Bharat Ratna

President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday conferred Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart and former deputy prime minister L K Advani at his residence here.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the contributions of those conferred the Bharat Ratna on Saturday by President Droupadi Murmu, paying rich tributes to former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh besides other luminaries.

President Droupadi Murmu today conferred Bharat Ratna on five eminent personalities, including two former Prime Ministers, Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao.

If India is able to manoeuvre through rough times today, some credit needs to go to Rao, who set India on this course economically and in terms of foreign policy, with a pair of steady hands.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday targeted the Congress and said the party believes that members of only one family have a right over the Bharat Ratna.

Praising the work done by the founder of the Serum Institute of India (SII), in the field of vaccine production, founder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sharad Pawar demanded that Cyrus Poonawalla be honoured with the Bharat Ratna award.

Amid farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' protest, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said the Centre announced Bharat Ratna to agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan, but does not implement his recommendations.

The BJP seems to have deployed a complex poll strategy-openly criticising the current Congress leadership while simultaneously bestowing honours upon veterans.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met family members of former Bihar chief minister late Karpoori Thakur, who was bestowed Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian award, last month.

Leader of the House and Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday that had the former Prime Minister Chaudhary Singh belonged to the Nehru-Gandhi family, then the previous Congress-led UPA government would have awarded him Bharat Ratna

Journalist Nikhil Wagle's car was attacked in Pune on Friday allegedly by BJP workers for making defamatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and veteran leader LK Advani.

Journalist Nikhil Wagle's car was attacked on Friday allegedly by BJP workers in Pune while he was on his way to attend an event, officials said.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut targeted the Centre for "forgetting" Hindutva icon and freedom fighter VD Savarkar and Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray while announcing the Bharat Ratna awards.

The Congress, which is accused by the BJP of disrespecting its own leader Narasimha Rao, has welcomed the announcement that the government will confer the Bharat Ratna on the former prime minister - but not without taking a dig at the ruling party.

The family is very happy and delighted with the honour, said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former chief scientist of WHO and the daughter of noted agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan who was honoured with the Bharat Ratna today.

President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday conferred Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart and former deputy prime minister L K Advani at his residence here.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the contributions of those conferred the Bharat Ratna on Saturday by President Droupadi Murmu, paying rich tributes to former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh besides other luminaries.

President Droupadi Murmu today conferred Bharat Ratna on five eminent personalities, including two former Prime Ministers, Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao.

If India is able to manoeuvre through rough times today, some credit needs to go to Rao, who set India on this course economically and in terms of foreign policy, with a pair of steady hands.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday targeted the Congress and said the party believes that members of only one family have a right over the Bharat Ratna.

Praising the work done by the founder of the Serum Institute of India (SII), in the field of vaccine production, founder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sharad Pawar demanded that Cyrus Poonawalla be honoured with the Bharat Ratna award.

Amid farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' protest, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said the Centre announced Bharat Ratna to agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan, but does not implement his recommendations.

The BJP seems to have deployed a complex poll strategy-openly criticising the current Congress leadership while simultaneously bestowing honours upon veterans.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met family members of former Bihar chief minister late Karpoori Thakur, who was bestowed Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian award, last month.

Leader of the House and Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday that had the former Prime Minister Chaudhary Singh belonged to the Nehru-Gandhi family, then the previous Congress-led UPA government would have awarded him Bharat Ratna

Journalist Nikhil Wagle's car was attacked in Pune on Friday allegedly by BJP workers for making defamatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and veteran leader LK Advani.

Journalist Nikhil Wagle's car was attacked on Friday allegedly by BJP workers in Pune while he was on his way to attend an event, officials said.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut targeted the Centre for "forgetting" Hindutva icon and freedom fighter VD Savarkar and Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray while announcing the Bharat Ratna awards.

The Congress, which is accused by the BJP of disrespecting its own leader Narasimha Rao, has welcomed the announcement that the government will confer the Bharat Ratna on the former prime minister - but not without taking a dig at the ruling party.

The family is very happy and delighted with the honour, said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former chief scientist of WHO and the daughter of noted agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan who was honoured with the Bharat Ratna today.