The President of India, Pranab Mukerjee confers the Padma awards to 108 personalities. Among the winners were Bollywood actress, Sridevi and Sharmila Tagore. Cricketer Rahul Dravid was also awarded a Padma Bhushan. Late superstar Rajesh Khanna was posthumously...
President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Padma awards, nations highest civilian awards, for 2013 to 108 personalities at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Prominent recipients for the awards included the late Rajesh Khanna and the late comedian Jaspal Bhatti. Rahu...
President Pranab Mukherjee presents actresses Sharmila Tagore with Padma Bhushan and Sridevi with Padma Shri award at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan for their contribution in cinema.
The Vijender Singh drug case gets murkier as the boxer's friend Dinesh Kumar claims that the police are trying to frame the Olympian boxer. Dinesh Kumar said that the police forcefully took away Vijender Singh's car from him while he was driving the car. He al...
Boxer Vijender Singh's woes continue with his coach, too, asking him to prove his innocence by giving in his hair and blood sample for the test. The National Anti-Doping Agency might also conduct a dope test on the boxer, but haven’t said when. The Punjab po...
Navneet Kaur Dhillon has been crowned as Pond's Femina Miss India 2013. Sobhita Dhulipala and Zoya Afroz have emerged as first and second runner-up. Here are the winners of the pageant, reliving the moments when they were crowned.
Bigg Boss Season 2 winner, Ashutosh Kaushik, was caught in a drunken brawl last night in a pub in Mumbai. He claims that he was invited as the guest to the pub and he was having fun with his friends. He alleges that during the party he was abused and beaten up...
Bigg Boss Season 2 winner, Ashutosh Kaushik, gets involved in a drunken brawl last night at a café in Lokhandwala. According to his friends, they were invited as guests to the café and when they were taking pictures, a group of people started beating them up...
Indian team opening batsman Virender Sehwag has one last chance at redemption as he captains the Rest Of India team against Ranji winners Mumbai at the Iranian Trophy. Sehwag will be playing for a spot on the Indian squad against Australia.
Late Rajesh Khanna was awarded the Padma Bhushan posthumously. Amitabh Bachchan seems to be very excited and happy at the announcement. Big B had always been in awe of Rajesh Khanna, who is considered to be India's first superstar. Watch the story of the frien...
The Padma Awards would be announced today. Among the names that could feature from the state are D Rama Naidu, Sridevi, scientist Roddam Narasimha and Bapu.
Jaipur Literature Festival which is all set to roll, faces threats from religious extremists from two different communities. While Darul Uloom opposes participation of four authors who read out excerpts from Booker winner Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses, BJP y...
Arjuna Award winners have come together to stand against the illegal Indian Olympic Association. The General Secretary of the now-suspended Indian Olympic Association, Lalit Bhanot, had earlier shot off a letter to former Arjuna Award and Khel Ratna winners se...
Kozhikode and Thrissur are leading with 768 points in the medal tally as the 53rd Kerala State Schools Youth Festival, enters the sixth day today. Palakkad is leading with 754 points in the second place and, with 748 points, Malappuram, the district which host...
The biggest crowd of the 53rd State School Youth Festival gathered at the MSP ground on Wednesday night, to watch the Oppana competition in the Higher Secondary category. Thousands of people who thronged the venue, proved their love for Oppana, which is partic...
Urvashi Dholakia is the winner of Bigg Boss season 6. She comes to the studio and shares with viewers her experience of being in the Bigg Boss house, her co-contestants and of reuniting with family after three months. Urvashi was voted by lakhs of TV voters as...
After the voting, Shashi Tharoor announces that the opposition to the proposition -- ‘Engagement between members of civil society is by far the most important factor in promoting a lasting peace between India and Pakistan’ -- wins the debate.
Machines that spot counterfeit currency are in demand even in smaller towns in coastal Andhra Pradesh. It is the biggest fear for those taking part in the cockfights during Sankranthi. Punters and those who arrange cockfights in the north coastal districts dur...
Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick talk to Abby Martin about their latest book 'The Untold History of the United States', which is also a 10-part documentary series. During the course of the interview, both Stone a...
Anil Kumar Sinha who won Rs 1 crore on the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati is now busy teaching others how to become millionaires. The banker has started coaching classes in his hometown Patna after he was flooded with request letters and emails to hand out ti...
Myanmar Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in India on Tuesday to meet prime minister Manmohan Singh and her school and college friends. The Nobel prize winner is here after a gap of nearly four decades as part of New Delhi's ongoing engagement with de...
Barack Obama has secured 275 votes, becoming reelected President for the second time, while his rival Mitt Romney just got 203. It was not a close finish as was expected earlier. California gave Obama 55 electoral votes. Obama tweets his followers, thanking th...
In a ceremony in Lucknow full of song and dance, Sahara Group felicitated medal winners at this year's London Olympics with gold medals. Olympic silver medallist and wrestler Sushil Kumar was awarded with a three-kilo gold medal, while bronze medal winners suc...
Kaun Banega Crorepati contest Mahesh Kumar, is at a crucial juncture in the show. He is being asked a question about the first India-born contestant to win a gold medal in the Olympics. He opts out, missing Rs One crore, but Mahesh did take away Rs 50 lakhs as...
The 14th Maruti Suzuki Raid de Himalaya rally gets over in style. The rally which flagged off from Shimla and ended at Leh. The rally covered a total distance of 2,400 kms. Catch all the action in this video.
Singer Malavika, charming and down to earth, wins the Nandi state award for the best female playback singer for the year 2011. Here she comes to the studio to talk, sing and describe her journey in the world of music. Malavika won the Nandi award for her singi...
Peter Lavelle raises President Obama's dismal show in the first presidential debate and the sudden turn in Mitt Romney's fortunes as he came across as the stronger candidate. Discussing this are journalist and strategist Rachel Marsden, The Hill's Niall Stanag...
Legendary Italian footballer Alessandro Del Piero has found a new home Down Under. The Juventus stalwart has signed a two-year contract with the Sydney Football Club at around 1.5 million dollars per season. the 37-year-old's move is the highest profile signin...
Para-athlete HN Girisha wins a silver in men's high jump at the London Paralympics 2012. India's Paralympic Committee has offered him a cash award of Rs 10 lakh. It is a far cry from the generous cash awards that were showered on Olympic winners.
The seige rolled on at the US Open with all the top tennis stars cruising into the second round. 29-year-old former Grand Slam champion Andy Roddick gives budding star Rhyne Williams a lesson or two in professional tennis. Venus Williams dominates at the Arthu...
The stage is set for the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards to be given out today at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan. On the list are Olympic winners Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt who will receive the Khel Ratna. Arjuna Award winners include cricketer Yuvraj Singh, badmint...
In this episode of Capgemini Super Techies Show, the participants meet with Vodafone India's CTO Vishal Vora, who is looking for an innovative solution to m-banking which will also reduce the time of interaction. Three teams -- Techno Mavericks, Infimaxx, Tec...
Former Grand Slam winners Mats Wilander and Goran Ivanisevic have tipped Britain tennis star Andy Murray as the favourite at the US Open, which is the last Grand Slam of the year. Murray is yet to win a Grand Slam title in his illustrious career, despite sever...
Today's top stories: A report prepared by the Home Minister's office says fake videos were uploaded to create panic among Northeast Indians. 150 websites have been banned and a man has been arrested in Bareilly; Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik asks I...
Dmitry Kombarov scored from the spot with six minutes to go to ensure Spartak Moscow's comeback in a 2-1 win at home over Rubin. Still smarting from a 5-0 mauling at Zenit, Unai Emery's side conceded ten minutes before halftime. Alan Kasaev earned a penalty fo...
Great news for India from the ongoing Australian Open squash championships in Canberra, Australia. India's Dipika Pallikal upset sixth seed Camille Serme of France to storm into the quarterfinals of the 50,000 dollar squash championships. Dipika was in sublim...
