manuscripts

Raipur, April 11 So far, over 4,100 manuscripts have been reported from eight districts in Chhattisgarh under the Centre's Gyan Bharatam National Manuscript Survey, officials said on Saturday.The initiative, launched in March, aims to document and preserve manuscripts and make them accessible...

New Delhi, April 11 A parliamentary panel has raised concerns about the vacant director's position at the renowned Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library in Patna since August 2023, and has sought a report from the Ministry of Culture on the reasons for the delay in filling the position.The...

Patna, April 9 Bihar Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit on Thursday directed senior officials to form district-level committees to review and expedite the digitization of manuscripts under the ‘Gyan Bharatam Mission’.Amrit chaired a high-level review meeting with district officials in Patna.The...

Chandigarh, April 2 Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi on Thursday directed officials to expedite the central government initiative to preserve, digitize, and disseminate knowledge contained in ancient manuscripts across all districts in a time-bound manner.Reviewing the progress of the...

March 31, New Delhi – On the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Samrat Samprati Museum at Koba Tirth in Gandhinagar.The museum is dedicated to Jain history and the life of Samrat Samprati, his rule, and the message of non-violence.Named after the...

Gandhinagar, March 31 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that previous governments had neglected India’s manuscript heritage due to a “colonial mindset,” as he inaugurated the Samrat Samprati Museum at Koba Tirth in Gandhinagar on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti.Addressing the...

Patna/New Delhi, March 30 Images of folios drawn from rare manuscripts, including a ninth-century Holy Quran, ancient Tibetan texts, and handwritten documents from the 1850s linked with the British Raj and freedom fighter Veer Kunwar Singh, have been displayed in Patna as part of an exhibition...

New Delhi, March 30 – The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, has scanned a total of 2,033 manuscripts, comprising 1,46,099 pages, as of March 23, after being designated as a Cluster Centre for manuscript scanning work under the Gyan Bharatam Mission, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.Union Minister...

March 29, New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited citizens to join the "Gyan Bharatam" app, which collects information about manuscripts across the country.PM Modi urged people to highlight aspects of different cultures and share them through the platform. The Prime Minister also spoke...

New Delhi, March 29 Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the "Gyan Bharatam" survey on Sunday, which involves collecting information about old manuscripts.Modi urged people to share information about such documents if they come across them, to ensure their proper verification and...

New Delhi, March 29 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday invited citizens to join the 'Gyan Bharatam App', which collects information about manuscripts across the country, and urged them to highlight aspects of different cultures and share them.The Gyan Bharatam App is a digital platform...

New Delhi, March 24 Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, despite claims by the Centre that 1.29 lakh manuscripts are accessible to the public through its Gyan Bharatam initiative, "no information" is provided on access mechanisms, language interfaces, or reach.In a post on X on Monday, the Lok...

New Delhi, March 23 Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Monday that despite claims by the Centre about public access to the digitised versions of 1.29 lakh manuscripts under its Gyan Bharatam initiative, "no information" is provided on access mechanisms, language interfaces, or reach.In a post...

Ayodhya (UP), March 23 The Rampur Raza Library will provide 17th-century Persian manuscripts of the Ramayana to the International Ram Katha Museum here, officials said.Among the rare works is a Persian translation of the Ramayana by Mullah Masih Panipati from 1627, during the reign of Mughal...

Bangalore, March 23 – The Karnataka Assembly on Monday passed two key bills, including the Karnataka Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Unity, Freedom, Dignity, and Tradition in Marriage Bill, 2026, with the government asserting that both measures aim at social reform and preservation of...

Bengaluru, March 23 The Karnataka Assembly on Monday passed two key bills, including the Karnataka Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Unity, Freedom, Dignity and Tradition in Marriage (Ivanaarava, Ivanaarava) Bill, 2026, with the government asserting that both measures aim at social reform and...

Bengaluru, March 10 Four bills were tabled in the Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday, including one proposing a return to paper ballots for local body elections amid concerns over the credibility and voter privacy of electronic voting machines (EVMs).The Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj...

The Ministry of Culture today launched the upgraded version of the Indian Culture Portal at Kartavya Bhawan in New Delhi. The platform aims to make the country's diverse cultural knowledge and heritage more accessible to scholars, researchers, and the general public through a single digital...