Padma Shri

Girish Karnad Dies At 81: A Legendary Life

Entertainment | Tuesday June 11, 2019

Girish Karnad died in a Bengaluru hospital on Monday morning and his last rites will be held later today

Veteran Film And Theatre Personality Girish Karnad Dies At 81

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday June 13, 2019

Award-winning playwright, actor and director Girish Karnad died at a hospital in Bengaluru at 6.30 am today morning. He was 81 years old.

Actor-Comedian Dinyar Contractor Dies At 79, PM Modi Tweets Condolence Message

Entertainment | Wednesday June 5, 2019

Dinyar Contractor, who remained associated with Gujarati and Hindi theatre during his career, was honoured with the Padma Shri in January this year.

German Padma Shri Awardee Who Looks After Cows Allowed To Stay In India

India News | Agence France-Presse | Monday May 27, 2019

It's a long way from Berlin to India, where Friederike Irina Bruening devotes her life to sick and abandoned cows. Now, after intervention from the government, she has been allowed to stay.

Denied Visa Extension, Padma Shri Winner Says Will Return Award: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 26, 2019

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought a report today after a German Padma Shri awardee threatened to return her award, reportedly over being denied visa extension.

Saif Ali Khan: Wanted To Give The Padma Shri Back

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 15, 2019

"I hope in time, when I look back and people look at it, they will say, 'I think he deserves an honour for the work he has done," said Saif Ali Khan

Meet The 100-Year-Old Yoga Instructor Who Has No Plans Of Stopping

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Thursday April 18, 2019

Age is truly just a number for Tao Porchon-Lynch. Though she may be a 100-years-old, the Padma Shri Award-winning yoga instructor from New York has no plans to stop practicing and teaching.

Padma Shri Gautam Gambhir Takes A Dig At Critics After Receiving Honour

Sunday March 17, 2019

Gautam Gambhir announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in December 2018.

Padma Awards 2019: Manoj Bajpayee Receive His Honour, 'Congratulations,' Tweet Celebs

Entertainment | Sunday March 17, 2019

Padma Awards 2019: Manoj Bajpayee was honoured with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, on Saturday

Watch: When The "Mother Of Trees" Blessed President Ram Nath Kovind

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday March 16, 2019

The strict protocol of Rashtrapati Bhavan could not curb the motherly instincts of 106-year-old Saalumarada Thimmakka, who was awarded Padma Shri for planting thousands of trees in Karnataka, as she touched the forehead of President Ram Nath Kovind to bless him.

Former Diplomat Jaishankar, Akali Leader Among Recipients Of Padma Awards

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday March 11, 2019

Former foreign secretary S Jaishankar, Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, film personalities Mohanlal and Prabhu Deva are among the 47 prominent personalities who were conferred Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind today.

Padma Awards: Mohanlal, Prabhudeva And Shankar Mahadevan Receive Their Honours

Entertainment | Monday March 11, 2019

Padma Awards: Mohanlal received the Padma Bhushan, Indian's third-highest civilian award. Man of many talents Prabhudeva received the Padma Shri

Veteran Manipuri Filmmaker Returns Padma Shri To Protest Citizenship Bill

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Sunday February 3, 2019

Veteran Manipuri filmmaker Aribam Syam Sharma on Sunday said would like to return his Padma Shri that he was awarded in 2006 in protest against the central government's Citizenship Bill. The 82-year-old made the announcement in Imphal.

Padma Shri Awarded On Merit, Not Transgender Identity: Narthaki Nataraj

India News | ANI | Thursday January 31, 2019

Narthaki Nataraj, the first transgender to be awarded the Padma Shri, opined that she was chosen for the civilian decoration not because of her gender or identity but solely on the basis of merit and her talent as a Bharatanatyam artist.

Manoj Bajpayee's 'Happy No One Abused Him After Padma Shri Announcement'

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday January 29, 2019

Manoj Bajpayee said: "It's a good thing that when you get an honour nobody has raised objections against it"