New 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,
New 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
New 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
New 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
Chennai: 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
Mumbai: 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,
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
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
New Delhi, Jan 26: Wrestler Sushil Kumar, the only Indian sportsperson to win back-to-back individual Olympic medals, is disappointed to miss out on the Padma Bhushan award though his name had been recommended.Sushil's name had
Chennai, Jan 26: Expressing dissatisfaction over the number of people from South India figuring in the Padma awards list for 2013, southern playback singer Sreeramamurthy Janaki Friday refused to accept Padma Bhushan award announced for
New Delhi, Jan 25: Actors Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna and Sridevi, comedian Late Jaspal Bhatti, ex-cricketer Rahul Dravid and Urdu poet Nida Fazli figure among the list of Padma awardees this year. Following is the full
New Delhi, Aug 27: The BCCI has decided to recommend the names of former Indian captain Rahul Dravid and opener Gautam Gambhir's names for the prestigious Padma Bhusan and Padma Shri awards respectively.According to a
New Delhi, Feb 20: Rectifying its mistake of giving the same award to a person twice after a gap of four decades, the government has decided to confer Padma Bhushan to photographer Sunil Janah, who
Mumbai, Dec 25: Renowned director, actor and screenplay writer Satyadev Dubey passed away here this morning after suffering from a prolonged illness. He was 75.“He was in coma for the past few months. He suffered
Noted social activist Anna Hazare has threatened to return the Padmabhushan conferred upon him alleging irregularities in the Lavasa project. The Gandhian social worker has also written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh apprising
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, who has been selected for the prestigious Padma Bhushan award, on Monday said it was "wonderful" to be chosen for the honour and thanked his fans and well wishers for their
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