New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar could be one step closer to receiving India's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna. Sources have said that the Prime Minister's Office will accept the Home Ministry's recommendations. The Prime Minister's office seems inclined to accept Home ministry's request to make sports a category for awarding the Bharat Ratna. This means that Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar could soon be a Bharat Ratna. The Home Ministry had spoken to...
01:01 PM, Jul 23, 2011
Mumbai: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has reached every conceivable milestone in the world of cricket. Now with the World Cup in his kitty, the clamour for Sachin to be awarded the Bharat Ratna is growing. The Maharashtra Assembly adopted a resolution on Tuesday, seeking India's highest civilian award for Sachin Tendulkar. The state assembly unanimously recommended to the Central Government that Sachin be presented the Bharat Ratna. "The Maharashtra Assembly has...
09:15 AM, Apr 06, 2011
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10:36 PM, Apr 05, 2011
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10:34 PM, Apr 05, 2011
Mumbai: Congratulating the Indian cricket team for winning the World Cup, Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday recommended to the Centre that batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar be conferred 'Bharat Ratna', the country's highest civilian award. The motion congratulating the team and recommending Bharat Ratna for Tendulkar was moved by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and supported by all parties. "We recommend that Tendulkar be conferred with the Bharat Ratna for his contribution to ...
05:21 PM, Apr 05, 2011
Mumbai: Congratulating the Indian cricket team for winning the World Cup, Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday recommended to the Centre that batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar be conferred 'Bharat Ratna', the country's highest civilian award. The motion congratulating the team and recommending Bharat Ratna for Tendulkar was moved by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and supported by all parties. "We recommend that Tendulkar be conferred with the Bharat Ratna for his contribution to ...
05:21 PM, Apr 05, 2011
New Delhi: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar's name has been recommended for Bharat Ratna by the Prime Minister's Office, sources have told CNN-IBN. However, sources also add that there is some reservation on conferring Bharat Ratna on Tendulkar as he is considered too young for the highest civilian award of the country. Those opposing his name also say that as the maestro received Padma Vibhushan just two years back and it...
01:46 PM, Jan 25, 2011
Here is a look at Pandit Bhimsen Joshi's life who gave his first public performance at the age of 19. ...
10:44 PM, Jan 24, 2011
New Delhi Bollywood artists Abhishek Bachchan, Shekhar Kapur, Madhur Bhandarkar, Diya Mirza and author Shobhaa De condoled the passing of music maestro Pandit Bhimsen Joshi on Monday, saying his music will live on forever in their hearts. Singers, actors and musicians took to social networking site Twitter to mourn the death of the 88-year-old legend, who died at a Pune hospital due to old age related ailments. Here's what the...
09:29 PM, Jan 24, 2011
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday turned 87, an occasion which was used by his party BJP to demand 'Bharat Ratna', the country's highest civilian award, for him. BJP leaders, including former party president Rajnath Singh and Jaswant Singh, visited Vajpayee's residence here and wished him on his birthday. After wishing Vajpayee, Rajnath Singh said the former Prime Minister deserved Bharat Ratna for his contributions to...
05:16 PM, Dec 25, 2010
Thackeray says 100 cr people of India have already crowned Sachin as Bharat Ratna. ...
01:02 PM, Mar 05, 2010
Tendulkar said he does not want to walk down the path of comparisons. ...
06:09 PM, Mar 02, 2010
The state government has proposed to set up a museum devoted to Sachin. ...
08:31 PM, Feb 26, 2010
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03:04 PM, Sep 30, 2009
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07:56 AM, Jun 29, 2009
Joshi is the 6th person from the field of art, culture to get the award. ...
04:13 PM, Feb 10, 2009
Classical vocalist gets nation’s highest honour. ...
12:05 AM, Nov 05, 2008
UP Chief Minister lashes out at Congress for ignoring her mentor. ...
08:11 PM, Oct 09, 2008
Indore: Kochi Tuskers Kerala skipper Mahela Jayawardene emphasised on the importance of achieving consistency, after his side's eight-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday. We need to try and be more consistent, that's a key word in Twenty20 cricket, Jayawardene said. More than the win, the stylish Sri Lankan was delighted by the manner in which his team achieved it. Easy win, so...
02:56 PM, Jan 25, 2008
Georgetown, Guyana: West Indies captain Darren Sammy took 5-29 on Sunday to spur his team to an emotional 40-run victory over Pakistan in the opening Test. The visitors, 80-3 overnight in pursuit of a victory target of 219, were bowled out for 178 midway through the second session on day four as West Indies won its first Test match since Feb. 2009. Sammy's medium pace caused havoc on a deteriorating...
02:52 PM, Jan 25, 2008
