Well-known Punjabi litterateur Amrita Pritam, noted astronomer Jayant Vishnu Narlikar and former Chief Justice of India M N Venkatachalliah have been selected for the Padma Vibhushan, the second......
Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......
The Rajiv Khel Ratna, India's highest sports honour, will not be shared in future, except in the case of Olympic medal winners, the Sports Ministry said on Wednesday. There have been four occasions......
For the first time three top sportspersons -- boxers M C Mary Kom and Vijender Singh, and wrestler Sushil Kumar -- were selected for the country's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel......
Indian athletes put in a spirited performance on the international stage in 2004, which saw K M Binu joining Anju Bobby George as the country's future hope.While world number six Anju had to be......
Star athletes Anju Bobby George and K M Binu were among the 40 probables who were on Saturday named by the Athletics Federation of India for next year's World Championships.The AFI announced 19 men......
The Open National athletics championships, commencing in Mumbai on Friday, is not only ill-timed, coming so soon after the Athens Olympics, but most of the events in themen's and women's sections......