Dr Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, a distinguished Padma Vibhushan awardee, presented the award to Professor Akhtar at an illustrious ceremony held here on Friday, a release said.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Friday targeted the BJP-led central government, saying the Padma Vibhushan award doesn't do justice to the persona and standing of the late party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav as he deserved the Bharat Ratna.
New Delhi [India], March 29 (ANI): Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader late Kalyan Singh was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan award on Monday.
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): Soon after the Padma Awards ceremony concluded on Monday, all the awardees posed with President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a group photograph.
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): Renowned Indian classical vocalist, Dr Prabha Atre, has been conferred with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, on Monday.
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): India's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, who died in a helicopter crash in December last year, was posthumously conferred Padma Vibhushan. His daughters Kritika and Tarini received the award on the CDS's behalf.
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for honouring Late Chief of Defence General Bipin Rawat and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh with Padma Vibhushan.
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Centre decided to confer the Padma Vibhushan award to the country's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Sin
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 15 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday expressed grief over the demise of notable historian, author and Padma Vibhushan awardee Balwant Moreshwar Purandare who was popularly known as Babasaheb Purandare.