Honour  

Actress Zarina Wahab said, “It’s an honour to play the role of the mother of Honourable Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi. This is going to be one of the most special roles I have ever played. I hope the audience like it.”

In 1950, Naik Jadunath Singh was posthumously honoured with the Param Vir Chakra for his bravery and sacrifice for the nation. 

Narthaki Nataraj, a renowned dancer from Tamil Nadu, is now the first person from the transgender community to be honoured with the Padma Shri. She has trained under Tanjore Shri K P Kittappa Pillai.

Actor Mohanlal, in an emotional post on his Facebook account, expressed his gratitude towards his fans and well-wishers for the love and blessings showered upon him in his 40 years of cinematic journey.

The Padma awardees for the year were announced on Friday, the eve of India's 70th Republic Day.

Devika Santosh of Navkis Educational Centre in Bengaluru has been invited to share the space with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the PM's Box during Republic Day events tomorrow in New Delhi

The multi-Academy award-winning film also brought Kapoor critical acclaim from across the world for his flamboyant and nuanced portrayal of game show host Prem Kumar.

Virat Kohli was the unanimous choice of the Voting Academy for the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy with South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada coming in second to him for both this award and the ICC Test Player of the Year award. Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan was runner up to Kohli for the ICC ODI Player of the Year award

The film had garnered mixed reviews by critics despite being named the highest earning music biopic of all time.

Massive protests erupted in different parts of Kerala since January 2 after two women of menstruating age visited the Sabarimala temple