Bharat  

Narthaki Nataraj, a renowned dancer from Tamil Nadu, is now the first person from the transgender community to be honoured with the Padma Shri. She has trained under Tanjore Shri K P Kittappa Pillai.

The Prime Minister expressed happiness that more than 5,50,000 villages and 600 districts have declared themselves open defecation free

Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai.  Modi will visit Kochi on the same day and unveil a plaque to dedicate to the nation an integrated refinery expansion complex of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.

Pranab Mukherjee, who had been a Man Friday for the Congress, had been ignored and sidelined by the party on numerous occasions. The Congress now can't even criticise this move by the Modi government without blackening its own face.

Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif starrer Bharat is set to release this Eid.

Chennai's Vijayakumar, Mumbai's Sylaja Vijayan, VHJ leader S Jaya Rajakumar and Akhil Bharatiya Malayalies Sangh filed the writ petitions in the Supreme Court seeking a review of the Sabarimala verdict

 

Bharathbhushan apologised publicly in the Ayyappa Bhakta Sangamam programme for his sister's 'brutal act' of hurting Ayyappa devotees' sentiments. He also alleged that CPM is behind the women's entry into Sabarimala.
 

Modi added that films made on social subjects took such issues to the masses in a subtle manner and contributed to nation-building. Underlining the diversity of films, he said that Indian cinema was a true reflection of 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat'.