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Ex-Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Mithun Chakraborty Conferred With Padma Awards
Former vice president M Venkaiah Naidu, founder of Sulabh International Bindeshwar Pathak and a host of other prominent persons were conferred with Padma Awards by President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremonial function held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Who Is Shanti Devi? World-Renowed Godna Painter And Padma Awardee
Shanti Devi Paswan and her husband Shivan Paswan overcame social stigma to become globally recognised Godna painters.
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Kangana Ranaut, Esha Gupta Visit New Parliament Building, Praise Women's Reservation Bill
Prominent among them included actors Kangana Ranaut and Esha Gupta, fashion designer Rina Dhaka, singer-dancer Sapna Chaudhary, Padma Shree awardee dancers Nalini and Kamlini and vocalist Padma Shree Sumitra Guha.
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Raveena Tandon's Classic Black And Golden Saree, Worn When She Received The Padma Shri Award, Spells Elegance
Raveena Tandon looked surreal in a golden saree and beamed with pride as she received the award
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International Yoga Day: Odisha Sand Artist Sudarshan Pattnaik Creates Sculpture Featuring PM Modi
On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Odisha-based famous sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture that is going viral on social media. The seven-feet sculpture has been created at the Puri beach.
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Online Nominations For Padma Awards 2023 Open Till September 15
Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said the online nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards 2023 opened on May 1, 2022.
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Padma Winner And Social Worker Baba Iqbal Singh, 96, On Ventilator
Philanthropist and social worker Baba Iqbal Singh, who is on a ventilator, is among this year's Padma Shree award winners.
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"Made Rich Contributions To Literature": PM Modi Condoles Manoj Das Death
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condoled the death of Padma Shree and Padma Bhushan awardee, eminent litterateur Manoj Das from Odisha.
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Vidyavachaspati Govindacharya, Renowned Sanskrit Scholar Dies
Renowned Sanskrit scholar Vidyavachaspati Bannanje Govindacharya died at his residence at Ambalpady in Udupi on Sunday due to age related illness, family sources said. He was 85. A propagator of Madhvaideology and a great orator, Govindacharya had been conferred the Padma Shree in 2009.
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Bharatnatyam Dancer Leela Samson Faces Charges In Auditorium Project
Leela Samson, a Padma Shree awardee and also a former chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification, has been booked along with several officers.
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Sridevi, Bollywood Legend, Condoled By PM, Others After Sudden Death
Bollywood thespian Sridevi passed away in Dubai today at the age of 54. She was in Dubai to attend her nephew and actor Sonam Kapoor's cousin Mohit Marwah's wedding when she suffered from a cardiac arrest.
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Nitish Kumar Gilds The Lotus At Patna Book Fair, Triggers Speculation
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was seen on Sunday filling in the colours of a lotus at the Patna book fair. The lotus was drawn by Baoa Devi, an acclaimed icon of the Mithila style of paining who was awarded with Padma Shree this year.
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Home Ministry Gets 5,000 Nominations For Padma Awards
Home Ministry has received over 5,000 nominations for the coveted Padma awards this year and has so far shortlisted only 500 of them during the three meetings of the committee.
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Sourav Ganguly Recalls Receiving Padma Shree From President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
The 11th President of India, A.P.J. Kalam served the nation in various capacities and was known as the 'Missile Man' after playing a pivotal organisational, technical and political role in the nation's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998. Sourav Ganguly remembered the legend for his down-to-earth demeanour.
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Chitra Singh Wants Bharat Ratna for Late Jagjit Singh
The ghazal maestro's widow, herself a renowned ghazal singer in the 1970s and 1980s, had been persuading Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi for many years to award the Bharat Ratna to her husband.
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Ex-Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Mithun Chakraborty Conferred With Padma Awards
Former vice president M Venkaiah Naidu, founder of Sulabh International Bindeshwar Pathak and a host of other prominent persons were conferred with Padma Awards by President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremonial function held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Who Is Shanti Devi? World-Renowed Godna Painter And Padma Awardee
Shanti Devi Paswan and her husband Shivan Paswan overcame social stigma to become globally recognised Godna painters.
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Kangana Ranaut, Esha Gupta Visit New Parliament Building, Praise Women's Reservation Bill
Prominent among them included actors Kangana Ranaut and Esha Gupta, fashion designer Rina Dhaka, singer-dancer Sapna Chaudhary, Padma Shree awardee dancers Nalini and Kamlini and vocalist Padma Shree Sumitra Guha.
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Raveena Tandon's Classic Black And Golden Saree, Worn When She Received The Padma Shri Award, Spells Elegance
Raveena Tandon looked surreal in a golden saree and beamed with pride as she received the award
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International Yoga Day: Odisha Sand Artist Sudarshan Pattnaik Creates Sculpture Featuring PM Modi
On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Odisha-based famous sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture that is going viral on social media. The seven-feet sculpture has been created at the Puri beach.
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Online Nominations For Padma Awards 2023 Open Till September 15
Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said the online nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards 2023 opened on May 1, 2022.
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Padma Winner And Social Worker Baba Iqbal Singh, 96, On Ventilator
Philanthropist and social worker Baba Iqbal Singh, who is on a ventilator, is among this year's Padma Shree award winners.
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"Made Rich Contributions To Literature": PM Modi Condoles Manoj Das Death
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condoled the death of Padma Shree and Padma Bhushan awardee, eminent litterateur Manoj Das from Odisha.
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Vidyavachaspati Govindacharya, Renowned Sanskrit Scholar Dies
Renowned Sanskrit scholar Vidyavachaspati Bannanje Govindacharya died at his residence at Ambalpady in Udupi on Sunday due to age related illness, family sources said. He was 85. A propagator of Madhvaideology and a great orator, Govindacharya had been conferred the Padma Shree in 2009.
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Bharatnatyam Dancer Leela Samson Faces Charges In Auditorium Project
Leela Samson, a Padma Shree awardee and also a former chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification, has been booked along with several officers.
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Sridevi, Bollywood Legend, Condoled By PM, Others After Sudden Death
Bollywood thespian Sridevi passed away in Dubai today at the age of 54. She was in Dubai to attend her nephew and actor Sonam Kapoor's cousin Mohit Marwah's wedding when she suffered from a cardiac arrest.
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Nitish Kumar Gilds The Lotus At Patna Book Fair, Triggers Speculation
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was seen on Sunday filling in the colours of a lotus at the Patna book fair. The lotus was drawn by Baoa Devi, an acclaimed icon of the Mithila style of paining who was awarded with Padma Shree this year.
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Home Ministry Gets 5,000 Nominations For Padma Awards
Home Ministry has received over 5,000 nominations for the coveted Padma awards this year and has so far shortlisted only 500 of them during the three meetings of the committee.
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Sourav Ganguly Recalls Receiving Padma Shree From President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
The 11th President of India, A.P.J. Kalam served the nation in various capacities and was known as the 'Missile Man' after playing a pivotal organisational, technical and political role in the nation's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998. Sourav Ganguly remembered the legend for his down-to-earth demeanour.
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Chitra Singh Wants Bharat Ratna for Late Jagjit Singh
The ghazal maestro's widow, herself a renowned ghazal singer in the 1970s and 1980s, had been persuading Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi for many years to award the Bharat Ratna to her husband.
