President Murmu confers BJP veteran LK Advani with Bharat Ratna

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New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Bharat Ratna upon veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani at the latters residence in Delhi on Sunday...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu were also present on this occasion...

Former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur and agronomist MS Swaminathan were also conferred with the countrys highest civilian award...

Earlier in February, PM Modi announced that the senior BJP leader would be conferred the Bharat Ratna.Taking to the social media platform, PM Modi said the former Union Ministers contribution to the development of India is monumental...

Born in Karachi, in present day Pakistan, on November 8, 1927, Advani through the years had served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the longest period since its inception in 1980...

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