Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 00:57
A day after name of Goa-based fashion designer Wendell Rodricks was announced for Padma Shri Award, local BJP unit claimed that award may legitimise homosexuality, though it also congratulated him.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 18:56
After being chosen for the prestigious Padma Shri award, wheelchair tennis star Boniface Prabhu on Sunday hoped to get clearance from the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) to compete in the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 09:34
Tennis star Leander Paes and badminton player-turned-coach Pullela Gopichand were on Saturday selected for the prestigious Padma Bhushan awards while cricketer Yuvraj Singh was among the seven sportspersons chosen for this year`s Padma Shri award.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 16:28
Veteran music composer K. Raghavan was cremated Sunday in Tellicherry, 12 km from here, but no one from the Malayalam film fraternity came to pay their last respects to the Padma Shri winner.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 16:37
In a rare gesture, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today presented Padma Shri award to eminent Japanese Tamil language scholar Noburu Karashima for his outstanding contribution in the field of literature and education.
Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 22:20
Batting great Rahul Dravid received India`s third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, from President Pranab Mukherjee during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan`s Darbar Hall on Friday.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 09:42
Vijay Sharma, a Himachal Pradesh artist known for his Kangra miniature paintings, was named for the Padma Shri award, the fourth highest civilian honour.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 20:17
Singers Ramakant and Umakant, popularly known as Gundecha Brothers, will receive the Padma Shri award, for their contribution to Indian classical music.
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