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Congress president Rahul Gandhi and CCP chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday skipped the ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan during which former President Pranab Mukherjee was conferred with Bharat Ratna - Indias highest civilian award. (Photo: ANI)

Gandhi family skips Pranab Mukherjee's Bharat Ratna award function

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh too was not seen at the ceremony.

9 Aug 2019 8:53 AM IST

Mukherjee served as Indias 13th President from 2012-2017, but prior to his election to the post, Mukherjee also served as the Union Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012. (Photo: PTI)

Pranab Mukherjee felicitated with Bharat Ratna by President Kovind

Mukherjee was greeted on receiving the accolade by PM Modi, Vice President Naidu and slew of other leaders who were...

8 Aug 2019 7:46 PM IST

The 83-year-old served as Indias 13th President from 2012-2017, but prior to his election to the post, Mukherjee also served as the Union Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012. (Photo: File)

Pranab Mukherjee to be awarded Bharat Ratna today

The other Presidents, who had been conferred the Bharat Ratna include Dr S Radhakrishnan, Rajendra Prasad, Zakir Hussain...

8 Aug 2019 9:33 AM IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addresses the media virtually, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Kejriwal writes to PM Modi, seeks Bharat Ratna for Indian doctors

He also stressed that if necessary, changes should be made in rules so that the medical community can be awarded the...

4 July 2021 3:34 PM IST

Vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu honours renowed geneticist M.S. Swaminathan (right) at an award function organised by Tamil Nadu Agriculture University in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Amitabha Bhattacharya | Rethinking the Padma and Bharat Ratna Awards

No wonder that in recent years, some dedicated grassroots workers, far removed from the limelight, are getting noticed...

18 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with veteran BJP leader L K Advani, in New Delhi. (PTI File)

Bharat Ratna for L.K. Advani

Advani said that the award is not only an honour for him as a person but also for the ideals and principles he served

4 Feb 2024 1:11 AM IST

A Prime Minister of India represents all communities, be it Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs, said the protestors as they blackened the word Rajiv on the signboard. (Photo: ANI)

Sikh protestors deface Rajiv Chowk signboard in Delhi's Connaught...

Protestors, comprising both men and women, demanded that Rajiv Chowk be renamed after Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

26 Dec 2018 5:21 PM IST

AAP claims office attacked by Youth Congress over Rajiv Gandhi's...

Gopal Rai said that Congress is guilty' of anti-Sikh riots in 1984.

24 Dec 2018 5:42 PM IST

Like Kim Jong-un, Mamata kills those who speak against her: Giriraj...

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 IST

Ajay Maken slams AAP over resolution to revoke Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat...

This came after AAP MLA Alka Lamba protested against the resolution to strip off former PM Rajiv Gandhi of Bharat Ratna...

22 Dec 2018 2:26 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi urged the people to vote for the BJP saying that the state needs a receptive government. (Photo: Twitter/@BJP4India)

Centre trying to fulfill BR Ambedkar's dream of prosperous nation:...

PM Modi said Congress did not allow the functioning of Parliament to avoid giving constitutional status to the OBC...

10 May 2018 1:08 PM IST

M Karunanidhi, 94-year-old Dravidian stalwart, had served as Tamil Nadu chief minister five times. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

DMK demands Bharat Ratna for Karunanidhi at General Council meet

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 IST