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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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  Sushil disappointed to miss out on Padma Bhushan

  Other Sports | January 26, 2013 22:22 IST

  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

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  Singer S. Janaki refuses to accept Padma Bhushan

  Bollywood | January 26, 2013 14:32 IST

  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

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  Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna, Jaspal Bhatti, Rahul Dravid, Sridevi among Padma awardees

  Bollywood | January 26, 2013 6:38 IST

  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

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  BCCI recommends Dravid, Gambhir for Padma awards

  Cricket | August 27, 2012 17:43 IST

  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

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  Centre Rectifies Mistake, Sunil Janah To Get Padma Bhushan

  India | February 20, 2012 18:57 IST

  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

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  Theatre Guru Satyadev Dubey Passes Away

  Bollywood | December 25, 2011 15:21 IST

  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

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  Anna Hazare Threatens To Return Padma Bhushan

  India | October 29, 2010 13:34 IST

  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

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  Wonderful To Get Selected For Padma Bhushan: Aamir Khan

  Bollywood | January 25, 2010 23:12 IST

  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