Venkaiah Naidu, Vyjayantimala, Chiranjeevi awarded Padma Vibhushan

Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, megastar Konidela Chiranjeevi, famous actor of yesteryears Vyjayantimala Bali are among personalities who have been honoured with Padma Vibhushan in the......

First woman elephant mahout among 34 unsung heroes awarded Padma Shri

India's first woman elephant mahout Parbati Baruah famous as Hasti Kanya, tribal environmentalist Chami Murmu, social worker Sangthankima who runs Mizoram's largest orphanage and plastic surgeon......

Bilkis Bano case: SC to deliver verdict on convicts' remission on Mon

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Monday its verdict on the petitions challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her......

Nitish 'condemns himself', apologises in assembly and outside

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday apologised in both Houses of the legislature, as well as outside, for remarks made a day before on the importance of women's education to control......

Oscar Winners On OTT This Week

Crime, climate change and cool Oscar winners dominate the OTT menu this week. Sukanya Verma gives us her OTT recommendations for the week.   Everything Everywhere All At OnceWhere to watch?......

PIX: Mouni Roy, Pooja Hegde cheer for Irrfan

Homi Adajania's Angrezi Medium brings Irrfan Khan back to the marquee this week. The film also stars Radhika Madan and Deepak Dobriyal along with Kareena Kapoor Khan in a cameo. A special......

Bollywood's Most Successful Horror Films

Whatever Bhoot Part One - The Haunted Ship's box office collections may be, the horror genre has not been tested enough in Bollywood. Ram Gopal Varma and Vikram Bhatt may have tried their hand at......

PIX: Bhumi, Sunny, Vidya turn calendar girls

Bhumi Pednekar makes a bold debut on Dabboo Ratnani's annual star calendar in its 21st year. The other new entries in the calendar are Vicky Kaushal and Ananya Panday. The ace lensman, who has......

AFI adds 3 more athletes to Asian Games team

IMAGE: Priti Lamba was added to the squad for the upcoming Asian Games. Photograph: Kind courtesy Priti Lamba/Instagram Haryana's 3000m steeplechaser Priti Lamba was on Monday added to the......

BCCI against Railways fielding employees' kids in U-19 team

'We have received complaints that Railways employees' kids are playing Under-19 Nationals. This was not the idea.' 'An institutional unit taking part in any BCCI tournament (age-group to senior......

Why panels like Lodha are needed for all National Sports Federation

‘It will only help increase the accountability and transparency of the associations’ IMAGE: Wrestler Sushil Kumar, right, shares a light moment with boxer Mary Kom and footballer......

Desperate Mumbai players help in drying outfield at Railways ground

The second day of the Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Railways had the visiting team players, led by their skipper Suryakumar Yadav, doing the duty of groundsmen as the cricketers tried to......

Balbir, Sita retained in HI selection panel

Former India captain Col. Balbir Singh and Arjuna awardee Sita Gusain Mehta have been retained in the newly-constituted 10-member selection committee announced by Hockey India, in Delhi, on......