Tag: Padma Shri Award

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Padma Awards for the year 2022 at a special ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.

It is pertinent to mention here that, 2022 will be an important and busy year for the ace para-shuttler with more than 14 odd tournaments. This year also includes the Asian Games and the World Championship. And with Paralympics scheduled for 2024, this year becomes even more crucial.

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut was recently spotted by the media at Mumbai airport, while returning from Delhi with her sister Rangoli.

Bhubaneswar: Two Odias, including eminent sculptor Prabhakar Maharana and master weaver Gobardhan Panika were conferred with Padma Shri awards by President Ram Nath Kovind at a special function in New Delhi on Tuesday. The two Odias were among 84 others who received the country’s highest civilian honours in the Padma awards category. Prabhakar Maharana and […]

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: He was only 12-year-old when he left school and took up the family business of weaving to help his father and shoulder family responsibilities. Soon with his hard work and dedication, he became a master craftsman and went on to win several awards. Yes, we are talking about Kotpad assembly constituency’s Gobardhan Panika, one […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Five Odia persons have been selected for this year’s prestigious Padma Shri awards, the list of which was announced on Thursday. Prabhakar Maharana has been selected for Art-Sculpture while Gobardhan Panika will receive the honour for Art-Weaving and Chandrasekhar Rath for Literature and Education. Noted freedom fighter Bhabani Charan Patnaik has been chosen […]

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar formally joined the BJP on Monday, nearly a month after being inducted into the Cabinet in a surprise move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The 64-year-old former Foreign Secretary was welcomed into the party by BJP Working President J.P. Nadda at the party office here. Party’ s National […]

Bhubaneswar: When his name was selected for the fourth highest civilian award of the country, ‘Padma Shri (early this year), Daitari Naik of Baitarani village under Banspal block of Odisha’s Keonjhar district had thought that all the problems of his village would be solved. Villagers of Baitarani were also hopeful  that Daitari’s recognition would change […]

New Delhi: Boxing great Mary Kom has been conferred the Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second-highest civilian award. Olympic silver medallist and badminton World Champion PV Sindhu has been conferred the Padma Bhushan as the names of the Padma awardees were disclosed on Saturday on the eve of the 71st Republic Day. Indian women’s hockey captain […]

Kangana Ranaut and Karan Johar were declared Padma Shri for this year on Republic Day. Naturally good wishes, blessings, and congratulations from friends, colleagues as well as fans started pouring in. As is known Karan helms one of the biggest production houses of the Indian film industry-Dharma Productions. The legacy was handed to him by […]