Rifleman Aurangzeb, Maj Aditya among those awarded Shaurya Chakra

Major Aditya Kumar, who was embroiled in a controversy after his unit fired on a stone-pelting mob in South Kashmir's Shopian in January leading to death of three persons, is among 20 armed forces......

List of military honourees

List of honours conferred upon individuals from the armed forces on Republic Day Ashoka Chakra Sr No Name Position 1 Major Dinesh Raghu Raman 34 Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Kirti......

Double Dhamaal scores at the box office

Double Dhamaal got some poor reviews but audiences obviously did not care to read them. Indra Kumar's Dhamaal sequel saw a good opening at the box office. Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the......

Bheja Fry 2 opens average at box office

Out of the five releases last week, only Bheja Fry 2 and Bin Bulaye Baraaati have been able to find some audience support, though at an average level. The other films Bhindi Bazaar Inc, Cycle Kick......

Why India might opt for sporting pitches against Australia

IMAGE: India head coach Rahul Dravid checks out the pitch. Photograph: BCCI Fully aware of the current Indian batting line-up's issues against spinners on rank turners, the team management will do......

Events That Changed Indian Cricket Forever

Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......

Tarak Sinha, one of India's most respected cricket coaches, dead

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant with his coach Tarak Singh, who passed away on Saturday morning. Photograph: Rishabh Pant/Twitter Tarak Sinha, the Indian coach with most number of international and......

Brilliant Manhas puts Delhi in commanding position

Mithun Manhas played a brilliant innings on a poor Feroz Shah Kotla pitch as Delhi look well and truly on their way to notching up their first outright win in the second round Ranji Trophy......

Is this a gentlemen's game?

The latest spot-fixing controversy involving five relatively unknown Indian players in the ongoing IPL is yet another proof that cricket is all but a gentlemen's game. In fact, it is doubtful if......