultural engagements the Sangeet Natak Akademi has been hosted for SAARC nations were mounted in its lush green lawns in the form of an
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Leela Samson Is Next Film Censor Board Chief
Bollywood | Mar 29, 2011, 02:56 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 29: Noted classical dance exponent Leela Samson will be the next chief of the film censor board. Samson, a bharatnatyam dancer, will succeed actor Sharmila Tagore, a Ministry of Information and Broadcasting