The 36-year-old Mary Kom, however, said her immediate target is to first qualify for the Olympics and then she would think about the "colour of the medal".
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to issue any directive to the Centre on a PIL seeking to confer the Bharat Ratna on Mahatma Gandhi. Chief Justice S.A. Bobde observed that Gandhi is the 'Father of the Nation', and the people hold him in high esteem, which is far beyond any formal recognition.
"It would be in the fitness of things that if on January 26, 2020, all three of them are honoured with the Bharat Ratna," read the letter.
The BJP, popularly known as the saffron party, had always been vocal about nationalist ideology and has praised the valour of freedom fighters and social reformers. The party has recently stirred a controversy after it proposed Veer Savarkar's name for Bharat Ratna.
Ashok Kumar, regarded as world's best dribbler in hockey, post-independence, and son of an unbeatable athlete in modern sports history, said that the country should not forget Dhyan Chand's ultra-nationalistic character.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee will be honoured with India's highest award, Bharat Ratna today, along with legendary singer Bhupen Hazarika and social activist Nanaji Deshmukh. They will be given this award by President Ram Nath Kovind.
In a bold decision, Modi government on Monday decided to revoke special status to Jammu and Kashmir, also paving way for bifurcation of the state into two Union Territories. People from all walks of life praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for the unprecedented move. And there was one demanding India's highest civilian award - Bharat Ratna - to PM Modi.
Bharat Ratna Pranab Mukherjee: Former President Pranab Mukherjee will be awarded Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour of India on August 8. The award would also be given posthumously to social activist Nanaji Deshmukh and singer Bhupen Hazarika.
Tej Hazarika’s remarks on the Bharat Ratna award on Facebook created controversy earlier this month.
An audio clip has surfaced on the social media which has singer Zubeen Garg abusing the Bharat Ratna.
Major Dhyan Chand's son Ashok Kumar on Sunday said that the previous UPA government as well as the current NDA regime have both "failed to understand" his father's contribution after the hockey wizard's Bharat Ratna nomination got rejected for the third time.
Shivakumara Swami died on January 21 at 111 years.
A day after his name was announced for the Bharat Ratna award, former president Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday called upon countrymen to strive to protect and preserve the foundational ethics of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity as enshrined in the Constitution.
Nanaji Deshmukh and Dr Bhupen Hazarika will be awarded the country's highest civilian award posthumously.
The Delhi Assembly on Friday passed a resolution demanding that Bharat Ratna awarded to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi be withdrawn over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, which it termed as a "genocide".
Sachin Tendulkar's international career lasted exactly 24 years -- November 15, 1989 to November 15, 2013.
Kohli has performed exceptionally in the recent past, scoring over 18500 international runs in all three formats of the game.
Earlier on September 12, Palaniswami had written to PM Modi urging the Centre to confer Bharat Ratna on late J Jayalalithaa and Dravidian icon C N Annadurai.
The party said the award will be a real tribute to the late Tamil Nadu leader's outstanding and exemplary work which had left an indelible mark in history. DMK's Tiruchi Shiva dubbed Karunanidhi the "tallest leader of the country and a Dravidian stalwart".
Lata Mangeshkar extended her wishes and greetings to Indian soldiers on Bhai Dooj this year. Watch the video
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