Padma Shri Awards

Charlotte Chopin embarked on her yoga journey when she was 50 years old.

India's first woman elephant mahout Parbati Baruah famous as "Hasti Kanya" is 34 "unsung heroes" awarded Padma Shri on Thursday.

Olympic medalist Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia on Sunday said that he will not take back his Padma Shri award that he returned to the government until justice is given to his "sisters and daughters" fighting against sexual harassment.

A day after Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia announced that he was returning the Padma Shri, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Saturday said that the wrestler should have not returned the award as it was his right.

Bajrang Punia said on Friday that he has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will be returning his Padma Shri.

Ms Mahajan, aged 41, a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award Padma Shri and a holder of several skydiving records.

British member of Parliament Barry Gardiner and late British theatre director Peter Brook were formally conferred their Padma Shri awards at a special ceremony at India House in London.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met with Padma Shri awarded Japanese author who is also a skilled Hindi and Punjabi linguist.

Raveena Tandon looked surreal in a golden saree and beamed with pride as she received the award

President Droupadi Murmu presented the Padma honours in attendance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Rashtrapati Bhawan

Noted academician and Sikh scholar Dr Rattan Singh Jaggi received his Padma Shri from President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday.

Asked which year the engagement was, Raveena replied, "Forgotten about it."

Cricket coach Gurcharan Singh, who was recently awarded the Padma Shri, said that players like Gavaskar, Tendulkar and Kohli will always remain the greatest cricketers India has produced, and newcomers can never overshadow their legacy.

Ajay Kumar Mandavi, chosen from Chhattisgarh for the Padma Shri awards this year, has for more than a decade been teaching Kanker jail inmates, several of them arrested in cases related to the outlawed Maoist movement, wooden calligraphy art.

Jodhaiya Bai from Madhya Pradesh is a prominent tribal mural painter, who spent five over decades as labourer before getting a big break as an artist

Charlotte Chopin embarked on her yoga journey when she was 50 years old.

India's first woman elephant mahout Parbati Baruah famous as "Hasti Kanya" is 34 "unsung heroes" awarded Padma Shri on Thursday.

Olympic medalist Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia on Sunday said that he will not take back his Padma Shri award that he returned to the government until justice is given to his "sisters and daughters" fighting against sexual harassment.

A day after Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia announced that he was returning the Padma Shri, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Saturday said that the wrestler should have not returned the award as it was his right.

Bajrang Punia said on Friday that he has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will be returning his Padma Shri.

Ms Mahajan, aged 41, a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award Padma Shri and a holder of several skydiving records.

British member of Parliament Barry Gardiner and late British theatre director Peter Brook were formally conferred their Padma Shri awards at a special ceremony at India House in London.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met with Padma Shri awarded Japanese author who is also a skilled Hindi and Punjabi linguist.

Raveena Tandon looked surreal in a golden saree and beamed with pride as she received the award

President Droupadi Murmu presented the Padma honours in attendance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Rashtrapati Bhawan

Noted academician and Sikh scholar Dr Rattan Singh Jaggi received his Padma Shri from President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday.

Asked which year the engagement was, Raveena replied, "Forgotten about it."

Cricket coach Gurcharan Singh, who was recently awarded the Padma Shri, said that players like Gavaskar, Tendulkar and Kohli will always remain the greatest cricketers India has produced, and newcomers can never overshadow their legacy.

Ajay Kumar Mandavi, chosen from Chhattisgarh for the Padma Shri awards this year, has for more than a decade been teaching Kanker jail inmates, several of them arrested in cases related to the outlawed Maoist movement, wooden calligraphy art.

Jodhaiya Bai from Madhya Pradesh is a prominent tribal mural painter, who spent five over decades as labourer before getting a big break as an artist