First woman elephant mahout among 34 unsung heroes awarded Padma Shri

India's first woman elephant mahout Parbati Baruah famous as Hasti Kanya, tribal environmentalist Chami Murmu, social worker Sangthankima who runs Mizoram's largest orphanage and plastic surgeon......

Paratrooper, killed in Rajouri attack, got married only 2 months back

The death of paratrooper Siddhant Chettri in an anti-terrorist operation at Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir brought down the curtains abruptly on his two-month-long marriage. IMAGE: Army personnel......

BJP retains Assam's Majuli assembly seat in by-poll

The ruling BJP retained the Majuli (Scheduled Tribe) assembly constituency with its candidate Bhuban Gam defeating the joint opposition candidate Chittaranjan Basumatary of the Assam Jatiya......

Here are the complete results from all 32 bypolls

The BJP, Congress and the Shiv Sena won one Lok Sabha seat each, while assembly segments threw up a similar mixed bag with results favouring ruling parties in several states as votes were counted......

Raag Desh Review: Intelligent and brilliant!

Raag Desh is one of the best films of the year, Sreehari Nair raves.  Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Raag Desh gives us the best Subhas Chandra Bose we have seen at the movies. A brew of......

FIR filed against swimming coach at SAI centre

IMAGE: The matter was brought to light by some athletes of SAI, STC Solalgaon and their coach on the sidelines of selection trials in Guwahati. Photograph: Rediff Graphics Athletes at the SAI......

Asian Boxing: Pooja strikes gold; Mary signs off with silver

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Boxing Federation of India/Twitter Defending champion Pooja Rani (75kg) notched up a second successive gold with a comprehensive victory even as the seasoned M C......

Shorts: Boxer Duati challenges semis loss at Nationals

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Patrick Smith/Getty Images India Open silver-medallist and defending......

Sports Shorts: Meena Kumari wins gold at World Cup

IMAGE: India's Meena Kumari Maisnam (left) won gold in the 54kg category at the Cologne World Cup. Photograph: Sports India/Twitter Meena Kumari Maisnam continued her fine run to win gold medal in......

Mary Kom in final; 7 medals assured for India at Polish boxing tourney

IMAGE: MC Mary Kom throws a punch. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters M C Mary Kom on Thursday advanced to the finals, while L Sarita Devi made the semi-finals as Indian boxers assured themselves......