Tag: Padma Shri Awardees

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: Jagdish Lal Ahuja, who serves free food to patients and attendants outside PGI hospital in Chandigarh, Mohammed Sharif from Faizabad, who has performed last rites of over 25,000 unclaimed bodies, and elephant doctor from Assam Kushal Konwar Sarma are among unsung heroes awarded the coveted Padma Shri award this year, officials said on […]