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The trio that made it a memorable Monday are Krishna Pooniya, Harwant Kaur and Seema Antil and a near-full stadium gave them a standing ovation as they received the medals.

In India, he brings his style of contemporary portraiture to photographing the Sikh Regiment in Jharkhand. It took him a year and a half to get through the army's red tape but it appears to be worth the effort.

The Commonwealth Games Village might have come in for a lot of criticism for being 'filthy and unlivable', but legendary Milkha Singh said it's the best he had ever seen.

He had an itch for adventure and a desire to help others. And by the autumn of 1961, he was in India's Punjab state, assisting with building projects in a country struggling to gain its footing after centuries of colonial rule. Yet through every difficulty, his enthusiasm never flagged.

Two Russian-born scientists shared the Nobel Prize in physics for "groundbreaking experiments" with the thinnest, strongest material known to mankind "graphene" a carbon vital for the creation of faster computers and transparent touch screens.

True story, though the inter-species pathos may have been exaggerated a bit in the telling. The rescue operation was both difficult and dangerous. Crew members found the whale entwined in some 20 ropes,..

Liu Xiaobo, an impassioned literary critic, political essayist and democracy advocate repeatedly jailed by the Chinese government for his writings, won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of “his long and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.”

The purpose of the Diversity Video Competition was to provide the public a space to engage in a dialogue on civil rights issues, stereotypes, and myths surrounding minority groups, including Sikhs. It is through this dialogue that the Coalition hopes to dissolve ignorance and spread awareness of discriminated minorities.