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......

List of Padma award winners

Following are the winners of the country's highest civilian awards this year:Padma Vibhushan No Name Discipline State 1. Asha Bhosle Art Maharashtra 2. Justice AS......

Collateral Damage: The Makings of an Unjust Societ

There has been a recent row about alleged statements by Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh that India might, after all, send troops to Iraq. This possibility raised in many minds the old......

Box Office: Toilet: Ek Prem Katha opens well

The hits and misses of the week. The box office collections of Akshay Kumar's Toilet: Ek Prem Katha picks up with each passing day and with more holidays to follow, it should become a hit......

Box Office: Jab Harry Met Sejal flops

The hits and misses of the week. Shah Rukh Khan's Jab Harry Met Sejal was riding on high expectations when it released last week. Unfortunately, bad reviews killed its box office chances, and it......

SC to BCCI: Fall in line with Lodha report and save trouble!

'Decks must be cleared for complete reform.' BCCI granted four weeks to respond on the implementation of the recommendations. IMAGE: Justice R M Lodha, chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed......

Bengal paddlers reign supreme

Bengal justified their top billing in the National Games' table tennis tournament,retainingthe men's and women's team gold medals.They easily beatTamil Nadu in the finals of both categories,their......