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  Pranab Mukherjee confers Padma awards

  India | April 20, 2013 17:45 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 20:President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday conferred the Padma awards on several eminent personalities including industrialist Adi Godrej, Olympic medal winners Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar, actor Nana Patekar and designer Ritu Kumar.Professor

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  Rahul Dravid, Sharmila Tagore, Sridevi take Padma awards from President

  India | April 05, 2013 21:14 IST

  New Delhi, Apr  5 :  President Pranab Mukherjee gave away 54 Padma awards at a function in the Darbar hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan here Friday.Actors Sharmila Tagore and Sridevi and cricketer Rahul Dravid were among

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  Padma awards for Bollywood - the delayed and the deserved

  Bollywood | January 27, 2013 6:50 IST

  Mumbai, Jan 26: That Rajesh Khanna is being honoured with a Padma Bhushan is a good thing. That he is being honoured after his death is not such a good thing.Why wait for the legends

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  Rajesh Khanna may receive posthumous Padma Vibhushan

  Bollywood | December 27, 2012 11:44 IST

  New Delhi , Dec 27:A high-level committee on Wednesday met to shortlist the names for Padma awards amid indications that yesteryear superstar late Rajesh Khanna may be conferred the country's second highest civilian award Padma

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  Bhupen Hazarika, Mario Miranda, Dharmendra, Shabana Get Padma Awards

  India | January 25, 2012 16:53 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 25: On the eve of Republic Day, the government today announced the Padma awards to eminent personalities which include Late Bhupen Hazarika, late Mario Miranda, Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi. Former civil servant

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  Those Who Exposed Cash-For-Vote Deserve Padma Awards : Naidu

  India | October 21, 2011 16:54 IST

  Panaji, Oct 21: Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu today said that the leaders who exposed cash-for-vote scam should have been given ‘Padma' awards.Talking to reporters here, he said the government, instead of targeting those tried

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  Home Ministry Refuses To Allow CAG To Audit Padma Awards

  India | October 04, 2011 8:14 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 4 :  The home ministry has declined a request from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) for documents and other material to enable it to carry out an audit of the Padma