Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday appealed to the Central government to confer the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna on Veer Savarkar.
Chhattisgarh's Ajay Mandavi, who teaches wood calligraphy art to jail inmates, has been honoured with the fourth highest civilian award, Padam Shri, by the Union government for excellence in art.
An 83-year-old tribal woman, Jodhaiya Bai from Umaria district in Madhya Pradesh, has been conferred with India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in the field of art.
A Siddi tribe woman from Jambur village of Junagadh, Hirbai Ibrahim Lobi, has been honoured with the Padma Shri award, the fourth-highest civilian award by the government of India.
Famed Gujarati singer and writer Hemant Chauhan, who was announced among the list of awardees to be presented with the fourth-highest civilian award of India, the Padma Shri, has expressed his happiness on winning the honour.
A 77-year-old doctor from Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh, Dr M C Dawar has been honoured with the fourth highest civilian award Padam Shri by the Government of India.
Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the Assam Government has decided to confer Assam's highest civilian award 'Asom Baibhav' to Dr Tapan Saikia, a renowned doctor for his notable work in the field of cancer in Assam and other Northeastern states.
"Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian Award was instituted on January 2, 1954. All persons without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex are eligible for this Award. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 20 (ANI): 'Karnataka Ratna', the highest civilian award of the Government of Karnataka, will be presented posthumously to noted Kannada actor, Puneet Raj Kumar in front of Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on November 1.