President A P J Abdul Kalam gave away the awards to 58 eminent personalities from different walks of life at a glittering ceremony held at the Ashoka Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Two months after the Bombay high court granted relief to a landlady in Mumbai to recover her apartments from the tenants, who include relatives of gangster Dawood Ibrahim, they are yet to be evicted.
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and his family have turned down Uttar Pradesh government's largesse that saw the celebrities being among the first beneficiaries of a new pension scheme for people awarded the Yash Bharti Samman.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
Both Clark and Rozina had spine-related deformities.
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The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday questioned the state government's logic behind celebrating the birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan, observing he wasn't a freedom fighter but a monarch who fought to safeguard his interests.
The bus, which way on its way to Kishtwar from Keshwan, skidded off the road at Sirgwari and rolled down into the gorge around 7:30 am.
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The last two months of 2015 have some big Malayalam movie releases coming up.
However, the BJP is sceptical about the SP-BSP alliance as they believe Mayawati and Akhilesh will "finish off after fighting among themselves."
Through the yatra the UP CM would try to send the message that he was in the driver's seat, notwithstanding all the hue and cry within the party.
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'In his death, our film industry has lost a prominent voice. The movies will never be the same again.'
India's schedule for Tuesday, the fourth day of competition, at the Asian Games in Incheon.
India garnered most of the gold medals on offer for the fourth successive day at the 12th South Asian Games, as their swimmers, archers and track-and-field athletes ensured the top position on the medals tally remained unchallenged, in Guwahati, on Tuesday.
Dubai businessman Adel Sajan and Sana Khan's wedding maybe among the richest weddings in the world.
The apex court asked the students who have challenged the decision of the CBSE, to appear in the examination, if conducted.
The feud in Uttar Pradesh's first family had ended on Saturday after Akhilesh restored all but one portfolio of Shivpal and promised to support him as SP's state unit president, a post from which he was himself removed three days back triggering the power tussle with his uncle.
The incident comes days after a Swiss couple were attacked near the railway station at Agra's Fatehpur Sikri.
The top court gave the examples of personal information like thumb impression people voluntarily gave for using mobile phones.
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday rebuked the supporters of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and state Cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav for taking to the streets over a dispute involving the two.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Jitu Rai struck gold twice with his pistol while Kerala's swimming sensation Sajan Prakash continued to shatter records and accumulate gold medals, adding a fifth to his tally, on the fifth day of competitions in the 35th National Games in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
All the action from the grand night.
The Indian kabaddi contingent made an impressive start to its campaign at the 18th Asian Games with the women's team mauling Japan and the men's side beating Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Jakarta on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
A short display of Brazilian culture, including their music and dance, greeted the Indian contingent at the formal Welcome Ceremony in the Games Village for the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Some 22 villages of Khairabad block are affected by the dog menace
Enraged over the heinous crime, the victim's family blocked the Etah-Farrukhabad road, while opposition parties slammed the Yogi Adityanath government for the 'sudden spurt' in rape cases.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Commonwealth Games on Day 3.
The judgment was reserved after a marathon hearing which went on for 38 days spanning four months.
Ishq Forever is an ordinary soundtrack by Nadeem Saifee and one expected a lot more from him.
During a felicitation function of World Championships medal-winning wrestlers by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju in New Delhi on Monday, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan mooted the idea of making wrestling the national sport, which received the backing of double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar.
A key argument against the Aadhaar scheme was that it was violative of the nine-judge bench verdict that had held that Right to Privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution.
The top court issued notices to Union ministries of law and justice and minority affairs as well as the National Commission of Women after taking note of the plea of Delhi-based woman Nafisa Khan challenging the practice of polygamy and 'nikah halala', and said that the matter will be taken up a five-judge Constitution bench.
A lot of qawalli and romance in Bajirao Mastani's soundtrack, says Aelina Kapoor.
Two unassuming young women saved India the humiliation of returning empty-handed from the Olympics for the first time since Barcelona in 1992 with awe-inspiring performances at Rio.
The apex court modified its November 30, 2016, order by which it had made playing of the anthem mandatory in cinema halls before the screening of a film.
