Indian tennis star Leander Paes was conferred the Padma Bhushan today

Indian tennis star Leander Paes was on Saturday conferred the Padma Bhushan, country's third highest civilian honour, by President Pranab Mukherjee at a private ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. The 40-year old, who aspires to

represent the country at the Olympics for a historic seventh time in Rio Games, posted pre and after ceremony pics on his twitter page. "Padma Bhushan...Thanks for the years of support everyone!!! The rest is still unwritten...Jai Hind!," he wrote on the micro-blogging site.