Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh, along with green revolution pioneer ...

'Jan Nayak' Karpoori Thakur (people's leader) joins the pantheon of great political leaders like Lal Bahadur Shastri, Pandit Madan Mohan Ma...

Pandit Ravi Shankar, a celebrated sitar player and composer, is being remembered on his 103rd birth anniversary on April 7. He was awarded ...

In a career spanning 80 years, the singer built up a repertoire that comprised several timeless classics.

This year, 34 women were named for Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, among the 128 awardees. One of them, veteran singer Sandh...

Rich tributes poured in for the man whom many considered the father of Indian IT.

The first woman sportsperson to be decorated with the Padma Vibhushan, celebrated boxer MC Mary Kom on Sunday said she hopes to win the Bha...

However, the institution of additional categories may increase the chances of (living) Indians in future.

A one-of-its-kind docu-feature is being made on Bharat Ratna winner, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar with never-seen-before footage.

The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister to the President. No formal recommendations for this are necessary.

Sachin today called for taking forward Modi's resolve of a 'Swachh Bharat' as he said that clean surroundings should be complemented with t...

Wrestler K D Jadhav was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic medal in 1952 in Helsinki.

It also sought to know why the Congress waited for 41 years after Sardar Patel’s death to award Bharat Ratna to the great leader.

Kurien’s daughter expressed surprise that many people recommended him, but was disappointed that her father was not given the award.

The government also posthumously conferred the Padma Bhushan on superstar Rajesh Khanna and satirist Jaspal Bhatti.

Sportsmen’s race has begun for Bharat Ratnas. There's an inevitability about the demand that the honour be bestowed on Sachin Tendulkar.

Food and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday honoured 111 awardees under 12 different categories for excellence in farm research...