Now Deaflympics gold medallist Virender Singh to return Padma Shri over WFI president's electionThrowing his weight behind Olympic bronze medallist grappler Sakshi Malik, who announced her retirement from the sport soon after Sanjay Si...
It's Bajrang Punia's personal decision to return Padma Shri: Sports MinistrySakshi Malik, Bajrang and Vinesh Phogat addressed a press conference after Sanjay's election in which Sakshi, a bronze medallist at the 201...
Padma award nominations drop to less than a lakh, from 4.85 lakh in 2022Officials attributed the rise in numbers to Covid-19 and the government's initiative to popularise them as People's Padma. And as life is m...
Ex-AMU VC, Olympian were on 19-member Padma search panelBesides Prof Mansoor, the committee consisted of Sujan R. Chinoy, former diplomat; I V Subba Rao and Kirit Shelat, former civil servants; A...
Isro Chief, Rohit Sharma were in 2022 long list but didn't get Padma AwardsThe government panel was led by former secretary Satpal Chouhan and had joint secretaries of various central ministries. Among agriculture ...
Nambi Narayanan, PT Usha were part of Padma panelThe constituents of this panel were not publicly known till now. The awards were announced last month on the eve of Republic Day and were c...
Names of doctors SK Sarin, Suresh Kumar, Sandeep Buddhiraja to be sent for Padma awards: Delhi CMThe Delhi government had decided to recommend the names of only doctors and paramedics for the Padma awards this year and had asked Delhiit...
Boston to host conference on contributions of Hindus to AmericaThe purpose of the event is two-fold: exploring the contributions of Hindus to America and paying tribute to the largesse of America.
HRD panel drafting New Education Policy gets third extensionThe TSR Subramanian panel submitted its report to the government in May 2016, suggesting measures to strengthen the education sector that c...
PM’s yoga guru Dr HR Nagendra and journalist, S Gurumurthy were part of Padma Awards CommitteePM Modi’s yoga therapist, Dr HR Nagendra, and RSS ideologue and journalist, S Gurumurthy, were part of the eightmember Padma Awards Committ...
Padma awards: Rajinikanth, Rohit Shetty shortlisted but didn't make the cutBaba Ramdev, actor Rajinikanth and Bollywood directors Rajkumar Hirani and Rohit Shetty were among the 1,897 names recommended for Padma aw...
L K Advani, Ramdev may get Padma awardsAs per the government sources, yoga guru Ramdev and Vedic scholar Prof David Frawley are also in the Padma awards list.
Saina Nehwal lashes out at sports ministry over Padma snubBadminton ace Saina Nehwal is hurt that the Union sports ministry did not recommend her name for the 2015 Padma Bhushan award despite a spa...
Padma awards to cricketers only after probe gets over: Aditya VermaAccording to BCCI sources, Dhoni and Kohli's names have been referred for the Padma Bhusan and Padmashri award respectively.
Prof Avdhash Kaushal only Indian on the panel to probe war crimes in Sri LankaProf Avdhash Kaushal, Chairperson of Dehradun-based NGO Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra will be the only Indian on the panel .
- Follow rules, update records: Central Zoo Authority to Amar Circus
A high-level committee of Central Zoo Authority (CZA) on Monday directed the Amar Circus owner to maintain records and follow prescribed ru...
- Chatwal was on ’09 Padma list as well
The award for Mr Chatwal has already become controversial with Opposition and civil society activists attacking the government for selectin...