The 36-year-old Mary Kom, however, said her immediate target is to first qualify for the Olympics and then she would think about the "colour of the medal".
Boxing Federation of India chief Ajay Singh extended his congratulations to Mary Kom after she was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan.
A master tactician, the late Arun Jaitley was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibushan on Saturday. Accepted as an intellect across the political spectrum, the BJP may be sorely missing the services of Arun Jaitley
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.
MC Mary Kom has been conferred the prestigious Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-highest civilian honour. And PV Sindhu has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the country's third-highest civilian honour.
While Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar have been conferred with Padma Vibhushan by Narendra Modi government.
Veteran politician and former Union Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has dedicated his Padma Vibhushan award to the farmers of the country.
Veteran Carnatic music exponent Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna, who enthralled music lovers for more than four decades, died in Chennai on Tuesday. The 86-year-old veteran was not keeping well for some time and breathed his last on
Southern megastar Rajinikanth was on Tuesday honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, by President Pranab Mukherjee
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar today said he could not congratulate Rajinikanth, who was today selected for Padma Vibhushan award, as he did not have "guts" to ask the south megastar his contact number.Akshay is
New Delhi: Legendry Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar was honoured with Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, for his contributions towards Indian cinema.Home Minister Rajnath Singh presented the medal to the thespian, who turned 93
New Delhi: Arjan Singh was the only officer of the Indian Air Force to be promoted to the five-star rank equivalent to a Field Marshal. Air Marshal Singh led the Indian Air Force in the
Goa: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Wednesday condoled the death of noted architect Charles Correa, who was of Goan-origin.The Padma Vibhushan award-winner died on Tuesday night after a brief illness in Mumbai at the age
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev, who had declined Padma Vibhushan award, today said that a lot of lobbying takes place behind the selection of Padma and even Nobel prize awardees and those with political influence
New Delhi: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Prince Karim Aga Khan were among the eminent personalities awarded the Padma Vibhushan, country's second highest civilian honour, by President Pranab Mukherjee here today.Besides them, senior Supreme Court
Mumbai: Set to receive Padma Vibhushan next month, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has claimed that he is proud that this will be the sixth Padma award for the Bachchan family.This will be Big B's third
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday politely disagreed with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's suggestion that he should have been honoured with the Bharat Ratna instead of Padma Vibhushan.The 72-year-old actor, who is also the
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has clarified that yoga guru Baba Ramdev was never on the Padma Awards list and that his denial letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for the
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