2009 Padma Award Winners

The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2009 on the following persons: Padma Vibhushan Sl.No. Name Discipline State / Domicile 1. Dr.Chandrika PrasadSrivastava......

'Hang him and save our daughters'

For Hetal Parekh, March 5, 1990 began like any other day.The 14-year-old woke up early and got ready for school. Before leaving home, her mother blessed her and wished her luck because she had an......

When Pelemania Gripped India

The enormous structured global advertising machinery that surrounds every football game on the planet today?Pele was perhaps single-handedly responsible for all of it.By just being brilliant,......

Want Ganguly in BJP to clean bowl TMC: Dinda

'We want Dada to join the BJP, because if he comes, it will be a landslide victory for us.' IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has not yet made any political commitments despite being linked to......

Former India pacer Dinda retires from cricket

IMAGE: Ashoke Dinda celebrates taking a wicket for India during the first ODI against England in Rajkot, in January 11, 2013. Photograph: BCCI Former India and Bengal pacer Ashoke Dinda on Tuesday......

Football Briefs: Giroud treble boosts France in friendly win

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: France's Olivier Giroud celebrates on scoring his hat-trick during the international friendly against Paraguay in Roazhon Park,......

Unofficial war: 'No Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, no ISL'

IMAGE: Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer Mahender Singh Dhoni and actor and owner of North East United Football team John Abraham at inaugural ceremony......