Padma Bhushan
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Yesteryear actress Asha Parekh lobbied for Padma Bhushan: Nitin Gadkari
Bollywood | Jan 03, 2016, 01:47 PM ISTNagpur: In a revelation that may embarrass yesteryear actress Asha Parekh, Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari has claimed that 73 year old actress had approached him to seek recommendation for Padma Bhushan saying that she
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Watch Video: Shehzada Dilip Kumar cuts a royal cake on his 93rd birthday
Bollywood | Dec 11, 2015, 08:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: Legendary actor Dilip Kumar (born Muhammad Yusuf Khan on 11 December 1922) turned a year older today. The actor celebrated his 93rd birthday with wife Saira Banu at his residence.Love story of Dilip
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Sarangi maestro Ustad Sabri Khan dies at 88
Bollywood | Dec 01, 2015, 09:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Award-winning sarangi player Ustad Sabri Khan died of breathing problems at the age of 88.The Padma Bhushan awardee passed away last night at a private hospital in Saket here, his son Ustad Kamal
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Top scientist PM Bhargava joins protest against 'intolerance', to return Padma award
India | Oct 29, 2015, 05:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Top scientist and founder of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, has decided to return his Padma Bhushan award.Bhargava, with this decision, also the first scientist to do
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Satpal gets Padma Bhushan; Sardar, Sindhu and Arunima given Padma Shri
Other Sports | Mar 31, 2015, 06:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: Former Asian Games gold medal-winning wrestler Satpal -- who has coached two-time Olympic medal winner Sushil Kumar -- was honoured on Monday with the country's prestigious Padma Bhushan award by President Pranab Mukherjee
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Prez confers Bharat Ratna on Malviya, Rajat Sharma receives Padma Bhushan
India | Mar 30, 2015, 05:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today conferred the country's highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna, (posthumously) on freedom fighter Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya.Members of Malviya's family received the Bharat Ratna from Mukherjee at the traditional ceremony
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Congress will bounce back: Kamal Nath
National | Mar 19, 2015, 11:51 PM ISTGhaziabad: Congress will bounce back to its glorious past within a short span of time as the grassroots workers of the party are striving hard relentlessly, party MP and former Union minister Kamal Nath said.
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Filmmaker Jahnu Barua conferred Padma Bhushan
Bollywood | Jan 26, 2015, 07:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: Assamese director Jahnu Barua has been named for the Padma Bhushan honour, announced on the eve of the 66th Republic Day.He will receive the award for his contribution to art over the years.Barua,
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Carnatic singer Sudha Raghunathan gets Padma Bhushan
Bollywood | Jan 26, 2015, 07:06 AM ISTChennai: Popular Carnatic composer and vocalist Sudha Raghunathan was Sunday named for the Padma Bhushan on the eve of the 66th Republic Day.Raghunathan will get the award for her contribution to art and music over
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Did not stake claim to Padma: Vijender
Other Sports | Jan 06, 2015, 06:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Rubbishing media reports that boxer Vijender Singh, akin to shuttler Saina Nehwal, had staked claim to the Padma Bhushan, the Olympic bronze medallist Tuesday said he had only spoken to Boxing India (BI)
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Boxer Vijender Singh wants to try his luck for Padma Bhushan
Other Sports | Jan 06, 2015, 01:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: With Saina Nehwal getting the Sports Ministry's recommendation for the Padma Bhushan after a furore over her nomination being rejected, star India boxer Vijender Singh also threw his hat in the ring for
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Who am I to demand the award?, asks Saina
Other Sports | Jan 05, 2015, 04:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: Badminton ace Saina Nehwal is "upset" that her quest to know the reason behind the rejection of her nomination for Padma Bhushan snowballed into a big controversy, saying that she never demanded for
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Saina may be recommended for Padma award
Other Sports | Jan 05, 2015, 10:39 AM ISTNew Delhi: After a row erupted Sunday over the letter of nomination of badminton star Saina Nehwal for the Padma Bhushan, Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, said it will “examine the possibility of recommending” the name
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Prof. Lokesh Chandra appointed ICCR chief
India | Oct 30, 2014, 07:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: Eminent historian Prof. Lokesh Chandra has been appointed the 17th President of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) with effect from Oct 27 for a period of three years.Prof. Chandra succeeds Congress MP
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Government invites nominations for Padma Awards
India | Jul 23, 2014, 11:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government has invited nominations for various categories of Padma awards for 2015.It has asked interested people to send their applications by September 15.The process of receipts of nominations for the Padma awards, 2015,
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Paes conferred Padma Bhushan
Tennis | Apr 26, 2014, 07:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: Ace tennis player Leander Paes was conferred India's third highest civilian honour - the Padma Bhushan - by President Pranab Mukherjee at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here Saturday.Paes was ecstatic at
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Leander Paes : The latest sportsperson to be awarded Padma Bhushan
Tennis | Apr 27, 2014, 07:17 AM ISTNew Dellhi: Leander Paes and tennis are synonymous in India.The forty year old war horse who made India proud in 1996 Atlanta Olympics by winning a bronze medal has been awarded with the third highest
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Ex-CJI Verma's family refuses Padma Bhushan
India | Jan 31, 2014, 05:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: The family of eminent jurist and former chief justice of India, late Justice J S Verma, has decided not to accept the Padma Bhushan awarded to him posthumously on the eve of Republic
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Proud to be an Indian, says Padma Bhushan Kamal Haasan
Bollywood | Jan 25, 2014, 10:23 PM ISTChennai: Popular actor Kamal Haasan today said, he was honoured to have been chosen for the Padma Bhushan award by the government. In a statement here, he said: "Proud to be an Indian. India is
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Amitabh Bachchan to get Global Diversity Award
Bollywood | Sep 11, 2013, 05:34 PM ISTMumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with the Global Diversity Award in Delhi Wednesday.The 70-year-old will also take a tour around the parliament house."Tomorrow (Wednesday) there is more activity and honour coming my way,