Nehru to Advani: Full list of Bharat Ratna awardees

The decision to award the Bharat Ratna to Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani and former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur has taken the number of recipients of the country's highest......

BJP stalwart L K Advani to be awarded Bharat Ratna

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that Bharatiya Janata party stalwart and former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani will be conferred the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest......

Akhilesh forced to climb over locked gate to pay tribute to JP

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday climbed the locked gate of Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre in Gomti Nagar in Lucknow to garland a statue of the socialist leader on......

JP's revolution in air as Nitish meets Mamata in Patna, Akhilesh in Lucknow

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday jetted across the country for a flurry of meetings -- with his Bengal counterpart, Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, as well as Samajwadi party chieftain......

Who is the key man of Mallya empire abroad?

An Indian origin attorney based in Switzerland is turning out to be a key man of Vijay Mallya’s empire abroad. Sixty-four-year-old Jay Vallabh is named director and authorised signatory in......

Petrol price cut by 50 paise a litre; diesel by 46 paise

Oil marketing companies have slashed petrol prices by Rs 50 paise a litre and simultaneously, have brought down diesel prices also by 46 paise. Hindustan Petroleum, Indian Oil Corpo and Bharat......

REL bags Sasan project; to invest Rs 20,000 cr

With the lowest levelised tariffs bid of Rs 1.196 per unit, Reliance Power, a subsidiary of Reliance Energy, has won the 4,000 MW Sasan Thermal Power Project, through a process of international......

Private general insurers gaining

Private general insurance companies have now started biting into big ticket insurance business that has so far been the preserve of their public sector peers.Today, we see a single large project......

Overconfidence is Palnati Brahmanaidu's downfall

Palnati Brahmanaidu is director B Gopal and superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna's new release after their four consecutive hits -- Lorry Driver, Rowdy Inspector, Samarasimha Reddy and Narasimha......

Vengsarkar MCA chief selector

India's chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar retained the chairmanship of the Mumbai Cricket Association's senior selection committee for the year 2007-08. The others on the MCA selection panel,......

5th ODI called off due to wet outfield

The fifth One-Day International between India and England in Guwahati on Sunday was called off without a ball being bowled because of a soggy outfield. The umpires -- Rudi Koertzen and A V......

Rain delays start of 5th ODI

Uncertainty enveloped the start of the fifth One-Day International between India and England after the outfield at the Nehru stadium in Guwahati was rendered soggy by unseasonal rain.Umpires A V......

Dravid, Tendulkar need to fire

Having put the brakes on South Africa's impressive winning streak, a determined India will seek to keep the momentum going with another commanding show in the crucial fourth one-day international......

Match Referee summons Ganguly

Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly was today summoned by the match referee Chris Broad for a hearing over the team's slow over rate in the third one-day international against Pakistan in Jamsehdpur on......