This is seen as a bid to woo the politically and numerically strong Lingayat community in Karnataka ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
31 Jan 2019 5:24 PM
Sena has been demanding the Bharat Ratna for Savarkar, who was jailed in the Andamans during freedom struggle.
29 Jan 2019 1:45 AM
The BJP was pitching hard for the Bharat Ratna for Savarkar when it was in opposition.
28 Jan 2019 12:07 PM
Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, was conferred on B R Ambedkar out of compulsion and not by heart
28 Jan 2019 9:29 AM
Kharge accused the BJP, RSS and the Central forces of trying to destabilise Karnataka before the coming Lok Sabha elections.
27 Jan 2019 12:04 PM
Hazarika was honoured with the highest civilian award of the country more than seven years after his death.
27 Jan 2019 2:52 AM
The Bharat Ratna will be conferred after a gap of four years.
26 Jan 2019 2:07 AM
Protestors, comprising both men and women, demanded that Rajiv Chowk be renamed after Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
26 Dec 2018 5:21 PM
Gopal Rai said that Congress is ‘guilty’ of anti-Sikh riots in 1984.
24 Dec 2018 5:42 PM
‘West Bengal is the only state in the country where there is no place for democracy,’ says BJP leader Giriraj Singh.
24 Dec 2018 5:33 PM
This came after AAP MLA Alka Lamba protested against the resolution to strip off former PM Rajiv Gandhi of Bharat Ratna honour.
22 Dec 2018 2:26 PM
He had then observed that Ms Banerjee’s photograph should be kept in every household across the country.
10 Nov 2018 1:15 AM
The process for filing nominations for the Padma Awards was made online in 2016 with help of a simple, accessible and secure online platform.
12 Oct 2018 1:06 AM
A resolution was moved by DMK lawmaker Trichy Siva and was unanimously adopted at party’s General Council meeting.
28 Aug 2018 12:31 PM
PM Modi said Congress did not allow the functioning of Parliament to avoid giving constitutional status to the OBC Commission.
10 May 2018 1:08 PM
The current Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat, recommended Bharat Ratna for my father, but the Congress turns around, says KC Cariappa.
16 Feb 2018 6:06 AM
Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa was the first Indian commander-in-chief of the Indian Army.
04 Nov 2017 1:59 PM
Opp. criticism came on a day the govt marked Vallabhbhai Patels’ birth anniversary.
01 Nov 2017 2:24 AM
Lata came to know of the fraudulence only when a friend informed her.
26 Sep 2017 12:20 AM
The award includes a cash prize, trophy and a diploma.
23 Sep 2017 6:38 PM