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......

Workers' kin anxious as tunnel rescue op hits repeated hurdles

"He looked very stressed and impatient and kept asking us when would they come out," Sunita, whose brother-in-law Virender is among the 41 workers trapped inside the collapsed tunnel in Silkyara in......

Question mark over INDIA alliance as AAP releases 2nd candidates list for MP poll

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), a key constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, released its second list of 29 candidates for the year-end assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh. Photograph:......

Mulayam, Ustad Zakir Hussain, SM Krishna get Padma Vibhushan

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, former external affairs minister in the UPA government S M Krishna and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were among six luminaries selected......

'Everyone has a mouth and every mouth has an opinion'

Ram Gopal Varma, who has been explicitly tweeting his opinion on whatever comes to his mind, doesn't really care what people think about him. He believes in the right to expression and seems to......

Kamal Haasan delivers with Manmadhan Ambu

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews Tamil film Manmadhan Ambu. Post YOUR reviews here! There are several things going for Red Giant's Manmadhan Ambu (Cupid's Arrow), but chief of them all is Manush......

Kapil Dev debuts in Bollywood

The invitation card reads 2 pm. Kapil Dev, famous cricketer,makes his entry three hours later. By Indian standard time, he is on schedule. It is a Sunday afternoon.And everyone is keen to seethe......

Deal with players' issues with respect and dignity: Athletes Commission

IMAGE: Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Sangita Phogat during their protest at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, on Thursday. Photograph: PTI The Athletes Commission of the IOA has recommended......

CWG: A happy hunting ground for Indian weightlifters

IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu smashed the Commonwealth Games record in snatch, pulling off clean lifts in all her three attempts (80kg, 84kg and 86kg) to win the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games......

Khel Ratna for Rani; Lovlina, Ishant take home Arjuna Award

Sports Minister hands over trophies to 2020 National Sports Awards winners   IMAGE: Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain receives the Arjuna Award from Sports Minister......

Amid COVID gloom, could it be 'India Shining' in Tokyo?

IMAGE: Indian women’s hockey team. Photograph: Kind Courtesy SAI Media/Twitter There is palpable tension, a sense of dread actually, but the COVID-hit Olympic Games starting Friday or......

No Arjuna for past Khel Ratnas Sakshi, Mirabai

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sakshi Malik/Twitter The Sports Ministry, on Friday, decided against bestowing the Arjuna award on former Khel Ratna winners Sakshi Malik and Mirabai Chanu, pruning the......