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Harekala Hajabba awarded Padma Shri. This motivated the orange seller to start a school
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 28, 2020 01:48 PM IST
Harekala Hajabba, who never received any formal education himself, won the prestigious award for building a primary school for underprivileged children in his village.
When Congress was in power, they gave me an award, says Padma Shri Adnan Sami
By HT Correspondent | Asian News International
UPDATED ON JAN 28, 2020 11:41 AM IST
Singer Adnan Sami has said that when the Congress was in power, he was given an award, and that he doesn’t care about those criticising the decision to award him with a Padma Shri.
Adnan Sami reacts to Cong spokesperson’s criticism over Padma Shri honour: ‘Did you get your brain from clearance sale?’
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON SEP 02, 2020 04:49 PM IST
Adnan Sami hit out at Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill who had criticised the Modi government for giving the prestigious Padma Shri award to a ‘loyalist’.
Padma Shri awards: Kangana Ranaut dedicates it to ‘every woman who dreams’, Karan Johar is ‘at loss for words’
By HT Correspondent | HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2020 10:19 AM IST
Responding to the news of being conferred with Padma Shri awards, Kangana Ranaut, Ekta Kapoor, Adnan Sami and Karan Johar express their gratitude.
Mary Kom, Vinesh Phogat and 7 female athletes in line for Padma Awards
By Indo Asian News Service | New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 12, 2019 01:03 PM IST
Mary was honoured with Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards in 2013 and 2006, respectively. In 2003, she was awarded with the Arjuna Award as well.
HT Picks: The most interesting books of the week
By HT Team | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUL 26, 2019 06:20 PM IST
Thrillers, short fiction and a look at India’s obsession with the movies on this week’s list of good reads
‘Was thinking of my brother’: Naveen Patnaik’s sister Gita Mehta on declining Padma Shri award
By Padma Rao Sundarji | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2019 09:29 PM IST
Speaking to Hindustan Times, Mehta said she learned of her nomination only through the media and that her brother Odisha CM was on her mind when she declined it.
Padma honours: Gautam Gambhir, Sunil Chhetri and Bajrang Punia react to their nominations
By PTI | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2019 02:56 PM IST
Gautam Gambhir the ‘human being’ aspires to surpass the cricketer, Sunil Chhetri wants to be ‘hungrier’ when he dons the national colours while Bajrang Punia sought blessings from one and all with an aim to scale greater heights after being nominated for Padma Shri awards
Timing not right: Naveen Patnaik’s sister Gita Mehta says no to Padma Shri
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2019 05:54 PM IST
In what appears a snub to the government, author Gita Mehta, who is also the sister of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has declined the Padma Shri award announced on Friday.
PM Modi gives Padma Shri award to former Singaporean diplomat Tommy Koh
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, Singapore
UPDATED ON JUN 01, 2018 03:04 PM IST
Tommy Koh, 80, had served as Singapore’s ambassador to the US and the UN, and as president of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea in 1981 and 1982