Tag: Padma

Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan, a Nadaswaram player, has been posthumously awarded Padma Shri.New Delhi: The list of this year's Padma Shri awardees includes many "unsung heroes" who have contributed to the society in their own ways.The Narendra Modi government posthumously awarded Andhra Pradesh's Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan, a Nadaswaram player and ...

Faisal Ali Dar is the first Padma awardee in sport from Kashmir, but the 33-year-old martial arts coach is determined to ensure that the recognition is only a pitstop in his long journey on which he wants to achieve much more. As the Dar family celebrated the accolade, and ...

Srinagar/New Delhi: Former Chief Minister and Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad was Tuesday conferred with Padma Bhushan award, while renowned martial art coach from Bandipora Faisal Ali Dar and Vishwamutri Shastri were named for Padma Shri award respectively.The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday announced the list of ...

Kalyan Singh, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, and General Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, will be posthumously honoured with the Padma Vibhushan. The Centre has conferred the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award, on Indian-origin tech moguls Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai, the CEOs of Microsoft ...

General Bipin Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff, was killed last year in a helicopter crash.New Delhi: General Bipin Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff who was killed last year in a helicopter crash, vaccine makers Krishna Ella, Suchitra Ella, Cyrus Poonawalla, opposition politicians Ghulam Nabi Azad, ...

NEW DELHI, Nov 8: India has honoured Indian American Narinder Singh Kapany with Padma Vibhushan, the 2nd highest award of the country. Known as the ”father of fibre optics”, he coined the term fibre optics. Calling him a “pioneering Indian-American Scientist popularly known as the Father of Fibre Optics”, ...

DSM condoles demise of Padma Sachdev Jammu Tawi: The Executive Committee of Dogri Sangharash Morcha, through teleconferencing expressed great shock over the sad demise of Padamshree and Sahitya Akademi Awardee Smt Padma Sachdev, who left for heavenly abode yesterday at Mumbai. The DSM Executive paid rich homage to the ...

JKAACL condole demise of Dogri poetess Padma Sachdev Jammu Tawi, August 04:  Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) has condoled the demise of renowned Dogri poetess and novelist, Padma Sachdev. A condolence meeting was held which was telephonically addressed by Secretary Academy, Rahul Pandey who ...

Mumbai: Actress Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday requested the government to take back the Padma Shri honour that has been conferred on filmmaker Karan Johar. On the actress’s verified account, @KanganaTeam, she re-shared a post related to Johar’s latest production “Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl”. The tweet was in reference to ...