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Bharat Ratan Claims To Have Directed Tamanchey

Richa Chadda and Nikhil Dwivedi’s Tamanchey has run into a spot of trouble before its release. We hear that a man named Bharat Ratan Bhushan claims that he is the director while producer Suryaveer Singh believes otherwise. Check out the video for the full story. Aug 13, 2014
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Hockey players hail prospects of conferring Bharat Ratna to hockey wizard Dhyan Chand

Bhopal/ Ludhiana/ New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): India's former hockey players have hailed prospects of conferring the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna to the sports wizard Major Dhyan Chand. However, the government so far has not issued any official statement in this regard. Former Olympian Aslam Sher Khan, whose father was also a hockey player and team mate of Dhyan Chand in Berlin Olympics in 1936, said the hockey wizard should be the first choice among sportspersons for the highest civilian honour. Aug 13, 2014
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Phoolan Devi murder case: Decision to be pronounced on August 14

New Delhi, Aug 12 (ANI): The decision on Phoolan Devi murder case will be pronounced on August 14. A court on Tuesday reserved its order on the quantum of sentence against main accused Sher Singh Rana, convicted for killing bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi. Delhi Police has demanded death penalty for Rana. Additional Sessions Judge Bharat Parashar fixed Aug 14 for delivering the order on the quantum of sentence against Rana. On Aug 8, the court convicted Rana, who gunned down Phoolan Devi, to avenge the 1981 Behmai massacre in which she killed 17 people of the higher caste Thakur community. Aug 12, 2014
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Bharat Ratna speculation sparks debate

New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): Soon after news came in that former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee and freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose might be awarded the Bharat Ratna, the Modi government ran into a fresh controversy. Political parties have suggested more names. The Congress suggested the names of freedom fighters, meanwhile the Shiv Sena has pitched for activist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar to be conferred the Bharat Ratna. Aug 11, 2014
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Relatives of likely Bharat Ratna awardees react on speculations over same

Allahabad/ Raipur/ Rourkela/ Kolkata, Aug 11 (ANI): The government ordered five medallions, bringing names of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to the forefront to receive this year's Bharat Ratna awards. Another noted name in the Indian freedom movement, Madan Mohan Malviya is also rumoured to be one of the five persons to be honoured. Relatives of the speculated nominees have expressed happiness over the buzz. Malviya's grand daughter-in-law, Saraswati Malviya thanked the Narendra Modi-led government and said that the award should have been bestowed earlier. On hearing rumours of the highest civilian award being bestowed upon the former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, his niece expressed her pride. Aug 11, 2014
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