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The Rao of Kutch who outwitted a Viceroy of India

As a class, the Native States made unwise choices: They ought to have tolerated criticism, adopted constitutions, and conceded gracefully to nationalism.

Updated 30 days ago

Vagdevi, Amba, Saraswati? Tracing idol at nub of Bhojshala temple verdict

People offer prayers after the Madhya Pradesh High Court verdict declare the Bhojshala complex a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati), in Dhar.

Updated 70 days ago

600+ items stolen in UK Bristol museum heist: How it happened, and an India link

CCTV footage released by the UK's Avon and Somerset Police on December 11, 2025, shows men carrying bags in the early hours of September 25 in the city of Bristol, south-west England, outside a building which housed items from the Bristol museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection.

Updated 226 days ago

Indian artefacts among 600+ items stolen from British museum; CCTV image emerges

Men in the early hours of September 25 in the city of Bristol, south-west England outside a building which housed items from the Bristol Museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection.

Updated 226 days ago

UK cops hunt suspects after over 600 items stolen from British Museum

This handout image of CCTV footage released by Avon and Somerset Police on December 11, 2025 shows men in the early hours of September 25 in the city of Bristol, south-west England outside a building which housed items from the Bristol Museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection.

Updated 227 days ago

Isha and Nita Ambani dazzle at London's Pink Ball, high-society event of year

Isha Ambani, co-host of the British Museum ball, with mother Nita Ambani at the event

Published 280 days ago

Isha Ambani pairs her one-of-a-kind Pink Ball outfit with massive emerald jewels

Isha Ambani dazzles in an Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla zardozi outfit with emerald jewels from Nita Ambani.

Updated 280 days ago

Isha Ambani to co-host Pink Ball at British Museum based on ‘colours, light of India’

Isha Ambani (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

Published 291 days ago

Colours of India muse for historic UK museum ball

Colours of India muse for historic UK museum ball

Published 291 days ago

In photos: Glimpses from a British Museum exhibit on Indian idols

The Bimaran casket from Eastern Afghanistan, dated to the 1st century. The Buddha was first represented symbolically as footprints or a tree, and was only later depicted in human form. This gold reliquary may represent the earliest dateable image of the Buddha shown as a man. He stands with his right hand raised in the gesture of reassurance and is flanked by the Hindu deities Indra (right) and Brahma (left). (British Museum)

Updated 302 days ago

British Museum to loan sacred Srimanta Sankardeva textile to Assam for 18 months

The Brindavani Bastra is a 9.37-metre-long and 2.31-metre-wide textile made with silk, cotton, and brass thread. (The British Museum)

Updated 330 days ago

The British Museum says it is partly closed after a fired employee shut down IT systems

The British Museum says it is partly closed after a fired employee shut down IT systems

Published 547 days ago

Christmas in London, seen with Indian eyes

Shoppers walk along Oxford Street during traditional Boxing Day holiday sales, in London, UK, on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. Photographer: Carlos Jasso/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Updated 568 days ago

The best podcasts of 2024, as picked by The Economist

Podcasts

Published 615 days ago

Princess Diana's hairdresser shares unseen anecdotes, calls her hair ‘disaster'

Richard Dalton, Princess Diana's former hairstylist, has unveiled a deeply personal memoir

Published 691 days ago

Discovering a calligraphic beauty

A 282-page manuscript compiled in 1817, that covers a variety of medieval monuments, was recently discovered in the British Museum, London.

Published 703 days ago

The ‘oldest map of the world in the world’ from 2,900 years ago surprises people

The image shows the “oldest map of the world in the world” from 2,900 years ago.

Published 722 days ago

The British Museum is suing a former curator over the alleged theft of almost 2,000 items

HT Image

Published 851 days ago

Naomi Campbell's fashion career to be celebrated with a London museum exhibition

Model Naomi Campbell poses for photographers during a photocall to promote the upcoming exhibition 'Naomi: In Fashion' at the Victoria & Albert Museum celebrating her 40 years in fashion.

Published 864 days ago

Prayagraj man wants British Museum to return ‘stolen’ 17th century artefact

The jade terrapin artefact at British Museum in London. (sourced)

Updated 951 days ago

Rishi Sunak vs Greek PM: Elgin Marbles row explained

An employee views examples of the Parthenon sculptures, sometimes referred to in the UK as the Elgin Marble.

Published 971 days ago

Please return if found: UK museum seeks help to recover 2,000 missing treasures

A sign for the British Museum is seen in London, Britain.

Published 1034 days ago

British Museum Director resigns after around 2000 antiques stolen from storeroom

Museum director Hartwig Fischer said on Friday he would step down after admitting to failings.

Published 1065 days ago

Thefts reported at British Museum- one of the most visited in the world

The facade of the British Museum is pictured in central London.

Published 1067 days ago

British Museum reports stolen items, netizens say it didn’t own them

British Museum shared a press release where they reported that a few items have been stolen.

Published 1073 days ago

It’s London calling for these tricity artists!

This year’s scholarship (travel grant) winners Anita Kaur, Vaibhav Passi, Gurjeet Singh, Brijesh Kumar, Manu Priy Gautam, and Sunaina (HT Photos)

Updated 1201 days ago

A room with a view: Inside Manchester’s new South Asia Gallery

I Beg You to Define Me (2018), a 7-ft-tall self-portrait by Azraa Motala, a British Muslim woman of South Asian descent. (Image courtesy Manchester Museum)

Updated 1080 days ago

The Taste With Vir: The Kohinoor and its controversies

The Taste With Vir: The Kohinoor and its controversies

Published 1378 days ago

How museums are combating the energy crisis

'Anti War Drawings, 2022': an artwork by Dan Perjovschi at a museum in Kassel

Published 1387 days ago

Parthenon Marbles: A 200-year-old restitution dispute

Parthenon Marbles: A 200-year-old restitution dispute

Published 1679 days ago

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