Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 27 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said Bulandshahr will be developed with modern infrastructure.

New Delhi [India], March 29 (ANI): Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader late Kalyan Singh was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan award on Monday.

New Delhi Mar 28 PTI Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister late Kalyan Singh often termed as a Hindutva icon and actor Victor Banerjee were among the 65 distinguished personalities who were conferred with Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on MondayThis year the first civil investiture ceremony was held on March 21 at the Rashtrpati Bhavan during which 54 personalities were given the Padma awardsAmongst the prominent awardees at the second investiture ceremony were Padma Vibhushan recipients Kalyan Singh posthumous during whose tenure the Babri Masjid was demolished in 1992 and classical vocalist Prabha AtreSinghs son Rajveer Singh who is a Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradeshs Etah received the honourThe Padma Bhushan recipients include actor Victor Banerjee and Krishna Murthy Ella and Suchitra Krishna Ella of Bharat Biotech the maker of coronavirus vaccine Covaxin an official statement saidMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were among those who were named for the the Padma Bhushan However they were absent at Mondays eventThe Padma Shri awardees include the countrys first individual Olympic gold medallist Neeraj ChopraThis year no names were announced for the Bharat Ratna Indias highest civilian award which was last awarded in 2019 to former president Pranab Mukherjee social reformer Nanaji Deshmukh and noted singer Bhupen HazarikaVice President M Venkaiah Naidu Prime Minister Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda were among those present on the occasionThe awards are conferred in three categories - Padma Vibhushan the countrys second highest civilian award Padma Bhushan the third highest civilian award and Padma Shri the fourth highest civilian awardPadma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any fieldThese awards are given in various disciplines such as art social work public affairs science and engineering trade and industry medicine literature and education sports and civil serviceThe awards are announced on the eve of Republic Day every year and are conferred by the president at ceremonial functions which are held at the Rashtrapati BhawanSince 2014 when it came to power for the first time the Modi government has been honouring with Padma awards many unsung heroes who have been contributing to society in different waysThis years total list comprises four Padma Vibhushan 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri awardsThirty-four of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 people from the category of foreigners Non Resident Indians and Overseas Citizens of India besides 13 posthumous awardeesFormer West Bengal chief minister and CPI-M leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who was among the Padma Bhushan awardees had refused to accept the honour PTI ACB ACB ANB ANB ANB

New Delhi Mar 28 PTI President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday will confer Padma awards on 74 distinguished personalities including former BJP leader late Kalyan Singh and actor Victor Banerjee at a civil investiture ceremony to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan This year 128 Padma awards are being presented and the first civil investiture ceremony was held on March 21 during which 54 personalities were given the honour Amongst the prominent awardees at the second investiture ceremony will be Padma Vibhushan recipients former Uttar Pradesh chief minister late Kalyan Singh posthumous and classical vocalist Prabha Atre Padma Bhushan recipients actor Victor Banerjee and Krishna Murthy Ella and Suchitra Krishna Ella of Bharat Biotech the maker of coronavirus vaccine Covaxin an official statement said The awards are conferred in three categories - Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri These awards are given in various disciplines such as art social work public affairs science and engineering trade and industry medicine literature and education sports and civil service among othersPadma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year This years list comprises four Padma Vibhushan 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri awards Thirty four of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 people from the category of Foreigners Non Resident Indians and Overseas Citizens of India besides 13 posthumous awardees PTI ACB CJ CJ CJ

New Delhi Jan 25 PTI Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Hindutva poster boy late Kalyan Singh Indias first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and former West Bengal CM and CPIM leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee were selected on Tuesday for this years Padma awards Within an hour of the announcement Bhattacharjee said that he rejected the Padma Bhushan award Official sources however said the ailing leaders wife was informed in the morning of the government decision to award him Padma Bhushan and that no one from his family objected to it Kalyan Singh and General Rawat who died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu last month were conferred Padama Vibushan the countrys second-highest civilian award along with 88-year-old Indian classical vocalist Prabha Atre and the late Radheshyam Khemka former chairman of Geeta Press which publishes Hindu religious books The Babri Masjid was demolished when Singh was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh where assembly polls are scheduled in February-March He resigned following the demolition even as the then Union government dismissed the BJP dispensation in the state Singh died last year No names were announced for Bharat Ratna the highest civilian award which was last awarded in 2019 to former President Pranab Mukherjee social reformer Nanaji Deshmukh and noted singer Bhupen Hazarika Cyrus Poonawalla of the Serum Institute of India which manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Covishield and Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella of Bharat Biotech which produced Indias indigenous coronavirus vaccine Covaxin were also given Padma Bhushan Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Google CEO Sundar Pichai chairperson of Tata Group Natarajan Chandrasekaran were conferred Padma Bhushan the third-highest civilian award Late Punjabi folk singer Gurmeet Bawa actor Victor Banerjee and former Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi were also named for Padma Bhushan Senior Congress leader Azad US-based culinary expert Madhur Jaffrey Paralympic javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia religious teacher from Gujarat Swami Sachidanand were among the 17 Padma Bhushan awardees Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and singer Sonu Nigam were awarded Padma Shri Former West Bengal chief minister Bhattacharjee who was among the 17 Padma Bhushan awardees said in a statement I dont know anything about the Padma Bhushan award Nobody told me about it If I was given the Padma Bhushan award I am rejecting it According to CPIM sources it was a decision of Bhattacharjee and also the party However official sources said a top official of the Union Home Ministry called Bhattacharjees home early Tuesday morning The former chief ministers wife picked up the phone as he has been unwell and she was conveyed the central governments decision to name him as one of the Padma awardees this year Bhattacharjees wife told the top official that she would inform him Bhattacharjee about the Padma award Since no one from Bhattacharjees family got back to the home ministry about his unwillingness to accept the Padma award his name was announced late in the evening as one of the Padma awardees sources said The home ministry always calls up the prospective awardees about the decision to give the Padma awards before announcing the names If anyone conveys any objection he or she is not named sources said According to the Ministry of Home Affairs MHA the President approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards including two duo cases this year In a duo case the award is counted as one The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri awards Thirty-four of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of ForeignersNRIPIOOCI and 13 posthumous awardees Among the awardees include many unsung heroes who have been contributing to the society through different ways The Narendra Modi government has been honouring many such unsung heroes with Padma awards since 2014 Padma Awards are conferred in three categories namely Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri The awards are given in various disciplines or fields of activities viz art social work public affairs science and engineering trade and industry medicine literature and education sports civil service etc Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year PTI ACB NES SKL SMN SMN

