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How India celebrated its first Republic Day in 1950

Huge tri-colour-themed banners have been put up along the Kartavya Path while the theme for this year's tableaux that would roll down the boulevard where the annual Republic Day celebrations take......

Nitish aide calls K'taka minister 'deshdrohi' for saffron flag remark

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's key political aide Upendra Kushwaha, who has been rankling the ally Bharatiya Janata Party over the alleged denigration of Emperor Asoka, on Friday found fresh......

How India celebrated 1st Republic Day

The maiden celebrations marking the birth of the Republic of India were not held on Rajpath (now Kartavya Path), the historical avenue that has over time become synonymous with the ceremony, but it......

'You Have To Respect The Soul Of India'

'Bharat is the core value that has to be lived by and if you deny it, then the people will discard you.' IMAGE: A devotee clicks a selfie along with the cutout of Prime Minister Narendra......

How can you change history, asks Nitish on Shah remark

The Bharatiya Janata Party's insistence that history be rewritten with more emphasis on Hindu kings who resisted Muslim invasion than on the invaders themselves has received a thumbs down from......

Advertising titan, civic activist, actor, writer Gerson da Cunha is dead

Advertising industry veteran Gerson da Cunha, a multi-faceted personality passionate about civic activism in later years, died in Mumbai on Friday after a brief illness, a former colleague said.......

Michael Dell, SilverLake win shareholder nod for $25 bn buyout

Michael Dell clinched shareholder approval on Thursday for his $25 billion offer to buy and take Dell Inc private, ending months of conflict with the company's largest investors and removing the......

'This Guy Is Nothing Like Aamir'

'Vivek Vaswani came over to discuss Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman which he was producing with Aziz Mirza as the director.''When I asked who was playing the lead, Raju, he said it was an actor called Shah......

25 BREATHTAKING FRAMES of Asoka

Asoka makes for irresistible viewing, says Sukanya Verma, and tells us why. Seeing is believing, they say. I am convinced of this more and more every time I watch Asoka. Cinematographer and......

Heroine, Don, Asoka: Kareena's BEAUTIFUL screen avatars

Because, let's face it, we can never have enough of her on the silver screen!Box office fate of her films notwithstanding, Kareena Kapoor Khan has been consistently holding our gaze on screen with......

Mughal-E-Azam, Border, Asoka: Bollywood's EPIC battles? VOTE!

War is as grand and consummate as love in Bollywood.In Indian cinema’s larger-than-life outlook, not only love but war too is depicted on a grand, exciting scale. Be it the battles fought......

Karisma, Kajol, Raveena, At 21!

There's a new trend in Bollywood where divas posts pictures from the time they were 21. Photograph: Kind courtesy Karisma Kapoor/Instagram Remember Karisma Kapoor from the time she had long, wavy......

Umpire Asoka de Silva axed from crucial WC games

Under-fire Sri Lankan umpire Asoka de Silva, who gave batsman Gary Wilson out lbw in Ireland's loss to the West Indies in Mohali, has been dropped from the panel officiating some key World Cup......

Dharmasena, Kettleborough in Elite Umpires Panel

Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena and Richard Kettleborough of England have been promoted to the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires for the year 2011-2012 following an annual review. The two match officials,......

Botha reported for suspect bowling action

South Africa off-spinner Johan Botha has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action during the fourth one-dayer between Australia and South Africa in Port Elizabeth. Botha was reported......

Bangladesh's Razzak suspended for illegal action

Bangladesh's Abdur Razzak has been suspended from bowling in international cricket, pending fresh assessment of his action by the International Cricket Council. Razzak was reported for suspected......

ICC expands elite umpires' panel

The International Cricket Councilexpanded its elite panel of umpires to 12 on Wednesday by recalling Sri Lanka's Asoka de Silva and adding Australian Steve Davis to the current list of on-field......