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......

From Bachchan to Ambani, who's who at Ram temple event

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi N Mittal, and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar were among India's crème de la crème who attended the......

Cong reshuffle: Priyanka replaced as UP in-charge, new role for Pilot

In a major organisational rejig ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on Saturday appointed Avinash Pande the general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, replacing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra......

Hunger strikes to begin across Maharashtra from Sunday: Jarange

Activist Manoj Jarange, who is observing an indefinite fast for the Maratha quota demand, on Saturday said a series of hunger strikes will begin in every village in Maharashtra from October 29 if......

When the President exhorted IITs

President Pratibha Patil has asked Indian Institutes of Technology to address the problems of rural areas by producing cutting-edge solutions for them. Delivering the convocation address at......

Growth should be socially inclusive:Prez

Commending the economic growth, President Pratibha Patilemphasised on Tuesday the need to make development socially inclusive, particularly for the disadvantaged and marginalised......

How The Happening came to M Night Shyamalan

The course of Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan's life was defined not by the family's involvement in the practice of medicine, but by the Super-8 camera he was gifted in his pre-teens. By the time he......

Shri Nivetha, Esha, Ruchita win gold in women's 10m air pistol

India's Esha Singh won the country's second gold in the ISSF World Cup. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter The Indian trio of Shri Nivetha, Esha Singh and Ruchita Vinerkar combined to win the gold......

Bhaker, other Olympians not included in team for Cairo WC

IMAGE: Shooter Manu Bhaker has not been included in the World Cup team for Cairo. Photograph: Manu Bhaker/Instagram The Indian shooting team for the upcoming ISSF World Cup in Cairo was picked......

Viswanath recalls first meeting with Mantri, 'Polly kaka'

IMAGE: Gundappa Viswanath with former teammate Dilip Vengsarkar at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday. Photograph: Mumbai Cricket Association The legendary GR Viswanath on Saturday......

Noted Mumbai coach Vasu Paranjape passes away

IMAGE: Vasu Paranjape with his son Jatin. Photograph: Kind courtesy Jatin Paranjape/Instagram Vasu Paranjape, a man synonymous with everything that is pristine about Mumbai cricket breathed his......

NRAI announces Indian shooting team for Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: Reigning World No 1 in women's 10m air rifle Elavenil Valarivan is the only athlete to have been picked in the team, who had not won, one of the 15-quotas won by the national team.......