Bharat Ratna

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday conferred the Bharat Ratna posthumously on Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and the Padma Vibhushan on veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani. The president gave the awards at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in…

Residents of Bateshwar, 70 km from Agra, where former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee spent his early childood, were jubilant on his getting the Bharat Ratna and celebrated with sweets. Special pujas were also offered in the town,…

Former Prime Minister and veteran BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee was conferred with India's highest civilian honour, ‘Bharat Ratna’ at his New Delhi residence this evening. Departing from protocol, President Pranab Mukherjee personally…

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be conferred the Bharat Ratna today. President Pranab Mukherjee will personally visit Mr Vajpayee's residence to confer India's highest civilian honour in the evening. The Government had…

President Pranab Mukherjee will visit former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his New Delhi residence to confer India's highest civilian honour 'Bharat Ratna' on him. Vajpayee has been ailing for some time and he won't be able to…

When Naveen Patnaik became the Union Minister for Mines during Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure and his party allied with the BJP to rule Odisha for nine years before the alliance came to an end in 2009, everyone expected that his father and…

Former Prime Minister and veteran BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee along with freedom fighter and leading Educationist of the country late Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya, have been awarded 'Bharat Ratna' by the Union Government. A notification on…