How India celebrated 1st Republic Day

The maiden celebrations marking the birth of the Republic of India were not held on Rajpath (now Kartavya Path), the historical avenue that has over time become synonymous with the ceremony, but it......

Remembering Major Dhyan Chand on National Sports Day

PM Modi, Sports Minister Mandaviya lead tributes to Olympian Dhyan Chand on Thursday, August 29, his birth anniversary. IMAGE: Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya pays tribute to Major Dhyan Chand......

Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand?

Vijay Goel writes to PMO, wants Bharat Ratna for hockey legend Dhyan Chand IMAGE: Sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik's creation. Photograph: Twitter The Sports Ministry has written to the Prime......

Mary Kom's gloves, Dhyan Chand's stick leave Ranveer spellbound

'Awesome experiencing the glorious history of the Olympic Games.' It was a proud moment for Bollywood star Ranveer Singh as he visited the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he saw MC......

'Remembering Dhyan Chand, the magician'

Indian hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand loved fishing and cooked for his wards when he was a coach, former Olympian Gurbux Singh said on the eve of the master's 105th birth anniversary, to be......

Hockey players demand Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand

IMAGE: A sand caricature of hockey legend Dhyan Chand, done by Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik, on the former's birth anniversary on August 29, 2019. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Sudarsan Pattnaik/......