Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, and sporting icon Sachin Tendulkar are among India's crme de la crme who have been invited as state guests for......
Lakshmi Viswanathan, well-known dancer and author of the book Kunjamma -- Ode to a Nightingale on M S Subbulakshmi, knew the legendary Carnatic singer D K Pattammal, who passed away on Thursday,......
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......
India's top civilian awards were announced on Friday. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar have been chosen for the Padma Vibhushan awards. Other noted......
Veteran director K Balachander's Naan Avan Illai, produced by Gemini Ganesan and released in 1974, was a critically acclaimed Tamil classic, though not a commercial hit. Gemini Ganesan, who was 54......
Dhanush's big brother Selvaraghavan made him what he is today. Dhanush's first film, Thulluvatho Ilamai, directed by his brother (though the credit has been given to their father Kasturirajan) was......
IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: International Chess Federation/Instagram Playing the game of his life, India's Harshit Pawar shocked top seed and youngest ever......
Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy catapulted Indian chess to new heights while Parimarjan Negi also made his presence felt in the year gone by. Anand led the way by winning the Corus Super......
Indians stamped their class in the Asian Junior girls' chess championship as the trio of Mary Ann Gomes, Kiran Monisha Mohanty and P Lakshmi Sahiti won gold, silver and bronze respectively, even as......