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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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