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- 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…
- Bollywood
Kangana, Adnan Sami & others honoured with Padma Shri Awards
Mumbai: Bollywood personalities Kangana Ranaut, Adnan Sami and Ekta Kapoor are a few names being honoured with the Padma Shri on Monday in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the capital.…
- Entertainment
Vidya Balan: I did not set out to break stereotypes
New Delhi: Vidya Balan has time and again challenged Bollywood stereotypes with her roles, living out her characters with power-packed performances. The actress says it was not something that she did consciously.…
- Featured News
How to live forever – lessons from the life of Mujtaba Hussain
By Hina Rahim Baig Mujtaba Hussain, my Abba (paternal grandfather), was a great Urdu satirist and humourist who had a shining career. He is known over the world and was awarded several…
- India
Environmentalist, Chipko movement leader Sundarlal Bahuguna dies of COVID-19
Rishikesh: Renowned environmentalist and Chipko movement leader Sundarlal Bahuguna succumbed to COVID-19 infection at All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh on Friday. “Chipko movement leader Sundarlal Bahuguna died of…
- India
Padma Shri, former IMA chief Dr KK Agarwal dies of Covid-19
New Delhi: Padma Shri awardee Dr K.K. Agarwal passed away on Monday night after a long battle with Covid-19.A statement posted on his Twitter handle said he died on May 17 at 11.30…
