India, Jan. 26 -- Actor Dharmendra, former Kerala chief minister VS Achuthanandan, former Supreme Court judge KT Thomas, violin maestro N Rajam, and eminent journalist P Narayanan won India's second-highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, on Sunday.

In a statement, the government announced 131 Padma awards for 2026, including five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri, which included two cases in which the award for two individuals was counted as one.

Separately, President Droupadi Murmu will on Monday award the country's highest peacetime gallantry medal, Ashoka Chakra, to Indian astronaut and fighter pilot Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who served as pilot for the historic Axiom Mission to the International Spac...