New Delhi Jan 25 PTI Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Hindutva poster boy late Kalyan Singh Indias first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and former West Bengal CM and CPIM leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee were selected on Tuesday for this years Padma awards Singh and General Rawat who died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu last month were conferred Padama Vibushan the countrys second-highest civilian award along with 88-year-old Indian classical vocalist Prabha Atre and the late Radheshyam Khemka former chairman of Geeta Press which publishes Hindu religious books The Babri Masjid was demolished when Singh was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh He resigned following the demolition even as the then Union government dismissed the BJP dispensation in the state Singh died last year No names were announced for Bharat Ratna the highest civilian award which was last awarded in 2019 to former President Pranab Mukherjee social reformer Nanaji Deshmukh and noted singer Bhupen Hazarika Cyrus Poonawalla of the Serum Institute of India which manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Covishield and Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella of Bharat Biotech which produced Indias indigenous coronavirus vaccine Covaxin were also given Padma Bhushan Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Google CEO Sundar Pichai chairperson of Tata Group Natarajan Chandrasekaran were conferred Padma Bhushan the third-highest civilian award Late Punjabi folk singer Gurmeet Bawa actor Victor Banerjee and former Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi were also named for Padma Bhushan Senior Congress leader Azad former West Bengal chief minister Bhattacharjee US-based culinary expert Madhur Jaffrey Paralympic javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia religious teacher from Gujarat Swami Sachidanand were among the 17 Padma Bhushan awardees Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and singer Sonu Nigam were awarded Padma Shri According to the Ministry of Home Affairs MHA the President approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards including two duo cases this year In a duo case the award is counted as one The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri awards Thirty-four of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of ForeignersNRIPIOOCI and 13 posthumous awardees Among the awardees include many unsung heroes who have been contributing to the society through different ways The Narendra Modi government has been honouring many such unsung heroes with Padma awards since 2014 Padma Awards are conferred in three categories namely Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri The awards are given in various disciplines or fields of activities viz art social work public affairs science and engineering trade and industry medicine literature and education sports civil service etc Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year PTI ACB NES SKL SMN SMN SMN

New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for honouring Late Chief of Defence General Bipin Rawat and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh with Padma Vibhushan.

New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Centre decided to confer the Padma Vibhushan award to the country's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh posthumously.

New Delhi Jan 25 PTI Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Hindutva poster boy late Kalyan Singh and Indias first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat who died in a helicopter crash recently were awarded Padma Vibhushan on Tuesday while veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and former West Bengal CM and CPIM leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee were given Padma Bhushan Cyrus Poonawalla of the Serum Institute of India which manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Covishield and Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella of Bharat Biotech which produced Indias indigenous coronavirus vaccine Covaxin were also given Padma Bhushan Kalyan Singh and General Rawat were given Padma Vibhushan the countrys second-highest civilian award posthumously Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were conferred Padma Bhushan the third-highest civilian award Late Punjabi folk singer Gurmeet Bawa actor Victor Banerjee and former Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi have been awarded Padma Bhushan Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and singer Sonu Nigam were awarded Padma Shri According to the Ministry of Home Affairs MHA the President approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards including two duo cases this year In a duo case the award is counted as one The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri awards Thirty-four of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of ForeignersNRIPIOOCI and 13 posthumous awardees PTI ACB SKL SMN SMN

New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): India's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh were posthumously awarded Padma Vibhushan in the civilian honours announced by the government on the eve of 73rd Republic Day.