Anand Mahindra reminds India of Janaki Ammal, the Kerala scientist who made the country a leading sugarcane producerDr Janaki Ammal, a pioneering botanist, transformed India’s sugarcane industry through her groundbreaking hybrid cross-breeding techniques....
09 Dec, 2025, 09.23 AM IST
First memorial for military intelligence heroes unveiled in PuneA new memorial named Satark Park in Pune honours the sacrifices of Military Intelligence personnel who died in the line of duty. It feature...
29 Sep, 2024, 01.14 PM IST
Shoojit Sircar dedicates 'Sardar Udham' national award win to Irrfan KhanThe biopic, which released on Prime Video last year, tracks the life of the freedom fighter, who assassinated Michael O'Dwyer, the former L...
25 Aug, 2023, 09.05 AM IST
Anurag Basu to direct 'The Black Tiger', a biopic on Indian spy Ravindra KaushikKaushik was 20 when he first went undercover for RAW, India's foreign intelligence agency.
09 Feb, 2023, 01.21 PM IST
Arunachal Pradesh government says research scholars are re- writing history of stateArunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein said that research scholars are re- writing the history of Arunachal Pradesh which woul...
15 Nov, 2022, 10.08 PM IST
'Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy' set for Nov 11 premiere on Zee5The eight-episode series is directed by Shivam Nair of 'Special Ops' fame and Jayprad Desai.
31 Oct, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
Actor Arunoday Singh turns author with collection of poems, 'Unsung' to be released on June 30The book delves deep within the self and probes questions of loss, longing & healing.
14 Jun, 2022, 11.35 AM IST
Time has come to bring unsung heroes of freedom struggle through films and books: Amit ShahUnion home minister Amit Shah on Monday said that there have been attempts to forget the ideals and heroes of the country in the history bo...
05 Apr, 2022, 10.51 AM IST
Honouring unsung heroes with Padma awards is in a way discovery of India: Venkaiah NaiduCongratulating all the Padma awardees, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, in a series of tweets, said this year's Padma awards are also an "o...
26 Jan, 2020, 01.28 PM IST
Mumbai washed out, Anand Mahindra tweets a word of thanks to city's 'unsung heroes'Recently, he crossed the 7 million followers mark on Twitter.
02 Jul, 2019, 12.49 PM IST
15,700 nominations received for Padma awards 2018The process of nominations for the Padma Awards, 2018 is on and the last date for receipt of the nominations is September 15, a home minist...
11 Sep, 2017, 08.55 PM IST
Anyone can nominate any person for Padma awards till September 15The nominations or recommendations for the awards can be received online only on the portal padmaawards.gov.in designed by the Ministry of ...
18 Aug, 2017, 07.36 PM IST
Government to celebrate contributions of unsung tribal heroes of Independence movementThe ministry of tribal affairs has asked all states to carefully study the folklore and initiate research studies to identify heroes of tri...
21 Feb, 2017, 01.44 AM IST
Modi government selected unsung heroes for Padma awards: Venkaiah NaiduVenkaiah also SBT for empowering women, youth, farmers and vulnerable sections of society by imparting skills and providing free medical ai...
19 Feb, 2017, 08.04 PM IST
Government to shortlist 100 'unsung heroes' for 'Yaad Karo Kurbani' theme this independence weekDoordarshan and All India Radio will share original recordings of events, speeches related to the movement with private channels.
30 Jul, 2016, 06.01 AM IST
Doordarshan, AIR line up special shows for Independence DayAIR will broadcast what it has claimed was the last conversation the late Dr Kalam had with any media house for its English feature on Indi...
14 Aug, 2015, 10.44 PM IST
UK Home Secretary Theresa May lauds role of Sikh soldiers during World WarTheresa May, said, Sikhs made an "incalculable positive contribution to world history, boldly fighting injustice, tyranny and oppression".
30 Nov, 2014, 04.02 PM IST