Padmavibhushan
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Carnatic singer Sudha Raghunathan gets Padma Bhushan
Bollywood | Jan 26, 2015, 07:06 AM ISTChennai: Popular Carnatic composer and vocalist Sudha Raghunathan was Sunday named for the Padma Bhushan on the eve of the 66th Republic Day.Raghunathan will get the award for her contribution to art and music over
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Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan conferred Padma Vibhushan
Bollywood | Jan 26, 2015, 07:04 AM ISTNew Delhi: BJP leader L.K. Advani, spiritual leader and philanthropist Aga Khan, actors Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan and Punjab ChiefMinister Parkash Singh Badal are among the nine awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the
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Advani, Ramdev to get Padma awards?
India | Jan 06, 2015, 01:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani may soon get Padma Vibhushan, country's second highest civilian award, according to some media reports.These reports suggest that Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's name is also being considered
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Government invites nominations for Padma Awards
India | Jul 23, 2014, 11:40 PM ISTNew 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,
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Amjad Ali Khan gets back his sarod
India | Jul 01, 2014, 03:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan Tuesday got his sarod back after an international airlines had misplaced it.The Padma Vibhushan recipient lost his prized possession while travelling from London to New Delhi by British
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Panel to consider conferring Padma Vibhushan on Justice Verma
India | Mar 31, 2014, 10:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Left red faced after late Chief Justice of India J S Verma's family refused to accept Padma Bhushan conferred on him, Padma award committee will soon look into the possibility of honouring him
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When Shiv turned down 'Saat Hindustani' role, Shantaram offer!
Bollywood | Feb 08, 2014, 10:10 AM ISTNew Delhi: Do you know that santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma had refused a role in Khwaja Ahmed Abbas' "Saat Hindustani" and V Shantaram's offer of a music director in one of his films?Sharma's
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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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Aerospace scientist, DRDO chief, BrahMos chief among Padma awardees
India | Jan 26, 2013, 08:26 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 26 :Noted science educator Yash Pal and aerospace scientist Roddam Narsimha were today selected for Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian awards.Acclaimed theoretical physicist and recipient of the three-million-dollar Fundamental Physics
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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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Rajesh Khanna may receive posthumous Padma Vibhushan
Bollywood | Dec 27, 2012, 11:44 AM ISTNew Delhi , Dec 27:A high-level committee on Wednesday met to shortlist the names for Padma awards amid indications that yesteryear superstar late Rajesh Khanna may be conferred the country's second highest civilian award Padma