Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday slammed the Centre for its perennial hostility towards her government and cited as an example Delhi’s rejection of her recommendation of Padma awards to leg

Late cartoonist Mario Miranda, actors Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi, top mathematician M.S. Raghunathan, former Chief Vigilance Commissioner N. Vittal and industry leader B. Muthuraman were among those

India's first woman photographer Homai Vyarawalla, tribal artist Jivya Soma Mhase, yesteryear actor Shashi Kapoor, Chhau dance exponent Makar Dhwaj Darogha and planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia were among those who were conferred the Padma awards on Friday.