Guwahati | Popularly known as ‘Elephant Girl’ (Hasti Kanya) in Assam, 67-year-old Parbati Baruah, whose name was announced for Padma Shri, is India’s first woman mahout (elephant keeper). Baruah got the award in recognition of her work in animal conservation and dispelling preconceptions to make a name for women in a field that has historically […]
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Mulayam Singh, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Raveena Tandon among Padma winners
New Delhi | Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, former External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were conferred the Padma Vibhushan on the occasion of Republic Day 2023. Other recipients of the country’s second-highest civillian award are eminent architect Balkrishna Doshi – who just passed away on Tuesday, doctor Dilip Mahalanabis, […]
Bollywood’s day out at Padma Awards: Karan Johar, Kangana, Adnan Sami, Ekta Kapoor honoured
New Delhi | Bollywood personalities Kangana Ranaut, Adnan Sami and Ekta Kapoor are a few names who have been honoured with the Padma Shri on Monday in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the capital. They were feted with the honour by President Ram Nath Kovind. Other recipients of the Padma Shri this year […]
Delhi to send docs, healthcare workers’ names for Padma awards
New Delhi | The Delhi government has decided to recommend the names of doctors and healthcare workers for this year’s Padma Award, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday. Every year, the Centre asks the states/ union territories to recommend the names of persons for the Padma Awards — Padma Vibhushan (second highest civilian award), Padma […]
Posthumous Padma Vibhushan for SP Balasubramanyam, Padma Bhushan for Chithra
New Delhi: The Government announced the list of Padma Awardees, which are among the some of the highest civilian honour, on Republic Day eve. Although Bollywood has no recipients this year, late playback legend SP Balasubramanyam has been honoured posthumusly with Padma Vibhushan. He is the only name from entertainment industry among seven names who are […]
Narinder Singh Kapany, father of fiber optics, conferred with Padma Vibhushan posthumously
New Delhi: The government on Monday announced to confer the Padma Vibhushan award on Narinder Singh Kapany, who was known as the ‘father of fiber optics’, posthumously. The government also announced to confer the Padma Shri on Jagadish Chowdhury, who was known as ‘Dom raja’ in Uttar Pradesh, posthumously. Kapany is among the seven people named […]
Ex-Assam CM Gogoi among 15 from 6 NE states conferred Padma awards
Guwahati/Agartala: On the eve of 72nd Republic Day, the government on Monday conferred the Padma Bhushan award posthumously to former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Padma Shri awards to 14 personalities from six of the eight northeastern states excluding Sikkim and Nagaland. Gogoi, who died at the age of 86 on November 23 last year […]
Galwan Valley heroes honoured with war time military decorations
New Delhi: All the 20 Indian Army bravehearts killed in action during the clash with Chinese People’s Liberation Army troopers at the Galwan Valley in Ladakh last year have been honoured with war gallantry aawards posthumously on the eve of Republic Day. Colonel Santosh Babu, who led from the front during the Galwan Valley clash on […]
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe among 119 Padma winners for 2021
New Delhi: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is among 119 recipients whom the government on Monday selected for Padma awards–one of the highest civilian awards in the country. The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday announced the awards that include seven Padma Vibhushan awards, 10 Padma Bhushan awards and 102 Padma Shri awards. The Padma […]
Kangana, Ekta, Karan Johar, among BTown Padma Shri recipients
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, filmmaker Karan Johar and producer Ekta Kapoor have been honoured with the Padma Shri for their contribution in the field of performing arts. The Padma awards were announced by Government of India on the eve of Republic Day on Saturday. Popular singers Adnan Sami and Suresh Wadkar were also honoured with […]