The Bharat Ratna is conferred for “exceptional service/performance of the highest order”, without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The award is open to all persons ...

I read a small news item in some of the country's leading newspapers on Friday 19 July which said Dhyan Chand has been nominated by the Sports Ministry for the prestigious Bharat Ratna.

In the history of Indian sports, only one sportsperson has been honoured with the Bharat Ratna — and that is Sachin Tendulkar ...

Bharat Ratna: Whenever awards are mentioned in India, the name Bharat Ratna comes first. It is the country's highest civilian award, given for exceptional and distinguished service in various fields.

The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of India, established in 1954. Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for these awards. It is awarded in ...

Manash.Gohain New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu conferred Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian honor, on BJP stalwart and former deputy Prime Minister L K Advani at his residence on ...

1) Karpoori Thakur (Posthumous): Bihar's former chief minister and a well-known socialist leader will be posthumously honoured with Bharat Ratna. Popularly known as referred to as 'Jan Nayak ...

Politicians and leaders from India Inc are rallying together, urging the government to posthumously bestow upon him the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour the country can offer. Yet ...

NEW DELHI: Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani said on Saturday that the Bharat Ratna award is not only an honour for him as a person but also for the ideals and principles that he strove to ...

First two and now three leaders have been honoured with Bharat Ratna in barely one month. However, neither Veer Savarkar nor Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray who deserve Bharat Ratna more ...