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President to confer Padma awards on late Kalyan Singh, 72 others

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday will confer Padma awards on 74 distinguished personalities, including former BJP leader late Kalyan Singh and actor Victor Banerjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Amit Shah hosts dinner for Padma awardees, lauds their contribution

Amit Shah hosted dinner for the Padma awardees and said that the Narendra Modi government deeply honours their selfless spirit and tireless work for the welfare of the society and the country

Prez Kovind confers Padma awards to 54 distinguished personalities

This year, no names were announced for 'Bharat Ratna', India's highest civilian award, which was last awarded in 2019 to Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika

Devendra Jhajharia receives Padma Bhushan, first para athlete to do so

The javelin thrower competes in the F46 events in the Paralympics and was among the four Paralympic medallists to be conferred with the Padma awards this year

Tabla Maestro Anindya Chatterjee also refused Padma award

Eminent Tabla player Pandit Anindya Chatterjee has declined to receive the Padma Shri honour. Chatterjee is the second person from Bengal's vibrant musical world who was offered the Padma award this year and refused it. The eminent percussionist, who has been 'jugal bandis' (duets) with classical maestros like Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan said on Wednesday he had recieved a phone call from Delhi on Tuesday seeking his consent to accepting the honour. "However I politely declined. I said thank you but I am not ready to receive Padma Shri at this phase of my career. I have passed that phase," Chatterjee who received the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2002 said. A disciple of PanditJnan Prakash Ghosh, he has performed at the Rastrapati Bhavan in the past and was the youngest tabla player to perform in the British Parliament's House of Commons in 1989. Chatterjee said he would have accepted the honour with gratitude had it been conferred on him

General Bipin Rawat to Satya Nadella: Complete list of Padma Awardees 2022

President Ram Nath Kovind approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards this year on the eve of the 73rd Republic Day. Following is the list of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardees: Padma Vibhushan (4) SN Name Field State/Country 1 Ms. Prabha Atre Art Maharashtra 2 Shri Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous) Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh 3 General Bipin Rawat Civil Service Uttarakhand (Posthumous) 4 Shri Kalyan Singh Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh (Posthumous) Padma Bhushan (17) 5 Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad Public Affairs Jammu and Kashmir 6 Shri Victor Banerjee Art West Bengal 7 Ms. Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous) Art Punjab 8 Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Public Affairs West Bengal 9 Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran Trade and Industry Maharashtra 10 Shri Krishna Ella and Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo) Trade and Industry Telangana 11 Ms. Madhur Jaffery Others-Culinary 12 Shri Devendra Jhajharia Sports Rajasthan 13 Shri Rashid Khan A

PM committed to honouring real heroes: Amit Shah on Padma awards

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the President approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards

General Bipin Rawat, tech giants and vax makers get Padma awards

Chandrasekaran, Nadella, Pichai, Ella also figure in the civilian awards list

George Fernandes, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj conferred Padma awards

There were two Padma awards ceremonies for the years 2020 and 2021 held in the morning and evening

Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut and more receive Padma Shri awards

President Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma awards to 73 individuals, some posthumously

President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma awards in Rashtrapati Bhavan

President Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma awards to 73 individuals, some posthumously, at a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Monday.

Nominate your choice of inspiring people for Padma awards: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to nominate their choice of persons, who are doing exceptional work at the grassroots, for Padma awards. In a tweet, Modi said India has many talented people doing exceptional work at the grassroots but they are often not much known. "India has many talented people, who are doing exceptional work at the grassroots. Often, we don't see or hear much of them. Do you know such inspiring people? You can nominate them for the #PeoplesPadma. Nominations are open till 15th September. http://padmaawards.gov.in," he tweeted, sharing the link of the website. The Padma awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri are amongst the highest civilian awards of the country. In the last few years, the Modi government has been honouring scores of unsung heroes with the Padma awards for their life-long contributions to the society and achievements in different fields. Instituted in 1954, these awards are announced on the occasion of

Govt urges citizens to recommend names for Padma awards, last date Sept 15

The Centre Thursday said it was committed to transform the Padma awards into "People's Padma"

Online presentations for MPs by Padma Awardees from today: LS Speaker

'Presentations by Eminent Social Workers for the benefit of Members of Parliament' from January 18 to January 22

President Kovind presents Padma awards to 54 'inspiring' personalities

About 50,000 nominations were submitted for the awards this year

In pics: Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri awards 2019; the complete winners' list

As many as 112 "inspiring" personalities were selected for this year's Padma awards including four Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri

A M Naik, Kuldip Nayar, Kader Khan among 112 people named for Padma awards

President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh, L&T chairman A M Naik, late journalist Kuldip Nayar, late actor Kadar Khan and cricketer Gautam Gambhir were among the 112 prominent personalities who were named on Friday for conferment of this year's Padma awards. Folk artist from Chhattisgarh Teejan Bai, Guelleh, Naik and theatre actor from Maharashtra Balwant Moreshwar Purandare will be honoured with Padma Vibushan, former Comptroller and Auditor General V K Shunglu, former union minister Kariya Munda, Akali leader S S Dhindsa were named for Padma Bhushan. Former CEO of CISCO Systems John Chambers, South African anti-Apartheid Leader Pravin Gordhan, iconic face of MDH spices Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati, Malayalam actor Mohan Lal, founder President of Saraswati Nadi Shodh Sansthan, Darshan Lal Jain were among the 14 renowned persons named for Padma Bhushan, the Home Ministry announced. Late actor Kadar Khan, cricketer Gautam Gambhir, dancer and choreographer Prabhu Deva and former ...

Govt receives highest-ever nominations, around 50,000, for Padma Awards

The ministry received 35,595 nominations in the previous year, and 18,768 in the year 2016

Padma Awards: Dhoni, Neerja Bhanot, Arnab Goswami rejected by govt

However, the Home Ministry has not cited any reasons for rejecting the names

Pichai, Nadella, PV Sindhu and more: Shortlisted names for Padma awards

Sharad Pawar and Murli Manohar Joshi are among the politicians who made it to the coveted list