Kolkata: Demanding Padma Shri for Olympian Arun Ghosh, former Lok Sabha speaker Somanth Chatterjee today said fans should make an appeal in the Sports Ministry to bestow on the honour to the Asian Ga

New Delhi: Speculation is rife that actor Kamal Haasan’s name was on the list of Padma Bhushan contenders, but the government had to drop it at the very last moment due to the recent controversy surr

A total of 109 persons, including 19 women, have been selected for the Padma awards on the eve of the Republic Day.

President Pratibha Patil approved the awards including one duo case (counted as one

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.