India's only individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra was on Monday recommended for the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award, by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).

With the government changing rules to make sportspersons eligible for the Bharat Ratna, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has passed a resolution to support the demand for bestowing the country's highest civilian honour on champion batsman Sachin Tendulkar.

Amid clamour for Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar, government has modified rules to pave way for eligibility of sportspersons for the highest civilian award of the country.

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Anna Hazare today said Sachin Tendulkar should be conferred with the Bharat Ratna, joining a long list of admirers who have demanded the country's top civilian honour for the cricketer.

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India's government is considering a rule change to allow cricket star Sachin Tendulkar to receive the country's highest civilian award -- for which sports stars are currently ineligible.

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India opener Virender Sehwag on Wednesday joined the growing chorus for conferring the prestigious Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, on senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar for his contri

World Cup winning Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday joined the growing calls to award batting ace Sachin Tendulkar the Bharat Ratna, saying no cricketer deserves it more than him.

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If any Indian cricketer deserves the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, it is batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Wednesday.

Congratulating the Indian cricket team for winning the World Cup, Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday recommended to the Centre that batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar be conferred 'Bharat Ratna', the country's highest civilian award.

Eminent Hindustani classical vocalist and Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi's condition is "grim" in a hospital here, his physician said Saturday.