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President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna on BJP stalwart and former Deputy PM L K Advani

Mar 31, 2024, at 09:36 pm

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday conferred Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on veteran BJP leader and former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani at a ceremony held at his residence here.

Droupadi Murmu confers Bharat Ratna on ex-PM Narasimha Rao, three others

Mar 31, 2024, at 12:12 am

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna on former Prime Ministers P. V. Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan, and two-time former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur posthumously.

Bharat Ratna to Chaudhary Charan Singh honour of farmers: PM Modi

Feb 20, 2024, at 12:23 am

Lucknow/UNI: Referring to the decision to confer Bharat Ratna to former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the honour of Chaudhary Saheb, the son of the soil of Uttar Pradesh, is the honour of crores of hardworking farmers in the country.

PM Modi announces Bharat Ratna for former PMs Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh

Feb 09, 2024, at 07:22 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna for his two predecessors, PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, media reports said.

Very emotional moment for me: Modi on conferring Bharat Ratna on LK Advani

Feb 03, 2024, at 07:36 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said conferring India's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) patriarch LK Advani was a "very emotional moment" for him.

PM Modi announces BJP patriarch and Ram Mandir agitation face LK Advani to be conferred Bharat Ratna

Feb 03, 2024, at 06:36 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) co-founder and the Ram Mandir agitation face, LK Advani, will be conferred Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the country.

Former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur to receive Bharat Ratna posthumously

Jan 24, 2024, at 05:47 am

New Delhi/UNI: Former Bihar Chief Minister and socialist leader Karpoori Thakur will be honoured with the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, posthumously, the President's Secretariat said in a press release on Tuesday.

Padma Bhushan to Mulayam Singh Yadav mockery of his stature and contributions to country: SP leaders

Jan 27, 2023, at 12:54 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Conferring Padma Bhushan on Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav is a mockery of his stature and contributions to the country, party leader Swami Prasad Maurya said Thursday.

Arvind Kejriwal demands Bharat Ratna for Sunderlal Bahuguna

Jul 16, 2021, at 12:01 am

New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday demanded the highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, for environmentalist and chipko movement pioneer Sunderlal Bahuguna.

Covid19: Kejriwal demands Bharat Ratna for Indian doctors, writes to PM

Jul 05, 2021, at 03:21 am

Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, for doctors and health care workers who worked at the forefront in the fight against Covid pandemic.

Pranab Mukherjee: A look back at the political life of India's accidental non-Prime Minister

Sep 01, 2020, at 02:25 am

Former President, Bharat Ratna recipient and Congress stalwart Pranab Mukherjee, who has been at the forefront of Indian politics for several decades, passed away at the age of 84 on Monday. India Blooms goes back in the time to know how Mukherjee became a confidante of Indira Gandhi, lost out to Rajiv Gandhi, and returned to a position of power again in Congress before his ascension to Presidency

Manish Tiwari writes to PM urging Bharat Ratna for Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev

Oct 26, 2019, at 08:46 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Manish Tiwari has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna for Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, amid controversy over conferring the award to Hindutva icon V D Savarkar.

Have I got my history all wrong? Aparna Sen on BJP's Bharat Ratna push for Veer Savarkar

Oct 18, 2019, at 12:40 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Actress-filmmaker Aparna Sen, who had earlier written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over mob lynching, has taken a potshot at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for proposing Bharat Ratna (the country's highest civilian honour) for Hindutva icon late Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee receives Bharat Ratna award

Aug 08, 2019, at 06:24 pm

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS): Former President Pranab Mukherjee was awarded Bharat Award, the highest civilian award in the country, on Thursday.

Congress pays tribute to former President APJ Abdul Kalam on his death anniversary

Jul 27, 2019, at 03:52 pm

New Delhi, Jul 27 (UNI) The Congress on Saturday paid tribute to former President A P J Abdul Kalam on his death anniversary.

Upset with Citizenship Bill but no invitation to reject father's Bharat Ratna: Bhupen Hazarika's son

Feb 13, 2019, at 02:22 pm

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): Clearing air over several media reports claiming he has rejected his father's Bharat Ratna award, Assamese cultural icon Bhupen Hazarika's son Tej Hazarika, who is upset with the Citizenship Bill, said he is yet to receive an invitation to accept or reject the honour on behalf of his late father.

PM Modi hits out at Congress for late Bharat Ratna to Bhupen Hazarika

Feb 09, 2019, at 02:37 pm

Guwahati/Itanagar, Feb 9 (IBNS) : In a bid to fuel the local sentiment in favour of his Government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika could have been alive to receive the Bharat Ratna  award but it did not happen in the grand old party's regime as such honours were "reserved for some people at the time of their birth".

Ramdev asks: Why has no Hindu monk got Bharat Ratna?

Jan 27, 2019, at 09:34 pm

Prayagraj, Jan 27 (IBNS): Yoga teacher Baba Ramdev on Sunday pointed out that no "sanyasi" had received the Bharat Ratna, media reports said.

Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh, Bhupen Hazarika awarded Bharat Ratna

Jan 25, 2019, at 10:08 pm

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IBNS): Former President Pranab Mukherjee has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, by President Ram Nath Kovind. 

Political leaders express grief over Atal Bihari Vajpayee's demise

Aug 16, 2018, at 07:58 pm

New Delhi, Aug 16 (IBNS): Cutting across their individual ideologies, political leaders on Thursday mourned the demise of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

PM Modi pays tribute to Sardar Patel on death anniversary

Dec 15, 2016, at 04:01 pm

New Delhi, Dec 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his death anniversary.

Sonia Gandhi pays homage to B R Ambedkar on death anniversary

Dec 06, 2016, at 04:45 pm

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IBNS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday paid homage to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on his death anniversary.