India's Olympians who secured for the country's its biggest medal tally so far in the Olympics are taken out in a rally in Delhi. These are visuals from the rally.
The glamorous sport of boxing is witnessing a slew of new champions from Russia. The masculine sport known for fast fists, girls in bikinis and bags of money was dominated by Americans at one point of time. However the high American spirit seems to be taking a...
In sports today: Indian Olympic winners come home to a warm welcome. Mary Kom returns home to a big celebration at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The women's boxing champ dances with Manipuri dancers and says she is looking forward to getting a gold ...
Olympic Bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt, still heady from his victory, talks about his training and how he felt as he took on his competitors at the London Olympics 2012.
After 19 days of celebrating sports, the Olympics 2012 came to a close in London to the strains of the Olympic anthem, 'Survival' by Muse. This year's Olympics was a good one for Indians with India bringing home six medals. Watch to see which country took home...
Labour minister Danam Nagender makes an appearance at TMC showroom's lucky draw and talks to the lucky winner over the phone. Danam also recalls his association with TMC founder Amarnath.
London Olympic silver-medalist shooter Vijay Kumar, who has been greeted with a hero's welcome, remarks that he is touched by the reception organised by the Indian Army. He has further said that he plans to focus more on his training to fetch more medals for t...
The Men-in-Blue are all set to make a winning start against their Lankan rivals in an attempt to prove their supremacy over the game. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is confident of a series win against the tough opponents, seeking redemption after the Asia Cup d...
Gold medal winning athlete Pinki Pramanik, who was arrested over rape allegations, gets bail. The court granted bail after observing ambiguities in the gender test report submitted in the court and discrepancies in the FIR filed against her.
The list of winners in all the 18 Assembly seats, their margins, and the candidates they defeated. In the Nellore Lok Sabha seat, YSR Congress' Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy won by a margin of over 2 lakh against T Subbirami Reddy.
YSR Congress candidate Ballineni Srinivas Reddy who won the Ongole seat says the public has seen through the opposition's allegations on the VANPIC land issue. State BJP leader G Kishan Reddy says that TRS has tried to run a negative campaign against the BJP i...
Seven-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong, is defending himself against doping allegations once again. The athlete has been accused of using a blood booster called EPO and several other steroids during competitions to increase his performance. If these...
The top spelling champions from across the country assemble at Mumbai for the finals of India Spells 2012. Currently in its fourth season, the competition welcomed 3 lakh participants this year. The winner of the contest will pocket a handsome sum of Rs 1 lakh...
Gaurav Gill of Team MRF, with Australian co-driver Glenn Macneall, won the Rally New Caledonia, the second round of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.
Newshour | Are Congress ministers expressing their loyalty to the party or are there any hidden agendas in their willingness to quit the cabinet and work for the party?
Following the debacle in the UP polls, Congress leaders reportedly express their willingness to quit the cabinet and work towards strengthening the party in the state.
Following the party's poor performance in the UP polls, senior Congress leaders reportedly express their readiness to quit their posts and work towards strengthening of the party in UP.
Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2012 winners, Vanya Mishra - Miss India World 2012, Prachi Mishra - Miss India Earth 2012, Rochelle Maria Rao - Miss India International 2012.
Charu Khandal, National Award winning animator for the film Ra.One, battles for life after a speeding car rammed into the rickshaw in which she was travelling.
Calling his win in the Nagar Kurnool seat a victory for Telangana, independent candidate Nagam Janardhan Reddy took a dig at his former party boss Chandrababu Naidu
Results for all seven Assembly seats: TRS has won 4, YSR Congress has bagged the Kovur seat, BJP has a surprise win in Mahabubnagar and TDP draws a blank.
Manmohan Singh is expected to hold a high level meeting on the Salman Khurshid controversy, while in Gujarat, the crucial reports on a 2002 riots case is set to come up in court.
After becoming the first Indian to clinch a Gold Medal in an international winter sports event, Shiva Keshavan aims to repeat the feat in Winter Olympics.