Bharat Ratna
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Fans to rally for Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand
Hockey | Jan 06, 2014, 07:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: New Delhi-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hockey Citizen Group (HCG) will hold a public rally here Wednesday to urge the government to award India's highest civilian honour - the Bharat Ratna - to legendary
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Court reserves order on Sachin Tendulkar Bharat Ratna
Cricket | Nov 25, 2013, 09:11 PM ISTLucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday reserved its order on a PIL challenging the award of Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.The petition filed by IPS official
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Give Bharat Ratna to Dhyan Chand: Madan Lal
Cricket | Nov 24, 2013, 04:00 PM ISTAgra: Former India cricketer Madan Lal feels it is an opportune time to award the nation's highest civilian honour the Bharat Ratna to hockey legend Dhyan Chand.The government announced last week that batting great Sachin
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I am proud I played with Bharat Ratna Sachin: Anil Kumble
Cricket | Nov 22, 2013, 04:24 PM ISTBangaluru: Former India captain Anil Kumble on Wednesday said that he was proud of having played with Sachin Tendulkar who was recently conferred with the Bharat Ratna."I am extremely proud that I played with the
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BHU students demand Bharat Ratna for varsity founder
India | Nov 21, 2013, 08:30 PM ISTVaranasi: A large number of students of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and ABVP activists today took out a march, demanding Bharat Ratna for the varsity founder, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.During the march from the university
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Bharat Ratna to Sachin speaks of laxity: PIL
India | Nov 21, 2013, 06:13 PM ISTLucknow: A petition challenging the awarding of Bharat Ratna to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was filed in the Allahabad High Court today.The PIL, filed before the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court by IPS officer
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Competing demands result in shortchange in some sectors: Finance Minister
Nov 19, 2013, 11:52 PM ISTMumbai: Against the backdrop of Bharat Ratna nominee CNR Rao's outburst over inadequate funding for science, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said competing demands from various departments do result in some sector getting short-changed.“If the
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Bestow Bharat Ratna on Major Dhyan Chand : Hockey India chief
Hockey | Nov 19, 2013, 10:41 PM ISTBhubaneswar: Demand for honouring Dhyan Chand with Bharat Ratna got louder today with Hockey India League asking the government to confer the country's highest civilian award to the hockey wizard."We welcome the Bharat Ratna for
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Case filed against PM, Tendulkar on Bharat Ratna award
India | Nov 19, 2013, 05:25 PM ISTMuzaffarpur (Bihar): A case was today filed in a local court here challenging the selection of Sachin Tendulkar for Bharat Ratna and charging the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister with hurting peoples' sentiments.The iconic
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Farooq, Nitish want Bharat Ratna for Vajpayee
India | Nov 18, 2013, 08:37 PM ISTPatna: The clamour for Bharat Ratna for former Premier Atal Bihari Vajpayee grew louder today with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a former BJP ally, as well as Union Minister Faroq Abdullah backing the saffron
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Sachin deserved Bharat Ratna, but what about other legendary sportspersons?
Cricket | Nov 19, 2013, 05:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a country where emotions rule over logics, if today one dares to questions the greatness of legend cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who will be conferred with Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award, in
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Bharat Ratna CNR Rao calls politicians idiots
India | Nov 17, 2013, 09:48 PM ISTBangalore: Venting out the dissatisfaction in the scientific community over "inadequate" funding, Bharat Ratna awardee and eminent scientist CNR Rao today had an angry outburst as he called politicians "idiots" for giving them "so little".Addressing
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Tendulkar dedicates Bharat Ratna to all mothers
Cricket | Nov 17, 2013, 06:49 PM ISTMumbai: Sachin Tendulkar Sunday dedicated to all the mothers in India -- and especially his own mother, Rajni Tendulkar -- the Bharat Ratna he was awarded for his 24-year service to cricket."I'm humbled and honoured
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Bharat Ratna to Sachin comes not a day too early, says Lata Mangeshkar
Cricket | Nov 17, 2013, 03:54 PM ISTMumbai: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar will be awarded the Bharat Ratna and legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar, who was accorded the country's top-most civilian honour in 2001, couldn't contain her joy and excitement on hearing
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Know Bharat Ratna C.N.R Rao, scientist par excellence
India | Nov 17, 2013, 06:48 AM ISTBangalore: Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, 79, who was Saturday conferred the country's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, has been chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh since 2005.The Bangalore-born Rao
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BCCI congratulates Sachin for getting Bharat Ratna
Cricket | Nov 16, 2013, 07:00 PM ISTMumbai: The Board Cricket for Cricket in India (BCCI) Saturday welcomed the Indian government's decision to bestow Sachin Tendulkar with the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour."Sachin Tendulkar is an inspirational figure, and a
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Nation hails Sachin Tendulkar on getting Bharat Ratna
Cricket | Nov 16, 2013, 05:56 PM ISTNew Delhi/Mumbai/Hyderabad: The nation today hailed the timely announcement of Bharat Ratna to cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and eminent scientist Prof C N R Rao.While Sachin Tendulkar bid adieu to cricket at an emotional farewell
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A look at Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar's farewell speech
Cricket | Nov 16, 2013, 05:20 PM ISTMumbai: On 16th of November 2013, after exactly 24 years and a day, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar bid adieu to international cricket. All cricket lovers especially Indian cricket fans became emotional the moment the last
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Bharat Ratna for Prof CNR Rao and Sachin Tendulkar
India | Nov 16, 2013, 04:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award is being conferred on eminent scientist Prof C.N.R.Rao and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar. Prof. C.N.R. Rao is an eminent scientist and a well recognized international authority
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PM may recommend Sachin Tendulkar's name for Bharat Ratna
Cricket | Nov 15, 2013, 02:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, in view of nationwide adulation for its cricket idol Sachin Tendulkar, may recommend his name to the President Pranab Mukherjee for bestowing the nation's highest civilian honour,