New Delhi: At a glitzy ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday honoured the 108 Padma Award winners. This year's winners include DRDO chief Dr Vijay Saraswat, cricketer Rahul Dravid, Olympic medallist boxer Mary Kom, actress Sharmila Tagore and Sridevi. Actor Rajesh Khanna and comedian Jaspal Bhatti were honoured posthumously. Here is the list of awardees: Padma Vibhushan Raghunath Mohapatra, Art S Haider Raza,...
12:07 PM, Apr 05, 2013
The land was promised to her in August last year but the approval from the state cabinet came only earlier this month. ...
02:20 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Sandhu said that he temperament and confidence level of the 29-year-old boxer is excellent but she would have to maintain her form. ...
09:37 PM, Feb 07, 2013
"It is actually a pleasant surprise for me because I don't think anyone was talking about me," the London Olympic bronze medallist said. ...
01:17 PM, Jan 26, 2013
108 personalities from various fields have been selected for the Padma Awards this year. ...
09:50 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Also six other Indian sportsperson have been named to receive the Padma Shri award. ...
09:37 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Late actor Rajesh Khanna and late satirist Jaspal Bhatti are among Padma Bhushan recipients this year. Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, will also be given to actor Sharmila Tagore, boxing champion Mary Kom, cricketer Rahul Dravid. Rajesh Khanna and Jaspal Bhatti, who died in 2012, will receive the award posthumously. ...
09:29 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Deceased actor Rajesh Khanna and former Censor Board chief Sharmila Tagore are likely to be awarded the Padma Bhushan, sources said on Friday. ...
12:32 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Mary Kom will be felicitated on Sunday by the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary. ...
08:05 PM, Jan 11, 2013
The best Olympics medal haul ever by India was undone by IOA bosses who led to the association's suspension. ...
12:59 PM, Dec 28, 2012
New Delhi: Indian boxing's euphoric rise in the past four years met a sudden fall as a disappointing Olympic campaign was followed by international suspension in a thoroughly forgettable 2012, which was saved from being complete bummer by M C Mary Kom's bronze in London. Indian boxing had risen considerably in profile after Vijender Singh brought home its first Olympic medal -- a bronze -- from Beijing four years ago....
12:18 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Mumbai: Olympic bronze medallist Mary Kom is happy that Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is going to essay her life and times in a biopic. "Any actress is good enough to play my role. They are all talented. I am happy that Priyanka is doing my role," Mary said at an event here. Asked if she would make her silver screen debut with the movie, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, she...
10:51 AM, Dec 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission has made London Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and MC Mary Kom as its "national icons" to help promote voter participation in polls. The poll body already has former President APJ Abdul Kalam and Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni as its other "national icons". Sources in the Election Commission said 22-year-old Nehwal and Mary Kom, 29, who had won bronze medals in 2012 London games in...
07:49 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Election Commission on Saturday expressed hope that its two new icons, shuttler Saina Nehwal and boxer Mary Kom, will be able to encourage women and youth to come out in large numbers to vote in the forthcoming Gujarat elections. "EC has added Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom to its list of national icons. Till now we had former President APJ Abdul Kalam and Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni...
04:17 AM, Nov 25, 2012
The buzz is that Priyanka Chopra is being considered to play the role of Mary Kom in a biopic based on the life of the boxing champ. ...
05:52 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Aizawl: Olympic bronze-medallist MC Mary Kom feels "discrimination and partiality can kill a sportperson's soul". Speaking at a press conference after a felicitation by the Delhi-based Eternal Partners here last night in the presence of Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, Mary Kom spoke elaborately on the discrimination faced by sportspersons. "The key to winning Olympic medals is to treat sportspeople equally focusing on honing their talents by providing full facilities...
04:22 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Chennai: London Olympics bronze-medallist woman boxer M C Mary Kom is now aiming for a gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Sharing the dias with wrestlers Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt while interacting with students of Vellamal School here on Thursday, the five-time world champion talked about her future plans. "I am confident of winning gold medals in both Glasgow (CWG event slated for November 14) and then...
02:43 PM, Oct 11, 2012
