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Playback singer S Janaki rejects Padma Bhushan award

Veteran south Indian playback singer S Janaki on Saturday rejected the Padma Bhushan award, saying it has come too late in her 55-year-long career. "I refuse the Padma award... I have been singing......

Padma Bhushan for Ghulam Nabi Azad divides Congress

Ever since the announcement of the Padma Awards, a divide is being seen in the Congress, especially after its veteran leader Gulam Nabi Azad was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Centre for his......

Google CEO Sundar Pichai receives Padma Bhushan in US

"India is a part of me and I carry it with me wherever I go," Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has said, as he received the prestigious Padma Bhushan award from the Indian envoy to the US.......

Freedom fighter rejects Padma Bhushan

Siddha Raj Dadda, veteran freedom fighter and social activist, has rejected the Padma Bhushan award conferred on him on the eve of Republic Day.Dadda announced the decision while inaugurating the......

At 12, Zakir Hussain got Rs 5 for first tabla show

Eight years ago, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain had narrated how his father Alla Rakha had welcomed him into this world by putting the musical instrument's rhythms into his ears when asked to recite......

India Will Always Be Grateful To Osamu Suzuki

'Without his vision and foresight, his willingness to take a risk that no one else was willing to take, his deep and abiding love for India, the Indian automobile industry could not have become the......

Bibek Debroy, chief of PM's economic council, passes away

Bibek Debroy, a key economic adviser to the Prime Minister whose prolific work included translations of the puranas and the vedas, passed away on Friday. He was 69. Photograph: Utpal Sarkar/ANI......

Banking industry doyen N Vaghul dies at 88

Veteran banker N Vaghul, who led the transformation of ICICI into a private sector lender, died on Saturday afternoon due to health complications. He was 88. Vaghul took over the reins of ICICI,......

How much stake does Sudha Murty own in Infosys?

Sudha Murty, who was on Friday nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President, holds a 0.83 per cent stake in IT bellwether Infosys which at current prices is worth close to Rs 5,600 crore.......

Usha Uthup, Mithun Get Padma Bhushan Awards

Usha Uthup and Mithun Chakraborty were among those who were conferred with the prestigious Padma Bhushan award for their outstanding contribution to Indian cinema. IMAGE: President......

PIX: Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi receive Padma Bhushan

Veteran Bollywood actors Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi were felicitated with Padma Bhushan by the President of India Pratibha Patil in a ceremony conducted in Rashtrapati Bhawan today in New Delhi.......

Rajesh Khanna, Sridevi to receive Padma Bhushan

The list of recipients of this year's Padma Bhushan -- India's third highest civilian award -- set to be announced later today, includes three heavyweights of Hindi cinema. According to......

Vyjayanthimala, Chiranjeevi Honoured

Photograph: ANI Photo After receiving the Padma Vibhushan, Vyjayanthimala Bali is thrilled. The veteran actor received the honour from President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday,......

Kamal Haasan@70: What Makes Him Ulaga Nayagan

'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian......

PHOTOS: Dhoni, Advani receive Padma Bhushan award

IMAGE: President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma Bhushan to cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni during the Padma Awards function at Rastrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Monday. Photograph: Atul Yadav/PTI......

PIX: Padma Bhushan for Sindhu; Rani gets Padma Shri

IMAGE: PV Sindhu is conferred the Padma Bhushan -- the country's third-highest civilian award by President Ram Nath Kovind. Photographs: Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs &......

Jhajharia becomes first Paralympian to receive Padma Bhushan

'To the youth, I will say work hard. One minute of work will not get you anything. I have worked hard for the past 20 years, 2002 was the first time I won a gold medal.' IMAGE: Paralympian......

Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker SNUBBED for Khel Ratna award?

Manu Bhaker's missing from Khel Ratna nominees; ministry says no final list yet IMAGE: Manu Bhaker became independent India's first athlete to win two medals in a single edition of the......

MS Dhoni nominated for Padma Bhushan honour

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India to the 2011 World Cup win and the 2007 T20 World Championships triumph. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The Indian cricket board has nominated Mahendra......

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