Adnan Sami on Padma Shri flak: I'm being used as a pawn by politicians
January 29, 2020 20:07 ISTEver since his Padma Shri win, Adnan Sami has been facing flak on social media but he seems unperturbed.
Ever since his Padma Shri win, Adnan Sami has been facing flak on social media but he seems unperturbed.
The AIFF congratulated Bembem Devi after she became the first female footballer to receive the Padma Shri award.
IPL franchise Mumbai Indians wishes their director and former Indian cricketer Zaheer Khan after he was conferred with Padma Shri on the eve of India's 71st Republic Day.
Ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, the government on Saturday announced 118 awardees to be conferred with the Padma Shri Award.
Bollywood celebrities like Anil Kapoor Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and others showered their love and wishes on filmmakers Karan Johar and Ekta Kapoor and actor Kangana Ranaut for being awarded the Padma Shri.
According to a home ministry statement, Bikhchandani has been given Padma Shri in the category of trade and industry.
Among the Padma Vibhushan awardees are prominent names like former union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes. Sportspersons Mary Kom, PV Sindhu have been awarded Padma Vibhushan. From the entertainment world, film director Karan Johar, actress Kangana Ranaut, TV Producer Ekta Kapoor have featured in the list of Padma Shri awardees.
Filmmakers Karan Johar and Ekta Kapoor and actor Kangana Ranaut have been awarded the Padma Shri, officials said on Saturday.
The awardees, announced on the eve of Republic Day, also include Javed Ahmad Tak, a specially-abled social worker from Jammu and Kashmir working for specially-abled children for over two decades, providing free education, material aid and motivation to over 100 children of 40 villages in Anantnag and Pulwama, officials said.
Padma Shri Awards: He has been on his selfless mission for more than past 30 years and 'Langar Baba' Jagdish Lal Ahuja has now got the recognition he was perhaps not even aiming for in the first place.
Humorist Mujtaba Hussain has announced to return his Padma Shri award to the government in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The 83-year-old Hyderabad based Urdu satirist is an author of several books. His writings are part of the government's Urdu syllabus in several states.
Condoling her death, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, Nabaneeta Dev Sen's death was an irreparable loss to the literary world.
Padma Shri awardee and noted social worker Damodar Ganesh Bapat passed away on Friday night. He was 84.
Actor Saif Ali Khan, who was felicitated with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 2010, says he wanted to return it.
While Kareena Kapoor Khan was dressed in a beautiful pink lehenga, her husband Saif Ali Khan turned up in a white kurta at Sonam Kapoor's wedding last year.
After receiving the prestigious award, Gambhir took to Twitter and said one day he will elaborate on the role played by various people in his life beside thanking both his critics and well-wishers.
President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the Padma Awards to celebrities Prabhudeva. Shankar Mahadevan, Mohanlal today.
Fifteen times National Award winner Manipuri filmmaker Aribam Syam Sharma on Sunday announced that he would return the Padma Shri.
Noted actor Manoj Bajpayee, who is to be conferred with Padma Shri by the government for his contribution in the field of arts, has said that he is really happy that no one has abused him on social media platforms.
The government announced the Padma Awards 2019 on the eve of India's 70th Republic Day.
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