Sridevi, Sharmila Tagore receive Padma Awards

Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 13:08

President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the prestigious Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, to 108 personalities from varied walks of life on Friday, April 5, 2013.

President Pranab Mukherjee confers 2013 Padma awards

Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 12:49

Former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid and Olympic bronze-medallist, boxer Mary Kom, received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour in the country.

President Pranab Mukherjee confers Padma Awards 2013

Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 12:07

President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards to 109 personalities on Friday.

Engineer arrested for cheating late Coal India chairman

Last Updated: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 00:12

48-year-old engineer, who was into share business, was arrested for cheating former Coal India Chairman G L Tandon, who died last year, of Rs five crore, police said on Saturday.

I was curled up in agony for 20 years, says Padma Lakshmi

Last Updated: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 20:55

Model-actress Padma Lakshmi says she used to suffer from crushing fatigue and mood swings before she was diagnosed with endometriosis.

Used to getting awards late: Sushil Kumar

Last Updated: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 19:18

Disappointed at not getting the Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian honour in the country, wrestler Sushil Kumar on Sunday said that by now he has got used to being considered for awards late.

Plea in court for guidelines on Padma awards

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 22:25

An activist moved the Allahabad High Court seeking formation of a national selection committee to frame guidelines for the country`s highest civilian awards.

Padma Shri came as pleasant surprise: Sridevi

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 14:42

Bollywood diva Sridevi, who lately made a comeback to acting after 16 years of domesticity with ‘English Vinglish’, says "acknowledgement" and "recognition from authoritative quarters are important to every artiste".

No north-south bias in Padma awards: Narayanaswamy

Last Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 20:40

Government on Sunday rejected noted playback singer S Janaki`s claim that artistes from south were generally neglected in Padma awards.

UP ignored in Padma awards, says Ram Gopal Yadav

Last Updated: Saturday, January 26, 2013, 23:01

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav Saturday alleged that UP had been repeatedly ignored while deciding on the recipients of Padma awards.

Cricket teaches one to be humble, says Dravid

Last Updated: Saturday, January 26, 2013, 21:24

It`s not very often that cricket considered to be a religion in India, and literature come together on the same platform, but when it happens it`s bound to create magic and that is exactly what happened once Rahul Dravid took to the stage at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Singer S. Janaki refuses to accept Padma Bhushan

Last Updated: Saturday, January 26, 2013, 20:13

Expressing dissatisfaction over the number of people from South India figuring in the Padma awards list for 2013, southern playback singer Sreeramamurthy Janaki Friday refused to accept Padma Bhushan award announced for her on the eve of 64th Republic Day.