Celebrated boxer M C Mary Kom will be conferred with the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian award, while world champion shuttler P V Sindhu will get the Padma Bhushan among eight sportspersons named for the prestigious honours on Saturday. She is one of seven eminent personalities to be awarded the Padma Vibhushan this year.
Earlier in the day, the International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted three retired greats of the game namely South Africa's Jacques Kallis, Sthalekar, and Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas, into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Statistical highlights from the drawn second Test between India and New Zealand in Wellington.
Ramesh Taurani kick starts Diwali party season in Bollywood.
Ishant, the most-capped Test player in this current line-up, became the third Indian pacer after Kapil Dev (434 wickets) and Zaheer Khan (311) to reach the 300-wicket milestone.
'Batsmen were good, but if have to win overseas, we have to get players from the MRF Pace Foundation and the NCA coming through, try to prepare pitches to encourage these faster bowlers rather than dusty turners'
Former India fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad discusses the current national side and the plethora of seam bowlers who have turned out for Team India in the recent past.
'I always believed films don't have any language.'
Jonty Rhodes had posted an image of himself taking a dip at the Holy Ganga river. Harbhajan Singh Rhodes saying that 'you have seen more India than me'.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 2 of the India-England Test at Leeds.
The newly elected ICC president, Zaheer Abbas has said that despite being elevated to a ceremonial post he will do his best to revive India and Pakistan bilateral cricket series.
CoA member Diana Edulji and BCCI acting Secretary Amitabh Choudhary are the other members of the Committee which will meet on July 19. This was decided after a CoA meeting today.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 3 of the India-England Test at Lord's.
Sohail Khan hosted his 49th birthday party at his home, and invited his family and friends over. Pictures from the party.
Nagwaswalla mighty impressed with the way the Indian team played and won in Australia and he just can't wait to see the senior players in flesh and bone
Bollywood dropped in to celebrate Iftar with Baba Siddique.
Karthik, who made his Test comeback against Afghanistan in June, will have big responsibility of filling up for one of India's finest wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who is set to undergo shoulder surgery.
Impressed with his composure and control over his swing, former India batsman Yuvraj Singh said J&K young fast bowler Rasikh Salam is going to emerge as a special player in the next two to three years.
In yet another case of honour killing, a young woman and her husband have been brutally murdered for marrying against the wishes of her family in Punjab, police said on Sunday.
The Race 3 crew celebrate Ramesh Taurani's birthday.
The Indian selectors announced a 15-member squad, led by Rahul Dravid, for the first two matches of the ODI series against Sri Lanka.
Delhi Daredevils defeated defending champions Mumbai Indians by 10 runs to register their third straight win in the IPL and senior batsman JP Duminy credited the Zaheer Khan-led bowling attack for playing a major role in the win.
Arpita Khan and Aayush Sharma sure know how to throw a party.
India are likely to go into the second Test against Pakistan with two seamers and two spinners.
Take a look at the pictures from Yuvraj Singh's retirement party:
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is keen to send Test specialists, including seasoned fast bowler Zaheer Khan, to South Africa earlier than scheduled for acclimatisation if logistics work out in its favour.
'The IPL was a big learning for me that whatever you do at this level, you should be confident about yourself.'
Gambhir feels that people shouldn't go overboard about past World Cup wins because the players who competed were meant give it their best shot and they did so as their professional duty.
Young Satyam Choudhary remained unbeaten on 73 as Madhya Pradesh reached 191 for five in reply to Mumbai's first innings score of 304 in a Ranji Trophy group league encounter at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday.
Yuvraj shared a montage of 2011 World Cup memories and his thoughts on the title-winning journey in a Twitter video.
The India captain currently has 39 centuries in One-Day Internationals and is only 10 short of Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record of 49 hundreds.
Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh on Monday made their comebacks into the Indian team, for the first two Test matches against England next week.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is going to form a four-member special committee to initiate talks with the BCCI on regular basis in a bid to revive bilateral ties between the two countries.
The hits and misses of the week.
Shreyas, who is also the skipper of Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League, appreciates Ricky Ponting's coaching style.
