Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Bengali cinema legend Prosenjit Chatterjee, who received India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, feels that the current situations are very favourable for Indian talent to break out on international platforms. The actor was feted with the Padma Shri by President Droupadi Murmu. The veteran actor was honoured in the field of Art for his decades-long contribution to Indian cinema.Talking about the honour, he told IANS, “I am very happy to get the Padma Shri. I have been w…
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New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Bhapang maestro Gafruddin Mewati Jogi and Santoor maestro Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya, who have been conferred the Padma Shri this year, expressed their gratitude to the government, while appealing, respectively, for its help to increase the number of his shows, and for parents to teach music — a “positive drug” to children.The Centre announced a total of 131 Padma Awards on the Republic Day. The Investiture Ceremony-I of one of the nation’s highest civilian awards is sch…
Bengaluru, Feb 6 (IANS) Karnataka has emerged as the leading state in the country in agricultural development and farmer welfare, with significant achievements in crop insurance as well, State Agriculture Minister N. Chaluvarayaswamy has said..Speaking while presiding over the inauguration of the three-day International Agriculture Fair and the state-level Agriculture Scientist and other award distribution programme at Palace Grounds here, the Minister highlighted various initiatives taken by th…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 5 (IANS) V.A. Arunkumar, son of legendary Communist leader V.S. Achuthanandan, has dropped strong hints that the Padma Vibhushan award conferred posthumously on his father might not be accepted by the family.On Thursday night, taking to his social media account, Arunkumar posted the January 29-dated letter from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs informing him of the award conferred on his father.However, in his brief note, he wrote: “We have been informed by the Union M…
Los Angeles, Jan 20 (IANS) Actress Amanda Seyfried feels that award nominations matter more than wins, saying long-term success in acting comes from meaningful choices and not from collecting honours. Asked if winning an Oscar is important to her, Seyfried told the New Yorker: “No. Do you remember who won in the past 10 years? It’s not the win that’s important. It’s the nomination. It does thrust you forward. That’s a fact.”“Now, do I need one in a week or two or whenever? No, of cou…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Vice-Admiral Sameer Saxena, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command, asked the 2,172 passing out trainee sailors at the INS Chilka to hone their professional skills and be technologically aware, while imbibing the Navy’s core values of duty, honour, and courage, an official said on Friday. As many as 2,172 sailor trainees took part in the Passing Out Parade of second batch of year 2025 held at the INS Chilka on Thursday, marking the successful culmi…