PADMA SHRI

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu conferred the Padma Shri Award

Founded as AdventNet Inc. in 1996 by Sridhar Vembu, Zoho has now morphed into a global software enterprise with 60 million users and client...

119 conferred padma awards; Vibhushan for Abe, Bhushan for Keshubhai, Tarun Gogoi, Paswan

The Padma Vibhushan was awarded to seven people, most notable being Shinzo Abe in the field of public affairs, and a posthumous award for S...

Legendary musician Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan dies at 89

Legendary Indian classical musician and Padma Shri awardee, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan died at the age of 89 today. He passed away on Sunday...

Farmers' protest: Noted Punjabi poet Surjit Patar to return Padma Shri award

Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and other areas have stayed put at various Delhi border points, protesting against the new farm l...

Former sportspersons from Punjab to return awards in support of farmers' agitation on Sunday

Farmers from Punjab and Haryana have been camping at five Delhi gateways for the past nine days to press their demand for a repeal of the r...

Renowned Kuchipudi dancer Sobha Naidu passes away; Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao pays tribute

The Padma Shri performer had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in Hyderabad.

Google pays tribute to iconic actress & dancer, Padma Shri winner Zohra Segal with colourful doodle

The doodle showed the animated avatar of the veteran actress​, clad in a pink saree, designed by Google guest artist Pavitra Pillai.

Leading civil society bodies meet in Geneva to discuss challenges from Pak-sponsored terror in Kashmir

Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum (AEHRF) is a leading Non-Governmental Organisation (with special ECOSOC accredited consultative status to...

Pandit Jasraj, legendary classical vocalist, passes away at 90 in New Jersey

Legendary classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj passed away at an age of 90 on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the demise of the c...

Follow LG order on COVID-19 testing scrupulously, HC tells AAP govt

The Delhi High Court Monday said it was not going to further monitor the matter in view of the Delhi government status report which said th...

IIT-Madras Professor T Pradeep chosen for Nikkei Asia Prizes 2020

Prof T. Pradeep was honoured with the Padma Shri earlier this year and is credited with developing nanotechnology-enabled water filters. Th...

Hindustani classical singer and Padma Shri awardee, Shanti Hiranand, passes away at 87

The singer was trained in thumri, dadra and ghazal singing by Begum Akhtar.

Padma Shri awardee Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa dies of cardiac arrest after testing positive for coronavirus

He tested positive for coronavirus On Wednesday and died of a cardiac arrest.

Those opposing Padma Shri to Adnan Sami are not aware of Indian Law: Ram Vilas Paswan

He further said that when PM Modi has clarified that there is no talk of NRC at the moment, the opposition parties are unnecessary making i...

Padma Shri for Adnan Sami an insult to 130 cr Indians: NCP

"If anyone from Pakistan chants 'Jai Modi', he can now get citizenship of India as well as a Padma Shri award. Selection of Sami for the aw...

Raj Thackeray's MNS opposes Padma Shri to Pak-born Adnan Sami

Sami was one of the 118 people whose names were announced on Saturday for the Padma Shri awards, with the Ministry of Home Affairs list sho...

Padma Awards 2020 announced; Padma Vibhushan to 7 veterans, Padma Bhushan to 16 & Padma Shri to 118

NEW DELHI: Eminent personalities, including former union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes, Olympian boxer Mary Ko...