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President confers Padma awards to Manoj Bajpayee, Swapan Chaudhuri
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday conferred the Padma awards upon prominent personalities in the field of art, including actor Manoj Bajpayee and musician Swapan Chaudhuri, at a civil investiture ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan.
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Gautam Gambhir among 5 sportsperson received Padma Award
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir, and four other sports personalities received Padma Awards from President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday for their awe-inspiring contribution to the sports world.
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Padma Awards 2019: Mohanlal, Prabhu Deva and others conferred with honours
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Superstar Mohanlal, musician Shankar Mahadevan and classical sitar artist Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee were among those who received their Padma Awards from President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.
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President confers Padma awards to 56 recipients
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday conferred the Padma awards to 56 of the 112 personalities, chosen for this year's honour, at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
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Padma Awards 2019: Shabbir Sayyad conferred with Padma Shri for protecting
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Beed (Maharashtra), Jan 27 (ANI): The family of Shabbir Sayyad is filled with joy ever since they got to know that he has been conferred with Padma Shri honour for his efforts towards the welfare of animals.
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Former Kerala cop questions Padma Award to Nambi Narayanan
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kerala (India), Jan 27 (ANI): Former Kerala DGP, T P Senkumar has questioned the Government's decision to confer the Padma award on ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan, asking for an explanation of his contributions to the country.
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I’m proud that six people from Bihar got Padma Awards: Godavari Dutta
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): A day after the centre conferred Padma awards, Mithila artist Godavari Dutta with Padam Shree award winner from Bihar, on Saturday said that she feels honoured and she is proud that six people from Bihar were chosen for their contribution to India.
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Govt transparent in choosing Padma awardees : Social worker Rajani Kant
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Social worker Rajani Kant of Varanasi, who made it to the list of Padma Shri awardees this year, said that there is transparency by the government in choosing the names of the Padma awardees else persons like him could never think of getting it
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112 Padma award recipients announced
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 25 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs announced the names of the 112 recipients of the Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian Awards of the country on the eve of the country's 70th Republic Day.
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Centre receives around 50,000 nominations for Padma Awards
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs has received a record high of 49,992 nominations for the Padma Awards 2019.
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BJP MP demands Padma Award for Nambi Narayanan
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) Rajeev Chandrasekhar has appealed to the central government to honour former Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientist Nambi Narayanan, who was arrested in an alleged spy scandal in 1994, with a
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Prithviraj Chavan pitches for honouring late Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav wit
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan on Friday urged the Centre to honour Olympic wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav with Padma Bhushan posthumously.
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