HIS HOLINESS HONOURED: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar receives the Padman Vibhushan from President of India Mr Pranab Mukherjee
DHIRUBHAI HONOURED: Mrs Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani, wife of the legendary Dhirubhai Ambani of Reliance Group, receives the Padma Vibhushan bestowed on her late husband, from President of India Mr Pranab Mukherjee
It is part of the Indian Government’s policy to engage the nation’s eastern states more vigorously in national growth and development. Towards this end, the 18th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) was organised in Bhubaneswar, capital of Odisha. Bhubaneswar itself has grown from a small town of about 30,000 people that became Odisha’s capital in 1949 to a bustling, busy city with an estimated current population of 1.24 million...
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