Master Silversmith George Cloyed explains that silver on the shelf is like money in the bank, and a silversmith’s records can reveal a town’s story.

A powerful agent of change during a time of the greatest repression, minister Gowan Pamphlet shared a message of hope and dignity. The first ordained slave preacher in America paved the way for the civil liberties and meaningful equality the future would bring. Hear his story.

The Powell House is a hub for educating people of all ages. Interpreter Pat Chilton introduces this middling family to visitors and the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute.

For the first time in decades, a new historic trade joins the tradition of craft in the Historic Area. This week, meet Steve Delisle, the first tinsmith in the Revolutionary City.

Founding mothers increasingly are recognized for their roles in Revolutionary America. Resolute, intelligent, and insightful, these women shaped history with their words, letters, and actions. Martha Jefferson joins the cast of players in Colonial Williamsburg’s Revolutionary City, shedding light on the central relationship in Thomas Jefferson’s life.

The Revolutionary City finds resonance and relevance across the country and around the world in a vibrant partnership with the Chautauqua Institution of New York. “We walk in the same intellectual waters,” says Colonial Williamsburg Foundation President Colin Campbell in this interview with Chautauqua’s President Tom Becker.

America’s colonial history offers a unique perspective on the modern stage. What inspiration, ideas, and cautions can today’s global revolutionaries draw from the 1776 uprising in the British colonies in America? The Center for Strategic and International Studies brings together leaders, scholars, and historians to debate some of the questions facing emerging democracies.

Kalki Koechlin gave birth to a baby girl on February 7, and named her Sappho.

Two days before her birthday, Janhvi Kapoor headed to Chennai for a pooja for her mother Sridevi's second death anniversary in accordance with the Hindu calendar.

White seems to be on Bollywood's mind, and the ladies are totally rocking the colour.

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Now is time to go back to the classroom. Meet Prof Sanjay Bakshi, Neeraj Marathe, Venkatesh Panchapagesan and Ravi Sundar Muthukrishnan ..

Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality, the policy federation of all the national associations representing the tourism, travel and hospitality industry of India has revised upwards its value estimates at risk to Indian tourism.

Earlier this week, Pakistan stayed away from the regional trade officials' video conference on Covid-19 because as per the neighboiring country, it should have been managed by Saarc secretariat

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to hold a public meeting in Darjeeling on October 24.

Saradha scam, in which lakhs of investors were defrauded, came to light in April.

Reviving an old bone of contention with the Congress-led UPA government just months before the 2014 elections, Trinamool Congress leaders Monday met Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet industrialists of the state and members of chambers of commerce on October 28:Partha Chatterjee.

West Bengal may pitch in for the inclusion of another 1,000 gram panchayats under the ISGPproject funded by the World bank.

UPA government held a crucial meeting with estranged ally Trinamool Congress here to discuss financial relief for West Bengal.

Hinting at political links in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, suspended Trinamool MP Kunal Ghosh on Tuesday met Finance Minister P Chidambaram and presented to him "certain details about the case".

Cameron is the second British Prime Minister to visit Kolkata.

The MP went on to claim that a large number of irregular chit fund companies had come into existence.

Inaugurating the session on behalf of the CM, state finance minister Amit Mitra pointed out the "massive increase" in the budget allocation for minorities since Mamata came to office in 2011.

The family of the 16-year-old Madhyagram gangrape victim will meet President Pranab Mukherjee on January 7 and are likely to demand a CBI probe.

The alumni meet of the class of 1989 at IIT-Kharagpur would have been a regular get-together of old friends going down memory lane but for Arvind Kejriwal, the new chief minister of Delhi, who has been invited to the meet.

Ailing actress Suchitra Sen, who has remained a recluse for the past three decades and is currently undergoing treatment at a Kolkata hospital, made an exception for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday and met her.

The Economic Survey today suggested the government reprioritise Plan and Non-Plan expenditure in its efforts to contain fiscal deficit at manageable levels.

Four farmer communities from different parts of the country were recently felicitated by the Government for their efforts at preserving...

The US dollar strengthened modestly against its major rivals in late trading on Tuesday amid the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting.

US stocks ended higher as hopes of easing trade tensions cheered on Wall Street ahead of the upcoming G20 Summit in Japan.

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'It broke my heart when Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein did not work at the box office but little did I know that one day, it would become a cult film.'

'For the past year, people have been asking me about my wife, Sonali, who suffered from cancer. It was a tough year but I have seen worse in my life.'

'Raj and DK have taken the effort to look at Moosa as a person.''Like, what happened to him?''What made him become a terrorist?''The emotional trauma that he might have had... that clicked for me.'

'Access is such a big step.''But once you enter those rooms, it's up to what you do in those rooms.''Film-making is a very expensive business and they will not put money into people they don't believe in.''So talent speaks at the end of the day.'

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A source of corruption and environmental degradation. Rod Harbinson reports.

After years of secrecy, Camilla Luddington is finally able to come clean about the bruises.  It seems she is not as clumsly as people thought, she was just getting roughed up playing the Tomb Raider heroine Lara Croft.

Unlike in Steven Spielberg’s world, where (mostly) a horse is a horse, the “Joey” in the stage production of War Horse is a very intricately hand-crafted puppet that takes three puppeteers to operate at all times.

Agent Topple reveals a few tricks of the pre-digital trade when Winters attempts to explain to him how computers work. Agent Topple is Not Impressed.

Get a bots'-eye view of the "human exclusion zone" in a massive warehouse where an army of high-tech robots finds and fulfills up to 30,000 orders a day.

20 winners. $100,000 each. The chance to bring an idea to life. We follow 40 student finalists as they compete for a coveted and controversial Thiel Fellowship. Their projects range from cancer research to new app technology, but there's just one catch if they win—they'll have to drop out of school. Meet the 2014 Thiel Fellowship finalists.

Seventeen-year-old Catherine Ray just received a $100,000 Thiel Fellowship. Armed with a B.S. in computational physics, the mathematics whiz is planning to fix everything that’s wrong with wheelchairs. Get to know the teen technorati.