Knighthood

Why 'Slumdog' director Danny Boyle refused knighthood

'Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle refused to accept knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II as he would prefer to be an equal citizen than a celebrity. ...  

London: Knighthood for scientist V Ramakrishnan

London: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, the Indian-origin scientist whose pioneering work in Molecular Biology won him the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has been knighted in the New Years Honours List 2012. Ramakrishnan, a US citizen, is based at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge. He has been conferred knighthood "for services to Molecular Biology", according to an official announcement in London. He will be called 'Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan' after...  

Golfer Faldo knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

He is the second professional golfer to be knighted after Henry Cotton in 1988. ...  

Now, it's Sir Salman Rushdie!

London: Jos Buttler headed to Sri Lanka with reigning champions England's World Twenty20 squad having at last convinced himself he can succeed as an international batsman. The 22-year-old Somerset batsman has long been regarded as one of the most promising talents in the English game but, until Wednesday, had never reproduced that form at international level. He made a duck in his only one-day international against Pakistan and, prior to...  

No Sir Sachin please, we are Indians

Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday asked the chief selector Mohsin Khan not to address a press conference without its permission after the former opener threatened to resign from his post over differences with fellow selectors on the selection of 15-man Test squad against the West Indies. The PCB managed to persuade Mohsin not to hold a press conference on Wednesday evening to outline his grievances that the Board...  

Sir Sachin Tendulkar? Possible if Brown has his way

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir today heaved praise on his bowlers for his side's comfortable victory over Kings XI Punjab in the IPL match here, saying their effort to restrict the visitors to a meagre 119 made it easy for batsmen to chase down the target. "All the credit goes to the way our bowlers bowled. Kings XI Punjab have plenty of depth in the batting so to...  

J&K calls for bandh against Rushdie

A militant outfit protesting Salman Rushdie's knighthood has called for a bandh in J&K. ...  

Clerics knight Osama, slam Rushdie

Laden conferred the title of ‘Saifullah’, or sword of Allah, after Britain honoured Salman Rushdie. ...  

Nothing wrong in Rushdie honour: UK

Britain defends decision to award knighthood to Salman Rushdie. ...  

J&K clerics call for Rushdie boycott

Anger over knighthood for controversial author reaches Valley. ...  

'Sir' Rushdie angers Kashmir cleric

Mufti Bashiruddin asks Muslims to boycott author; protests in Pak, Iran. ...  

Iran protests Rushdie's knighthood

Iranian Foreign Ministry says Rushdie is "one of the most hated figures" in Islamic world. ...  

I'm thrilled to be knight: Rushdie

India-born author Salman Rushdie was awarded knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday. ...  

Rushdie to become Sir Rushdie

Salman Rushdie, Ian Botham and many others will be knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours on Sunday. ...  

Bono, Knight in shining armour

Rock star Bono has received an honorary knighthood from the British government. ...  

Bono awarded British knighthood

Singer Bono was named a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in an informal ceremony. ...  

Queen's knighthood for U2's Bono

Irish rock star Bono has been awarded an honorary British knighthood, the British Embassy in Dublin said on Saturday. ...