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  Usain Bolt gets AIPS Award

  Other Sports | August 18, 2013 18:02 IST

  Moscow: Usain Bolt was presented with the 2012 International Association for Sports Journalists (AIPS) Male Athlete of the Year award for his outstanding performance at the Olympic Games in London last year.The Jamaican sprinter received

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  IIFA: Vidya Balan dedicates her award to Kahaani director Sujoy Ghosh

  Bollywood | July 08, 2013 13:34 IST

  Macau, July 7 : Vidya Balan took home the Best Actress award at IIFA 2013 for her portrayal of a pregnant woman in search of her husband in Kahaani while Ranbir Kapoor was named Best

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  World T20 champions get special awards

  Cricket | July 06, 2013 13:19 IST

  Port-of-Spain (Trinidad), July 6: Members of the World T20 Champions West Indies have received special awards for their accomplishment.The 15 players and eight members of the team management all got commemorative gold rings in recognition

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  PM's daughter honoured for pioneering work in human rights law

  India | June 23, 2013 16:36 IST

  New York, Jun 23: Prominent legal activist Amrit Singh has been honoured for her groundbreaking work in the field of human rights law, along with a number of other noted Indian-Americans including US Congressman Ami

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  Indian-origin woman selected for Order of Australia Medal

  World | January 30, 2013 15:17 IST

  Melbourne, Jan 30: An Indian-origin woman is all set to figure in the prestigious list of people who have received the Order of Australia Medal (OAM). 85-year old Krishna Arora, who has been running a

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  Chinese composer wins musical award

  Hollywood | November 04, 2012 8:37 IST

  Moscow, Nov 4:  Chinese composer and conductor Tan Dun has received the Shostakovich Award named after Russian musician Dmitri Shostakovich.Tan, an iconic Chinese musician, said he was "honoured and touched". He said he got familiar

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  Kelly Osbourne awarded Style Icon award

  Hollywood | November 02, 2012 11:18 IST

  London, Nov 2: Singer Kelly Osbourne has been awarded as the Style Icon award at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of The Year Awards 2012.The 28-year-old posed happily for the shutterbugs in a floral printed silk

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  Kohli to be honoured with Polly Umrigar award

  Cricket | October 31, 2012 20:36 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 31: Virat Kohli has been chosen for the Polly Umrigar award for being India's top international cricketer in 2011-12.Kohli will be honoured with a trophy and cheque of Rs.5 lakh at the

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  Australian MP questions award to Sachin Tendulkar

  Cricket | October 17, 2012 12:57 IST

  Sydney, Oct 17 : A parliamentarian has questioned the decision to confer a top Australian award on Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, saying "it's about the integrity of the honours list, which should be for Australians".Tendulkar's

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  Dhoni, Kohli nominated for ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year award

  Cricket | August 30, 2012 14:40 IST

  Colombo, Aug 30 :  Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli are in the running for the ‘ODI Cricketer of the Year' trophy, while veteran Sachin Tendulkar has been nominated for the ‘People's

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  BCCI recommends Dravid, Gambhir for Padma awards

  Cricket | August 27, 2012 17:43 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 27: The BCCI has decided to recommend the names of former Indian captain Rahul Dravid and opener Gautam Gambhir's names for the prestigious Padma Bhusan and Padma Shri awards respectively.According to a

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  Harry Kewell named Australia's greatest footballer

  Football | July 13, 2012 11:02 IST

  Sydney Jul13: Former Leeds and Liverpool midfielder Harry Kewell has been named Australia's greatest footballer in voting by fans, players and media.Awards announced on Thursday also named the country's greatest players by position. Kewell was

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  Govt Approves Award Of 16 Oil And Gas Blocks In NELP-IX

  March 23, 2012 21:51 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 23: The government today approved the award of less than half of the 33 oil and gas blocks that were bid for in the ninth round of New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP).The

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  India TV CEO Ritu Dhawan Gets IMPACT Most Influential Woman Award

  India | March 21, 2012 13:59 IST

  Mumbai, Mar 20: India TV CEO and managing director Ritu Dhawan was presented the Impact Most Influential Woman of the Year award at a glittering function in Mumbai on Monday night.  Dhawan gets this award

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  Ooh La La, Vidya Balan Gets Best Actress National Award

  Bollywood | March 07, 2012 16:51 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 7: Marathi film “Deool” and “Byari”, both dealing with man's engagement with religion, shared the best feature film award while Vidya Balan was named the best actress at the 59th National Awards

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  Plummer Takes Supporting Globe For 'Beginners'

  Hollywood | January 16, 2012 8:06 IST

  Beverly Hills, Jan 16: Christopher Plummer has won the supporting-actor Golden Globe for his role as an elderly widower who comes out as gay in the father-son drama "Beginners."Claiming the first prize of the night

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  Rani Mukherjee, Zoya Akhtar Awarded

  Bollywood | December 02, 2011 13:42 IST

  Kolkata, Dec 2: Actor Rani Mukherjee was adjudged the best female actor of Bollywood for the role of the no nonsense reporter in ‘No One Killed Jessica' and Zoya Akhtar the best director (Hindi) for

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  Award Death Penalty For Honour Killings, Says SC

  India | May 09, 2011 18:53 IST

  New Delhi, May 9: Holding honour killings as a slur on the nation and a barbaric, feudal practice that ought to be stamped out, the Supreme Court today directed courts to view such cases as

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  Dadasaheb Phalke Award For K Balachander

  Bollywood | April 29, 2011 21:20 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 29: K Balachander, who brought a whiff of fresh air with daring new style in direction and filmmaking in Tamil cinema in the 1970s, was today chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

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  China To Award Own Nobel Prize

  World | December 08, 2010 12:19 IST

  Beijing, Dec 8 :  Only three weeks after the idea was first publicly floated, China has cobbled together its own peace prize and plans to award it Thursday -- the day before the Nobel Committee