Padma Vibhushan

Padma Vibhushan to five, including Chiranjeevi and Venkaiah Naidu

January 26, 2024

Padma Vibhushan to five, including Chiranjeevi and Venkaiah Naidu

A total of 132 Padma Awards were conferred by the President on the eve of the Republic Day.

November 14, 2023
Chairman Emeritus of Oberoi Group Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi dies at 94

PRS Oberoi was widely known as the doyen of Indian hospitality.
January 25, 2023
Padma Vibhushan for tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, Padma Bhushan for singer Vani Jairam

A total of 106 have been declared winners of the Padma awards on the eve of the Republic Day.
May 10, 2022
Santoor maestro Shiv Kumar Sharma no more

Sharma, who is a Padma Vibhushan recipient, is believed to be the first musician to have played Indian classical music on the santoor, a folk instrument from Jammu and Kashmir.
January 26, 2022
India's first CDS Bipin Rawat given Padma Vibhushan

Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and former West Bengal CM and CPM leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee were given Padma Bhushan.
November 15, 2021
Babasaheb Purandare, renowned historian and writer, passes away at 100

Decorated with the Padma Vibhushan, Purandare -- who turned 100 on July 29 -- breathed his last at the Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital & Research Centre, around 5 a.m. Monday, stunning the state's political, literary and art circles.
January 25, 2021
Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe among 119 Padma winners for 2021

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday announced the awards that include seven Padma Vibhushan awards, 10 Padma Bhushan awards and 102 Padma Shri awards.