Justice KT Thomas, who retired in 2002, had once also said that RSS was subjected to ‘smear campaign’ in Mahatma Gandhi assassination case which 'must end'.
However, Kerala CM Pinarayi, who lauded award to actor Mammootty at the State Film Awards ceremony, was silent on Padma Vibhushan awarded posthumously to veteran communist leader.
13 Padma awards went to Tamil Nadu followed by Bengal, 11, Kerala, 8, & Assam, 5. All these states are headed to polls & so is Puducherry which had one personality in the list.
Highest number of awardees this time are from Maharashtra (12), followed by Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Gujarat (8 each). This time, total 13 awardees are from the Northeast.
In 2014, Modi govt stopped renewing 3-year terms on which many eminent artists were allotted houses by Centre. As Monday is last day for them to vacate, ThePrint records their stories of despair.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya declined Padma Bhushan and Ghulam Nabi Azad drew jibes from Congress leaders for accepting the award from Modi govt. But such controversies are not new.
Mohammed Sharif has performed the last rites of more than 5,000 unclaimed bodies, including during the Covid second wave. But now the Padma Shri awardee needs help, he told ThePrint.
From nominating deserving people to getting a chance to attend the awards ceremony, the Modi govt has changed the way Indians interact with the Padma Awards.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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