Padma award

Sarod player Pt Tejendra Narayan Majumdar honoured with Padma Shri: ‘Such a big endorsement to classical music’

January 26, 2025 9:07 pm

Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, one of the most popular and celebrated modern sarod players, trained under a host of noted musicians.

Padma Awards 2025: Sreejesh to get Padma Bhushan; Padma Shri for R Ashwin, Harvinder Singh, IM Vijayan

January 25, 2025 10:10 pm

For 2025, President Droupadi Murmu has approved conferment of 139 Padma Awards, which include seven Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri Awards.

Watch: 101-year-old French yoga instructor awarded Padma Shri

May 11, 2024 3:39 pm

Charlotte Choplin hails from France and has been a leading personality for over four decades in the field of yoga.

Usha Uthup on receiving Padma Bhushan: 'It’s natural for classical singers to be awarded, but for people like us....'

April 23, 2024 4:34 pm

Singer Usha Uthup, who recently has recently been conferred with Padma Bhushan, says while it is natural from classical singers and dancers to be awarded for their art, she is grateful for the honour and recognition.

Ram Gopal Varma questions Padma award to Chiranjeevi: 'I never heard of Shri Padma Subrahmanyam or Shri Bindeshwar Pathak'

January 30, 2024 3:23 pm

Ram Gopal Varma said that the other two awardees in the Padma list are not as popular as Telugu star Chiranjeevi.

Haryana invites nominations for Padma awards, to be announced on R-Day, 2024

May 16, 2023 5:38 pm

An official letter read, “These awards are open to individuals without any discrimination based on race, occupation, position, or gender. Detailed statutes and rules governing the awards can be found on the official website: www.padmaawards.gov.in.”

Late Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sudha Murty, Keeravaani conferred Padma awards

April 05, 2023 9:56 pm

Author and philanthropist Sudha Murty, physicist Deepak Dhar, who is known for long-standing research career in statistical physics, novelist S L Bhyrappa, were given the Padma Bhushan at a function held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Padma Vibhushan to Mulayam Singh Yadav, a lifelong opposer of BJP, must start a national conversation on ending political polarisation

January 28, 2023 2:26 pm

The honour is an acknowledgement of the significance of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s work and is a testament to the ‘People’s Padma’.

Importance of award is when rival party honours leader: Raj Babbar on Azad's award row

January 28, 2022 5:44 pm

Babbar's remarks come amid speculation over his political future and talk that he is in touch with the Samajwadi Party for a possible switch ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

Among the unsung heroes in Padma list: paraplegic social worker, physician treating snake bites and man behind EVM-VVPAT tech

January 27, 2022 8:05 am

They are some of the unsung heroes who have been conferred the Padma Shri this year by the government for contribution to society or preserving dying art forms. A look at some of them:

Padma awards 2019: Bajrang Punia, Mohanlal, Prabhu Deva among noted winners

March 12, 2019 10:15 am

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the 2019 Padma awards, one of the highest civilian honors, on March 11. The awards were given in three categories: Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished service), Padma Bhushan (distinguished service of higher order) and Padma Shri (distinguished service).

Government Announces List Of 2017 Padma Award Winners

June 22, 2020 7:12 pm