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- India
Padma awardee puppeteer says will try to draw attention of Prez to plight of artistes
Bhubaneswar: Eminent puppeteer Maguni Charan Kuanr, elated over his selection for the Padma Shri award, on Thursday said he will try to draw the attention of President Droupadi Murmu to the plight…
- Featured News
Celebrating Asha Parekh’s 80th birthday: The mystique of the Dadasaheb Phalke awardee
As renowned actress of yester-years, Asha Parekh, turned 80 on Sunday, it was a moment of triumph. On September 30, 2022, she got the highest honour of the Indian Cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke…
- News
Orrisa: 71-yr-old unwell Padma Shri winner forced to dance in hospital
Bhubaneswar: Members of the Paraja tribal community in Odisha have called for action against a social worker who allegedly forced its icon, Padma Sri awardee Kamala Pujari, to dance inside a hospital…
- Hyderabad
Will return award if BJP continues mud slinging: Darshanam Mogulaiah
Hyderabad: Kinnera artist Darshanam Mogulaiah, a 2022 recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri award, has threatened to return his award following the allegations of the Bharatiya Janata Party that the Telangana state…
- Telangana
Telangana CM KCR announces Rs 1 cr, house for Padma Shri awardee
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao felicitated legendary Kinnera player, Padma Shri Darshanam Mogilaiah, on Friday, after the Government of India announced the prestigious Padma Award for the latter. KCR announced a…
- Telangana
Three Telangana artists bestowed with Padma Shri awards
Hyderabad: Three Telangana artistes were conferred with the Padma Shri award on the Republic Day Eve., on Tuesday Drshanam Mogaliah, the Kinnera player Kuchipudi dancer Gaddam Padmaja Reddy and tribal folk singer…
- Bollywood
DSGMC urges President to withdraw Kangana Ranaut’s Padma Shri
New Delhi: Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on Sunday wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind and appealed for the withdrawal of the Padma Shri Award conferred on actor Kangana Ranaut for…
- Bollywood
Javed Akhtar reacts to Kangana Ranaut’s ‘bheek’ comment
Mumbai: Veteran lyricist, Javed Akhtar, took an indirect dig at Kangana Ranaut over her controversial remarks wherein she had said that what India achieved in 1947 was “bheek” (alms), and the country…
- India
Withdraw Kangana Ranaut’s Padma Shri: DCW chief writes to Prez
New Delhi: Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday urging him to withdraw the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award, bestowed on…
- Bollywood
Prove ‘I disrespected martyrs, freedom fighters…will return Padma Shri’: Kangana
Mumbai: In a social media post on Saturday, Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut said that she will return her Padma Shri award if anyone can prove that she has disrespected martyrs and freedom…
- India
Withdraw Kangana Ranaut’s Padma Shri, arrest her: Nawab Malik
New Delhi: Maharashtra Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik on Friday demanded that the Centre must withdraw the Padma Shri award from Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut for her controversial…
- Mumbai
File sedition case against Kangana, revoke her Padma award: Sena leader
Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Neelam Gorhe on Thursday said actor Kangana Ranaut should face a sedition case for terming India’s independence as “alms”, and her Padma Shri award should be revoked. The…
- India
Congress slams Kangana, demands her Padma Shri be revoked
New Delhi: Hitting out at actor Kangana Ranaut for describing India’s Independence in 1947 as ‘bheek’ or alms, the Congress on Thursday said her remarks amounted to “treason” and demanded that the government…
- India
Social worker Mohammad Shareef receives Padma Shri award
New Delhi: Mohammad Shareef, a social worker, received the Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday. Shareef, a cycle mechanic turned social worker, performs the last rites of unclaimed…
- Bollywood
‘Thankful to Govt’: Adnan Sami on receiving Padma Shri
New Delhi: From ‘Lift Kara De’, ‘Kabhi Toh Nazar Mila’ to ‘Bhar Do Jholi Meri’, Bollywood singer Adnan Sami has undoubtedly entertained music lovers with his versatile songs in a career spanning…
