Among the Padma Vibhushan awardees are prominent names like former union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes. Sportspersons Mary Kom, PV Sindhu have been awarded Padma Vibhushan. From the entertainment world, film director Karan Johar, actress Kangana Ranaut, TV Producer Ekta Kapoor have featured in the list of Padma Shri awardees.
MC Mary Kom has been conferred the prestigious Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-highest civilian honour. And PV Sindhu has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the country's third-highest civilian honour.
The Sports Ministry is considering 9 names for the Padma Awards, and in a first, all the athletes are women.
Actor Manoj Bajpayee was last seen in Abhishek Chaubey's Sonchiriya, in which he played the role of a rebel. His performance was lauded by critics across the country.
President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the Padma Awards to celebrities Prabhudeva. Shankar Mahadevan, Mohanlal today.
Ilaiyaraaja has won five National Film Awards, three for Music Direction and two for Background Score.
The Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award, will be conferred upon three personalities. They are: Illaiyaraja (Art-Music, Tamil Nadu), Ghulam Mustafa Khan (Art-Music, Maharashtra) and Parameswaran (Literature and Education, Kerala)
Padma Shri awardees this year include those who served the poor, set up free schools and popularised tribal arts globally.
The government has rejected proposals to grant the prestigious Padma awards to some renowned politicians and celebrities, including Neerja Bhanot, former cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and table maestro Zakir Hussain.
The government today announced the list of people who will be conferred with Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards in the country.
Rio Paralympics medallists are set for greater recognition for their achievements with the Sports Ministry on Friday announcing that it will recommend names of Paralympic winners for the Padma awards this year. “Sports Ministry will
In an attempt to make the process of nomination of Padma awards more transparent and curb the crony culture of influence and lobbying, Centre on Friday announced now any Indian can now recommend any achiever
New Delhi: The government has amended the rules for nominating eminent persons for Padma award this year. According to the new norms, you can only nominate online for various categories of the top civilian honours
Mumbai: Considering the Bollywood celebrities who have made it to the Padma awardees' list this year, “it's good that I did not get one”, says veteran actor-writer Kader Khan. This year, names like Rajinikanth, Anupam
New Delhi: Veteran actor Anupam Kher, who received Padma Bhushan this Republic Day, has fallen victim to social birds once again. The ‘A Wednesday' star has been trolled on Twitter for his change of stand
New Delhi: Former IPL chief Lalit Modi was recommended for a Padma Award in 2007 by Rajasthan government led by Vasundhara Raje, latest reports have revealed.The disclosure is likely to intensify opposition attack on already
New Delhi: Noted movie writer Salim Khan, former diplomat K S Bajpai and spiritual gurus Sri Ravi Shanker, Mohammed Burhanuddin and Mata Amritanandamayi had refused to accept the Padma awards this year while Ramdev was
New Delhi: After alleging that Padma awards are given to “dishonest” people, JD(U) President Sharad Yadav today stoked a fresh controversy by demanding that the practice be stopped as it “discriminates” against a vast majority
Mumbai: Padma awards are given only to the “dishonest” and those from the upper echelons of society, JD(U) president Sharad Yadav said and asked socialist-minded people to spurn the honour, in remarks that could stoke
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