Ace footballer Baichung Bhutia and swimmer Bula Chowdhury were named for the Padma Shri while the late Edmund Hillary, the first to scale Mt Everest, will get the Padma Vibhushan posthumously.

The four have already crossed the 35-km stretch from Dharamtar to Gateway of India last year. But the attempt to cross the English Channel is their biggest mission so far.

Kiss your 1040 goodbye and escape Uncle Sam in these stylish spots.

Outside Sena supremo Bal Thackeray home in Mumbai.

One of the two Indian founders of online poker company PartyGaming has hit a jackpot of $100 million (about 50 million) by selling more than half of its holding in the company.

Two Indian founders of the world's largest online casino 'PartyGaming' have lost a fortune estimated at over $1 billion in a matter of days, after the company's shares plunged in response to a US government crackdown on Internet gambling.

Surya Shekhar Ganguly failed to finish among the prizes by a whisker, going down to Vladimir Akopian in the final round of Gibtele.com Masters chess tournament.

World junior champion Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria beat second seed Vladimir Akopian of Armenia to remain in the Gibtele.com Masters chess tournament.

For the third consecutive year the rich got richer. In this, the 24th annual edition of The Forbes 400, the collective net worth of America's wealthiest climbed $125 billion, to $1.13 trillion.

Former Air Marshal Nur Khan accused former military ruler Ayub Khan and his generals of telling a 'big lie' to the nation by saying India had provoked the war.

Defending champions India missed out on the bronze medal after going down 5-6 via tie-breaker to Spain

Two IIT graduates are among the 4 business brains who have struck it rich to the tune of billions of pounds, thanks to the phenomenal growth in online poker.

The Indian Grandmaster beat Simon Williams in the penultimate round of the Gibtele.com chess tournament.

The Indian Grandmaster beat veteran GM Pia Cramling of Sweden in the seventh round of the master's section of Gibtele.com chess festival in Gibraltar.

The defeat saw the joint-leader slip to joint 10th after the sixth round in the Gibtele.Com chess festival in Gibraltar.

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran move into joint fifth spot after the fourth round of the Master's section of the Gibtele.com chess festival.

Chess has certainly graduated to a really happening sport in the country, especially this year.

The Manchester United manager settled his dispute with Irish racing tycoon John Magnier over stud rights to record-breaking racehorse Rock of Gibraltar.

Surya Shekhar Ganguly finished second in the Gibeltelecom Masters International Open Chess tournament.

Surya Shekhar Ganguly joined GM Nigel Short of England at the top of the table after the penultimate round in the Gibetelecom Masters International Open chess tournament.

The Indian GM lost to GM Nigel Short of England in the 8th round of the Gibtelecom Masters International Open Chess Congress.

Registering his sixth straight victory, Harikrishna emerged as the sole leader with six points in the Gibtelecom Masters International Open Chess tournament.

Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Sandipan Chanda maintained their lead after the fifth round of the Gibtelecom Masters International Open chess tournament.