Padma Bhushan
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Pranab Mukherjee confers Padma awards
India | Apr 20, 2013, 05:45 PM ISTNew 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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Padma awards for Bollywood - the delayed and the deserved
Bollywood | Jan 27, 2013, 06:50 AM ISTMumbai, 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 | Jan 26, 2013, 10:22 PM ISTNew 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 | Jan 26, 2013, 02:32 PM ISTChennai, 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 | Jan 26, 2013, 06:38 AM ISTNew 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 | Aug 27, 2012, 05:43 PM ISTNew 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 | Feb 20, 2012, 06:57 PM ISTNew 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 | Dec 25, 2011, 03:21 PM ISTMumbai, 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 | Oct 29, 2010, 01:34 PM ISTNoted 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 | Jan 25, 2010, 11:12 PM ISTBollywood 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