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  • Padma awards 2026: Dharmendra, Rohit Sharma, Mammootty among 131 named

    The Centre on Sunday (January 25) announced the Padma Awards for 2026, approving a total of 131 civilian honors across the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri  categories. The list comprises five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri  awards, and includes names from fields such as public life, arts, cinema, literature, sports and public affairs. Those selected for the Padma Vibhushan include veteran actor Dharmendra Singh Deol (posthumous), former Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan (posthumous), classical violinist N Rajam, former Supreme Court judge K T Thomas, and writer P Narayanan.

    The category recognizes exceptional and distinguished service. Cricketer Rohit Sharma has been awarded the Padma Shri. The Padma Bhushan list features personalities such as singer Alka Yagnik, actor Mammootty, industrialist Uday Kotak, former Uttarakhand chief minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari, advertising professional Piyush Pandey (posthumous), social leader Vellappally Natesan, and former tennis player Vijay Amritraj, honouring distinguished service of a high order.

    President Droupadi Murmu will be giving out these awards during the ceremony which generally happens around March/April every year.

    Padma Vibhushan (5)

    • Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous): Art (Maharashtra)
    • K T Thomas: Public Affairs (Kerala)
    • N Rajam: Art (Uttar Pradesh)
    • P Narayanan: Literature and Education (Kerala)
    • V S Achuthanandhan (Posthumous): Public Affairs (Kerala)

    Padma Bhushan (13)

    • Alka Yagnik: Art (Maharashtra)
    • Bhagat Singh Koshyari: Public Affairs (Uttarakhand)
    • Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy: Medicine (Tamil Nadu)
    • Mammootty: Art (Kerala)
    • Nori Dattatreyudu: Medicine (United States of America)
    • Piyush Pandey (Posthumous): Art (Maharashtra)
    • S K M Maeilanandhan: Social Work (Tamil Nadu)
    • Shatavadhani R Ganesh: Art(Karnataka)
    • Shibu Soren (Posthumous): Public Affairs (Jharkhand)
    • Uday Kotak: Trade and Industry (Maharashtra)
    • V K Malhotra (Posthumous): Public Affairs (Delhi)
    • Vellappally Natesan: Public Affairs (Kerala)
    • Vijay Amritraj: Sports (United States of America)

    Padma Shri (113)

    • A E MuthunayagamScience and Engineering (Kerala)
    • Anil Kumar Rastogi: Art (Uttar Pradesh)
    • Anke Gowda M.: Social Work (Karnataka)
    • Armida Fernandez: Medicine (Maharashtra)
    • Arvind Vaidya: Art (Gujarat)
    • Ashok Khade: Trade and Industry (Maharashtra)
    • Ashok Kumar Singh: Science and Engineering (Uttar Pradesh)
    • Asok Kumar Haldar: Literature and Education (West Bengal)
    • Baldev Singh: Sports (Punjab)
    • Bhagwandas Raikwar: Sports (Madhya Pradesh)
    • Bharat Singh Bharti: Art (Bihar)
    • Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda: Art (Maharashtra)
    • Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous): Art (Bihar)
    • Brij Lal Bhat: Social Work (Jammu and Kashmir)
    • Buddha Rashmi Mani: Others – Archaeology (Uttar Pradesh)
    • Budhri Tati: Social Work (Chhattisgarh
    • Chandramouli Gaddamanugu: Science and Engineering(Telangana)
    • Charan Hembram: Literature and Education (Odisha)
    • Chiranji Lal Yadav: Art (Uttar Pradesh)
    • Deepika Reddy: Art (Telangana)
    • Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya: Art (Gujarat)
    • Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad: Art (Andhra Pradesh)
    • Gafruddin Mewati Jogi: Art (Rajasthan)
    • Gambir Singh Yonzone: Literature and Education (West Bengal)
    • Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous): Art (Andhra Pradesh)
    • Gayatri Balasubramanian and Ranjani Balasubramanian (Duo): Art (Tamil Nadu)
    • Gopal Ji Trivedi: Science and Engineering (Bihar)
    • Guduru Venkat Rao: Medicine (Telangana)
    • H V Hande: Medicine (Tamil Nadu)
    • Hally War: Social Work (Meghalaya)
    • Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous): Art (West Bengal)
    • Haricharan Saikia: Art (Assam)
    • Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar: Sports (Punjab)
    • Inderjit Singh Sidhu: Social Work (Chandigarh)
    • Janardan Bapurao Bothe: Social Work (Maharashtra)
    • Jogesh Deuri: Others – Agriculture (Assam)
    • Juzer Vasi: Science and EngineeringMaharashtra
    • Jyotish Debnath: Art (West Bengal)
    • K Pajanivel: Sports(Puducherry)
    • K Ramasamy: Science and Engineering (Tamil Nadu)
    • K Vijay Kumar: Civil Service (Tamil Nadu)
    • Kabindra Purkayastha (Posthumous): Public Affairs (Assam)
    • Kailash Chandra Pant: Literature and Education (Madhya Pradesh)
    • Kalamandalam Vimala Menon: Art (Kerala)
    • Kewal Krishan Thakral: Medicine (Uttar Pradesh)
    • Khem Raj Sundriyal: Art (Haryana)
    • Kollakal Devaki Amma G: Social Work (Kerala)
    • Krishnamurty Balasubramanian: Science and Engineering (Telangana)
    • Kumar Bose: Art (West Bengal)

  • Tributes paid to martyrs on the 13th anniversary of 26/11 attack on Mumbai

    Tributes paid to martyrs on the 13th anniversary of 26/11 attack on Mumbai

    MUMBAI (TIP): Floral tributes were paid on Friday, November 25, to the martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2008. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil paid their respects at the memorial at the police headquarters in south Mumbai. The martyrs’ memorial has been relocated from the original site at Police Gymkhana in Marine Drive to the police headquarters at Crawford Market because of the ongoing work on the Coastal Road project, an official said. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who is recuperating in a Mumbai hospital after spine surgery, also remembered the 26/11 martyrs. The 13th anniversary of the deadly terror attack was attended by a limited number of people in the wake of the Covid pandemic. Family members of some of the martyred police personnel also paid tributes at the memorial. During the ceremony, the dignitaries met family members of some martyrs. On November 26, 2008, 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists from Pakistan arrived by sea route and opened fire, killing 166 people, including 18 security personnel, and injuring several others during the 60-hour siege in Mumbai. The then Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, Army Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Mumbai’s Additional Police Commissioner Ashok Kamte, Senior Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar and Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Tukaram Omble were among those killed in the attack. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal Hotel, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital and the Nariman House Jewish community center, now renamed Nariman Light House, were some of the places targeted by terrorists. Nine terrorists were later killed by the security forces, including the NSG, the country’s elite commando force. Ajmal Kasab was the only terrorist who was captured alive. He was hanged four years later on November 21, 2012.

    (Source: PTI)