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4 from Odisha get Padma Shri for 2024

Priya Ranjan Swain Jan 25, 2024

Bhubaneswar: Four persons from Odisha have been selected for Padma Shri for the year 2024. Gopinath Swain, Bhagabat Pradhan, Binod Maharana and Binod Kumar Pasayat from Odisha have been selected for the prestigious award. They all have…

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Odisha: Eminent litterateur Padma Shri Jayanta Mahapatra passes away at 95

Suranjan Mishra Aug 27, 2023

Cuttack: Legendary poet and Padma Shri awardee Jayanta Mahapatra is no more. He breathed his last at the age of 95 while undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack, after suffering from Pneumonia. The…

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I was forcibly made to dance in ICU: Padma Shri Kamala Pujari

Suranjan Mishra Sep 1, 2022

Cuttack: Amid controversy over a viral video which was allegedly captured where Padma Shri Kamala Pujari is seen dancing in intensive care unit (ICU) of SCB Medical College and Hospital here, the elderly woman today became vocal and said…

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Padma Shri Kamala Pujari discharged from SCB Medical College and Hospital

Priya Ranjan Swain Aug 29, 2022

Cuttack: Social activist and Padma Shri awardee Kamala Pujari was discharged from SCB Medical College and Hospital here today following improvement in her health condition. Pujari accompanied by a few of her family members returned to…

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Former Atomic Energy Commission Chairman succumbs to Covid-19

Sambad English Bureau Sep 24, 2020

Chennai: Noted nuclear scientist Sekhar Basu (68), former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), passed away on Thursday due to Covid-19 at a private hospital in Kolkata. A Padma Shri…

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Team Kangana requests govt to take back KJo’s Padma Shri

Sambad English Bureau Aug 18, 2020

Mumbai: Actress Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday requested the government to take back the Padma Shri honour that has been conferred on filmmaker Karan Johar. On the actress's verified account, @KanganaTeam, she re-shared a post related to…

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Eleven from Odisha to receive Padma Awards, here is list

Sambad English Bureau Jan 25, 2020

New Delhi: The Central Government has announced the names of 141 Padma awardees including four duo cases. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri Awards. 34 of the awardees are women. Also, the list…

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Father-daughter duo from Odisha awarded Padma Shri

Sambad English Bureau Jan 25, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the 71st Republic Day, the Central Government today announced the names of Padma Shri awardees this year. Professor Radha Mohan and daughter Sabarmatee of Nayagarh district were among the awardees. Radha Mohan, a…

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Odisha poet Haladhar Nag condemns FB post on Barnabodha torching

Sambad English Bureau Aug 16, 2019

Bhubaneswar: A day after a video showing 'Chhabila Madhu Barnabodha', a basic book to learn Odia script and letters, being torched went viral on social media linking Kosli poet Haldhar Nag with it, the Padma Shri awardee broke his silence…

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Odisha CM’s sister Gita declines to receive Padma Shri. Here’s why

Sambad English Bureau Jan 26, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's sister and New York-based author Gita Mehta snubbed the opposition parties ahead of elections by declining to receive the Padma Shri award announced on eve of the Republic Day. After…

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