Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India] Jan 27 (ANI): Being an Adivasi woman, I never thought that I would be considered for the Padma Vibhushan award, India’s second highest civilian honour, said noted folk artist Teejan Bai on Sunday.
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): Asserting that no sanyasi (seer) has been awarded Bharat Ratna since independence, Yog Guru Ramdev on Sunday demanded that seers in the country should also be conferred with the highest civilian honour for their contributions.
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Saturday said that former President Pranab Mukherjee was selected for the nation's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna as he had visited the RSS headquarters in Nagpur.
New Delhi [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Late playback singer Bhupen Hazarika's brother Samar Hazarika on Friday expressed gratitude towards the Central and Assam governments after the former was conferred with the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour.
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on requested the central government to confer Bharat Ratna - highest civilian honour - on late Siddaganga seer Shivakumara Swami.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 9 (ANI): Idris Ali, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP on Friday said that West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee should be awarded Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, as she is a symbol of national integration.
New Delhi [India], Sep 17 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Chairman and MD, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd., Dr. Raghupati Singhania has been conferred with 'Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle', the highest honour accorded to non-nationals by the Government of Mexico.
Malabo [Equatorial Guinea], Apr 8 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind was conferred with the Condecoracion, the highest honour accorded to a non-citizen by the government of Equatorial Guinea here on Sunday.
Kallar (Kerala) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): A 75-year-old tribal woman from Kallar forest area has received the country's fourth highest civilian honours Padma Shri Award for her breakthrough in practising traditional medicine.
New Delhi [India], Apr. 9 (ANI): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sunday denied running any official campaign regarding Bharat Ratna, in what can be called a clarification against Tawang district RSS leader Lhundup Chosang's crusade for awarding the country's highest civili
New Delhi [India], Oct.21 (ANI): An Australian-Indian nanotechnology expert, who was awarded Australia's highest civilian honour - the Companion of the Order of Australia, begins a five-city tour of India on October 24.