Playback singer Janaki rejects Padma Bhushan award
January 26, 2013
PALAKKAD (Kerala): Veteran south Indian playback singer S Janaki has declined to accept the Padma Bhushan award as she feels that the honour has come late in her five-and-half-decade long career.
At his Republic Day reception, President Pranab gives tradition a break
January 26, 2013
NEW DELHI: As a pleasant winter sun shone on the manicured lawns of the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Pranab Mukherjee mingled with dignitaries at a reception he hosted here Saturday, and in a break from tradition, walked up to the guests and exchanged greetings with them.
Warner knock in vain, Sri Lanka beat Australia in Sydney T20...
January 26, 2013
Sri Lanka 5 for 138 (Mathews 35*) beat Australia 3 for 137 (Warner 90*, Voges 25*) by 5 wickets
India: 35-year term not enough for Mumbai plotter
January 26, 2013
India is disappointed with the 35-year sentence given to David Headley for the 2008 Mumbai attack, saying he deserved more prison time for terrorism that killed 166 people. Headley was born in the U.S. to a Pakistani father and an American mother and changed his changed his birth name from Daood Gilani.
India issues veiled warning to Pakistan
January 26, 2013
India’s president has warned that a ceasefire between the rival countries shouldn’t be taken for granted following border shelling in Kashmir that has left 5 dead.
Scientist Yashpal, Dravid, Mary Kom get Padma honours
January 25, 2013
New Delhi — Noted scientists Yashpal and Roddam Narasimha, cricketer Rahul Dravid, actor Rajesh Khanna and comedian Jaspal Bhatti (both posthumous), and boxer Mary Kom, are among the 108 eminent and illustrious personalities named for India's highest civilian honours, Padma awards, this year.
According to a release from the home ministry Friday, President Pranab Mukherjee approved the names of the 108 awardees, who include four Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri.
Murder in Pakistan sparks anger at country’s elite
January 25, 2013
Karachi is a notoriously violent place, but most murders occur in the city's poorest neighborhoods, where gangs affiliated with the main political parties battle over land and extort money from local businesses. Violence in the city's upscale neighborhoods of is much rarer, and anger is often directed at the "feudal elite."
Jindal to GOP: ‘Stop being the stupid party’
January 25, 2013
WASHINGTON: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has a message for his fellow Republicans: Stop being so “stupid.”
Louisiana Governor: Bobby Jindal
Big B wins India’s Prime Icon title
January 25, 2013
New Delhi — Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has won the title of India's Prime Icon.
Amitabh Bachchan crowned "2013 India's Prime Icon"
Mumbai plotter Headley sentenced to 35 yrs in US
January 25, 2013
The 52-year-old American was sentenced to 35 years in prison Thursday for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, which killed 166 people and wounding hundreds. The man was spared the death penalty after pleading guilty and providing information about a plot to attack a Danish newspaper.
