New Delhi: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was not the first choice for the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna with which he was honored this year. Major Dhyanchand, another sports legend who mesmerized hockey fans all
Hyderabad: Rich tributes were paid to former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao on his 93rd birth anniversary today.Governor E S L Narasimhan, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, a host of Ministers, MPs, MLAs
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has slammed Bharat Ratna awardee Sachin Tendulkar to justify a Rs.89 lakh junket for six legislators, including three ministers, to witness the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.Parrikar Thursday backed
Hyderabad: Paying tributes to its founder-president and former Chief Minister N T Rama Rao on his 91st birth anniversary, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today urged the Centre to confer Bharat Ratna, the country's highest
Dumraon (Bihar): Jawaharlal Nehru had invited him to play at Delhi's Red Fort on India's Independence Day on Aug 15, 1947. The Indian government conferred on him its highest civilain award - the Bharat Ratna.
New Delhi: Eminent scientist C.N.R. Rao was Tuesday conferred with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, by President Pranab Mukherjee at a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.Rao joined the list of 41
New Delhi: Iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday said that he will “continue to bat for India” in all spheres of life in his endeavour to bring smile on the faces of the common people.“I
New Delhi: Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar today said he would like to dedicate his Bharat Ratna to his mother and all Indian mothers who sacrifice their wishes and aspirations for their children to help realize
New Delhi: At a glittering ceremony in the chandeliered hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar was conferred India's highest civilian honour the Bharat Ratna.Tendulkar, alongwith eminent scientist CNR Rao were conferred the Bharat
New Delhi: Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar Tuesday was conferred the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.In a glittering ceremony at the Durbar Hall, the president bestwowed
New Delhi: New Delhi-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hockey Citizen Group (HCG) will hold a public rally here Wednesday to urge the government to award India's highest civilian honour - the Bharat Ratna - to legendary
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday reserved its order on a PIL challenging the award of Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.The petition filed by IPS official
Agra: Former India cricketer Madan Lal feels it is an opportune time to award the nation's highest civilian honour the Bharat Ratna to hockey legend Dhyan Chand.The government announced last week that batting great Sachin
Bangaluru: Former India captain Anil Kumble on Wednesday said that he was proud of having played with Sachin Tendulkar who was recently conferred with the Bharat Ratna."I am extremely proud that I played with the
Varanasi: A large number of students of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and ABVP activists today took out a march, demanding Bharat Ratna for the varsity founder, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.During the march from the university
Lucknow: A petition challenging the awarding of Bharat Ratna to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was filed in the Allahabad High Court today.The PIL, filed before the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court by IPS officer
Mumbai: Against the backdrop of Bharat Ratna nominee CNR Rao's outburst over inadequate funding for science, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said competing demands from various departments do result in some sector getting short-changed.“If the
Bhubaneswar: Demand for honouring Dhyan Chand with Bharat Ratna got louder today with Hockey India League asking the government to confer the country's highest civilian award to the hockey wizard."We welcome the Bharat Ratna for
Muzaffarpur (Bihar): A case was today filed in a local court here challenging the selection of Sachin Tendulkar for Bharat Ratna and charging the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister with hurting peoples' sentiments.The iconic
Patna: The clamour for Bharat Ratna for former Premier Atal Bihari Vajpayee grew louder today with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a former BJP ally, as well as Union Minister Faroq Abdullah backing the saffron
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