Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tributes to Bharat Ratna and former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur, on his 101th birth anniversary, saying that Thakur dedicated his entire life to social justice.
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday demanded Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, for party founder late Bal Keshav Thackeray, popularly known as Balasaheb Thackeray.
Telangana Legislative Assembly today passed a unanimous resolution urging the Centre to confer the country’s highest civilian award the Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut dared the BJP in Mumbai on Saturday to honour Vinayak Damodar Savarkar with a Bharat Ratna first, before talking about Hindutva.
A meeting of the state Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, paid rich tributes to Ratan Tata for his contribution to the nation.
President Droupadi Murmu honoured former Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh, Narasimha Rao, former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur, and agricultural scientist Dr MS Swaminathan with Bharat Ratna posthumously today.
President Murmu is likely to travel to BJP leader LK Advani' residence to confer the prestigious award.
Often asked to summarise a prepared speech in five minutes, Bharat Ratna Dr MS Swaminathan would demonstrate his innate ability to fluently explain complexities of agriculture, economics, and nutrition in easyto-understand points.
Garlanding Pandit Pant, who served as the first chief minister of the state and the home minister of the country, the chief minister remembered him as a great son of Mother India and a great freedom fighter.
In a post on 'X', the Congress chief wrote, “On the behalf of Indian National Congress, we welcome the Bharat Ratna being conferred to P V Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh and Dr M S Swaminathan.”
