Padma Awards
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Padma Awards 2025: Nomination process for India's highest civilian awards commences
India | May 02, 2024, 08:03 AM ISTPadma Awards 2025: The government led by PM Modi has maintained that it stands committed to transforming the Padma Awards into 'People's Padma'. The nominations and recommendations for the awards will be received online on the Rashtriya Puraskar portal.
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Venkaiah Naidu conferred Padma Vibhushan by President Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan | WATCH
India | Apr 22, 2024, 07:55 PM ISTVice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah were among those present on the occasion.
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Padma Awards 2024: PM Modi congratulates all recipients, says 'India cherishes their contribution'
India | Jan 26, 2024, 07:05 AM ISTPadma Awards 2024: ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
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Rohan Bopanna among seven sportspersons to receive Padma Shri 2024; check full list here
Tennis | Jan 26, 2024, 12:04 AM ISTRohan Bopanna created history by clinching the first-ever Gold medal in Tennis (mixed doubles) at the Asian Games last year. The 43-year-old Tennis ace also reached the finals of the three Grand Slam tournaments in 2023 to top the ATP rankings in men's doubles.
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Venkaiah Naidu and Chiranjeevi conferred with Padma Vibhushan, 17 get Padma Bhushan, 110 Padma Shri
India | Jan 26, 2024, 12:31 AM ISTPadma Vibhushan has been awarded to 5 people, 17 have got Padma Bhushan and 110 have been honoured with Padma Shri. A total of 132 people have been honoured by the government through with Padma Awards.
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Padma Awards 2024 announced: Check complete list of winners
India | Jan 26, 2024, 12:03 AM ISTThe Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, are amongst the highest civilian awards of the country. Instituted in 1954, these Awards are announced on the occasion of the Republic Day every year.
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After 2014, Padma Awards given to people who work for poor: PM Modi in Rajasthan
Rajasthan | Nov 20, 2023, 05:18 PM ISTPM Modi highlighted that wherever there is a BJP government, efforts are made to ensure that the schemes of the Central Government are implemented on the ground quicker or the state governments of the BJP add something to it.
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Magsaysay award 2023 winner Assam-based oncologist Dr Ravi Kannan: All you need to know about him
India | Sep 01, 2023, 12:36 PM ISTMagsaysay award: Indian doctor Ravi Kannan R, a surgical oncologist, left a key post in the Adyar Cancer Institute, a major cancer treatment facility in the southern Indian city of Chennai, to work and live in an impoverished northeastern rural region, where access to medical care was difficult.
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Padma Awards 2025: Nomination process begins for public | Check details, process here
India | May 02, 2024, 12:40 PM ISTPadma Awards 2025: The Union Home Ministry in a statement announced that online nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards 2025 were announced on May 1.
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Padma Awards: Akhilesh receives 'Padma Vibhushan' for his late father Mulayam Singh Yadav | WATCH
India | Apr 06, 2023, 07:12 AM ISTPadma awards 2023: Mulayam Singh Yadav, a former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, had founded the Samajwadi Party. He died on October 10 at the age of 82. He was elected 10 times to Uttar Pradesh assembly and seven times to Lok Sabha and was popularly known as 'Netaji'.
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Padma awards 2023: Government impartial in honouring people, says Union Minister Ramdas Athawale
India | Jan 26, 2023, 10:03 PM ISTPadma awards 2023: "The government is impartial in honouring the people for their contribution. Like Mulayam Singh Yadav ji had a great contribution towards the socialist movement, so he should be honoured. It is the duty of the government to pay respect to the people," said Athawale.
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Padma Awards 2022: Sonu Nigam receives Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan conferred on Victor Banerjee
Celebrities | Dec 16, 2022, 04:13 PM ISTPresident Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma awards for the year 2022 at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. Besides Sonu Nigam, Marathi singer Sulochana Chavan, singer Madhuri Barthwal, musician Ballesh Bhajantri and filmmaker Chandraprakash Dwivedi have been conferred with the Padma Shri Award this year.
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Akshay Kumar lauds 126-yr-old Swami Sivananda as he receives Padma Shri
Celebrities | Mar 21, 2022, 10:17 PM ISTSwami Sivananda, known as Yog Sevak, received Padma Shri today from the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind. In the video shared by Akshay Kumar from the event, he can be seen bowing down in front of the President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a mark of respect.
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Padma Awards 2022: Chandraprakash Dwivedi conferred with Padma Shri by President of India
Celebrities | Mar 21, 2022, 07:45 PM ISTThis year a total of 128 Padma Awards are being conferred by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The list of awardees comprises four Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards. Sonu Nigam, Neeraj Chopra, Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Victor Banerjee are among the others who have been conferred with Padma Awards 2022.
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'Ironic Congress doesn't need his services': Kapil Sibal on Ghulam Nabi Azad's Padma award
India | Jan 26, 2022, 12:44 PM ISTVeteran Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Azad, who was part of the group of 23 which has been critical of the party leadership and has sought an organisational overhaul, has been awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to public affairs.
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'Azad, not Ghulam': Disquiet within Congress after Ghulam Nabi Azad gets Padma Award
India | Jan 26, 2022, 11:40 AM ISTThe Govt's decision to honour Ghulam Nabi Azad has exposed the wide divide within the Congress yet again.
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Google's Sundar Pichai to be honoured with Padma Bhushan
Business | Jan 25, 2022, 09:51 PM ISTPadma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the country, after Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan.
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Padma awards 2021: PM Modi greets awardees | IN PICS
India | Nov 08, 2021, 11:47 PM ISTPresident Ram Nath Kovind presented the Padma Awards in the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar were among the attendees. 119 Padma Awards were presented by President this year. The list comprisesd seven Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards. 29 of the awardees are women, 16 Posthumous awardees and one transgender awardee.
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Padma Shri Awards: Kangana Ranaut, Adnan Sami share photos with Prez Ram Nath Kovind from ceremony
Celebrities | Nov 08, 2021, 06:45 PM ISTBollywood personalities Kangana Ranaut, Adnan Sami, Ekta Kapoor and Karan Johar are a few names being honoured with the Padma Shri on Monday in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the capital.
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Padma Awards 2020: Kangana Ranaut, Adnan Sami & others honoured with Padma Shri | PICS
Bollywood | Nov 08, 2021, 02:55 PM ISTPadma Awards 2020 ceremony is currently being held in the national capital during which people from the world of art including Kangana Ranaut, Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor, Adnan Sami and late singer SP Balasubramaniam are being honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri awards. In total, 119 Padma Awards will be presented by President Ram Nath Kovind this year.