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Delhi Assembly passes resolution urging Centre to confer Bharat Ratna to e
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution urging the central government to posthumously confer 'Bharat Ratna', the country's highest civilian award to environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna.
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Don't know who AR Rahman is; Bharat Ratna equal to my father's toenail, sa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 22 (ANI): Veteran Tollywood actor and politician Nandamuri Balakrishna stoked a controversy when he said that he does not know who Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman is, and added that Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, is equal to the "t
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Chirag Paswan seeks Bharat Ratna for father Ram Vilas Paswan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Facing revolt within his party, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to confer the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna on his father and late subaltern leader Ram Vilas Paswan.
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Animation evangelist Biren Ghose awarded French National Order of Merit, k
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], March 5 (ANI/BusinessWire India): On behalf of the President of the Republique of France, Docteur Marjorie Vanbaelinghem, the Consule Generale of France in Bengaluru, decorated Biren Ghose with the prestigious French civilian award The Ordre National du Merite.
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Congress does not agree with Shiv Sena's demand for Bharat Ratna to Savark
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 5 (ANI): Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Friday said that the party does not share the same stand with Shiv Sena, its alliance partner in Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, over the demand for India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna to Hindu
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Father of Fiber Optics Narinder S Kapany conferred Padma Vibhushan posthum
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
San Francisco [US], January 26 (ANI): For Dr Narinder Singh Kapany who has been awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award means much more than even the Nobel Prize, according to the kin of the man who is known as the 'Father of Fiber Optics'.
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Shinzo Abe, SP Balasubramaniam among Padma Vibhushan awardees
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and music legend SP Balasubramaniam (posthumously) are among this year's recipients of Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-highest civilian award.
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Telangana Assembly resolution seeking 'Bharat Ratna' to Narasimha Rao is l
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 8 (ANI): Telangana BJP spokesperson NV Subhash, the grandson of former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao on Tuesday lauded the resolution passed by the Telangana Assembly recommending the nation's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna to late Prime Minis
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AIMIM opposes Bharat Ratna to PV Narasimha Rao, boycotts Telangana Assembl
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 8 (ANI): Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi led All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) members on Tuesday boycotted the Telangana State Legislative Assembly in which it has unanimously passed a resolution requesting the central government to co
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Gurpreet Sandhu to win more accolades in future including Padma Shri: Subr
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): Iconic Indian goalkeeper Subrata Paul lauded fellow custodian Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and went on to say that he will win more accolades in the future including the prestigious Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award of the country.
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Udaipur Born Ugandan Business Leader - Rajesh Chaplot honoured with the Hi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], Mar 11 (ANI/Digpu): Distinguished Non-Resident Indian (NRI) businessman, Rajesh Chaplot was honoured with the Highest Civilian Award (Golden Jubilee Medal-Civilians) of Uganda. The award was presented by none other than President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni in a ceremony in
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Congress leaders target government over Padma Shri to Adnan Sami
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Congress leaders on Sunday targeted the BJP government for conferring the Padma Shri on singer Adnan Sami, saying that an Army soldier Mohammad Sanaullah could not make it to NRC in Assam, but the son of a Pakistan Air Force officer had been selected for t
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