Maha minister Vikhe Patil, 53 others booked in loan fraud case

The police in Maharashtra's Ahilyanagar district have registered a case against state Bharatiya Janata Party leader and minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and 53 others including directors of a......

Eminent cardiac surgeon Dr KM Cherian dies at 80

Eminent cardiac surgeon Dr KM Cherian, who performed the country's first coronary artery bypass here about 50 years ago, has died, sources said on Sunday. IMAGE: >Eminent cardiac surgeon Dr KM......

Padmashri Awardee mugged in Manchester

Canadian biochemist Joseph Hulse, who received the Padma Shri at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi last week, has been mugged in Manchester where he had stopped on way home to attend a school......

Hindu NRI businessman renovates 150-yr-old Kerala mosque

In a selfless act aimed at promoting communal harmony, Padmashri C K Menon,a Qatar-based businessman, has renovated a 150-year-old mosque in Mokerinear Panoor in Kerala's Kannur district.Members of......

'He was a beacon of Indian music'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Pankaj Udhas/Instagram Renowned ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas, whose velvet smooth voice gave expression to the many colours of love, longing and heartache in songs such as......

Now starring, Laloo Prasad Yadav!

Filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar is very excited. He has just returned to Mumbai after shooting forhis comedy, Padmashri Laloo Prasad Yadav, in Cape Town, South Africa. The movie is about Suniel Shetty,......

PIX: Shilpa Shetty and family's holy visit to Mangalore

Check out the pictures. In an annual ritual, Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra travelled to Mangalore with the family to visit the Dharmasthala temple.Take a look:   The celebrity......

Veteran actor Manoj Kumar doing well after hospitalisation

Veteran actor Manoj Kumar, admitted to a suburban hospital last month, had now returned home and was doing fine, sources close to him said on Wednesday evening. Kumar was admitted to Kokilaben......

Chandrasekhar recovering after suffering mild stroke

Former India cricketer B S Chandrasekhar has been hospitalised after suffering a stroke, but is recovering well and likely to be discharged in the next couple of days, his family said on Monday.......

Ramakant Achrekar, the man who discovered Tendulkar, passes away

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli with their former coach Ramakant Achrekar. Photograph: Sahil Salvi Ramakant Achrekar, the celebrated cricket coach credited for discovering Sachin......

Shoaib Malik sends wife Sania a special birthday message

IMAGE: Sania Mirza and husband Shoaib Malik. Photograph: Shoaib Malik/Twitter Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza turned 31 today and her husband, Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik tweeted her a sweet......

Former India captain Wadekar passes away

IMAGE: Ajit Wadekar is the only cricketer apart from Lala Amarnath and Chandu Borde to have served as captain, manager, and selector in Indian cricket. Photograph: BCCI Former cricket captain Ajit......

Sindhu, Sardar, Saba and Arunima receive Padma Shri award

Indian men's hockey team captain Sardar Singh and former skipper of the national women's side Saba Anjum were conferred with the prestigious PadmaShri Award by President Pranab Mukherjee......