Padma Shri

For the year 2016, the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 112 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 10 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 83 Padma Shri Awardees. 19 of the awardees are women and…

Lok Kabi Ratna Haldhar Nag, who was awarded Padma Shri today, is a gem of a poet who has miraculously brought poetry closer to the mass and revived a never before public interest in literature at a time and place considered unfavorable for…

New Delhi, Jan 25: Bollywood actors Anupam Kher and Ajay Devgn on Monday welcomed the reported government decision to honour them with a Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri respectively. Megastar Rajinikanth's daughter shared her joy on the award…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 24: Odisha’s prominent minority body, the Odisha Minority Forum has come out in support of the decision by noted poet and writer Shri. Jayant Mahapatra to return his Padma Shri to the President of India. The forum said in a…

Leading English Poet from Odisha, Jayant Mahapatra, has shocked everyone by deciding to return the 'Padma Shri' award received in 2009 over the alleged "rising intolerance" in the country. He took the decision at a time when the debate was…

Historian, Writer and Editor Dr. Shekhar Pathak has decided to return 'Padma Shri' award, which he received in 2007. He cited "rising intolerance" in the country while taking the decision. * Shekhar Pathak is the founder of People's…

Mumbai, Nov 2: At a time when National Award-winning artists are returning their government awards and honours to protest impediments to freedom of speech and expression in India, superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he will not be returning his…

While around 26 Writers, Poets and Translators have returned their 'Sahitya Akademi' awards so far, alleging rising intolerance and communalism in the country in the wake of Kalburgi murder and Dadri lynching, another veteran Punjabi…

Chandigarh's famous Rock Garden creator Nek Chand died here at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here on Friday, his family members said. He was 90 years old and was suffering from diabetes,…

India's high civilian honours - the Bharat Ratna and Padma awards - were on Monday conferred by President Pranab Mukherjee on a galaxy of prominent people who have done the country proud. Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award, was…