However, PMO sources have made it clear that no Bharat Ratna will be awarded this year. ...
10:20 PM, Jan 25, 2012
On the eve of the Republic Day, the Government of India announced the list of 2012 Padma awardees. We did a little number crunching and plotted the data on charts to reveal hidden dimensions that might not be obvious in the long list of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardees. ...
07:49 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: Late lyricist and singer Bhupen Hazarika and former civil servant and governor TV Rajeswar have been chosen for Padma Vibushan award, the second highest civilian honour, for this year's Padma awards. Late cartoonist Mario de Miranda, 88-year-old eminent painter, K G Subramanyan and Kantilal H Sancheti, well known orthopaedic in whose hospital in Pune Anna Hazare had undergone treatment recently, were also named for the Padma Vibushan award....
03:58 PM, Jan 25, 2012
The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2012. This year the President has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. These comprise five Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. There are 19 women among the awardees. Padma Awards, the country's highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma...
02:20 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Revisiting the four-decade-long career of music composer and Padma Bhushan winner Khayyam. ...
02:05 PM, Dec 04, 2011
Mumbai: Music maestro Bhupen Hazarika has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in suburban Andheri here after he complained of breathing problems. The 85-year-old was hospitalised yesterday after he suffered breathing problems. He was treated immediately. He is stable and doing fine, hospital sources told PTI today. The maestro has been kept in the ICU and is under observation but is out of danger, the sources...
12:39 PM, Jun 30, 2011
Mumbai: Graceful and evergreen actress Waheeda Rehman says she is honoured to be named for the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, and says she is looking forward to more work in the film industry over the years. "I am of course very, very happy. Even God likes to be praised and to be recognised, I am only a mortal. So I'm so pleased that the government of India...
04:02 PM, Jan 26, 2011
Mumbai: Veteran Bollywood star Rishi Kapoor is ecstatic that his uncle Shashi Kapoor has been named for the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, but says he would have been happier to see Shammi Kapoor's name in the list as well. "It would have given me even more pleasure to see both my uncles Shammi and Shashi Kapoor receiving the honour. Certainly Shammi Kapoor's contribution to Indian cinema cannot...
03:39 PM, Jan 26, 2011
Wipro founder Aziz Premji says the state of governance is a national calamity. ...
07:33 AM, Jan 26, 2011
Mumbai: She has been honoured with Padma Shri now and Bollywood actress Kajol, who is among this year's recipients of the India's fourth highest civilian award, is on top of the world. "It's an honour and a pleasure when you are selected for the Padma Shri and I thank all those who thought me worthy of it. I am very, very happy with the way this year has started," Kajol...
01:39 AM, Jan 26, 2011
Take a look at the names of the people conferred with the Padma awards this year. ...
10:31 PM, Jan 25, 2011
New Delhi: Singer Usha Uthup, veteran Kannada filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli, Malayalam director Shaji N. Karun and actor Jayaram Subramaniam are among the recipients of the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award. Uthup, 63, a pop singer, is well-known for her heavy voice and linguistic versatility as she can sing in 16 Indian languages and several foreign languages as well. Her songs "Ek do cha cha cha", "Shaan se", "Hari...
07:38 PM, Jan 25, 2011
New Delhi: A list of 128 names-13 Padma Vibhushans, 31 Padma Bhushans and 84 Padma Shri awards, was announced on Tuesday. There are 31 women in the list. Former national security advisor Brajesh Mishra and Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia were amongst the 13 people awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian awards announced Tuesday. Actress Kajol is amongst the people conferred with the Padma Shri. There...
07:20 PM, Jan 25, 2011
New Delhi: Talented Bollywood actress Kajol, and versatile actors Tabu and Irrfan Khan were named for the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour on the eve of Republic Day on Tuesday. Daughter of veteran actress Tanuja and late Bengali filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee, Kajol made her Bollywood debut with not so successful movie Bekhudi in 1992 at the age of 17. But the 35-year-old tasted commercial success with her second...
07:09 PM, Jan 25, 2011
A freelance journalist had claimed that rules were not followed while selecting Chatwal for the honour. ...
11:58 AM, Apr 05, 2010
CK Prahalad on how the bottom of the pyramid has evolved. ...
01:06 PM, Sep 19, 2009
Abhinav Bindra got the Padma Bhushan and Pankaj Advani the Padma Shri. ...
12:10 AM, Apr 15, 2009
The RCA secretary Sanjay Dixit made it clear that they will not take any insult from anyone. ...
06:01 PM, Jan 25, 2008
