Noted scientist R.A. Mashelkar, yoga expert B.K.S. Iyenger, actors Kamal Haasan and Vidya Balan, tennis player Leander Paes, cricketer Yuvraj Singh, and former chief justice of India, the late J.S.Verma were Saturday conferred the Padma awards on the eve of the 65th Republic Day. While Mashelkar and Iyengar were the two named for Padma Vibhushan, […]
beJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Sunday keenly witnessed the Republic Day parade at which he was the chief guest. Dressed in a dark suit and sporting a striped yellow and black tie, Abe arrived at the saluting base on the Rajpath boulevard along with President Pranab Mukherjee, and was welcomed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. […]
indOdisha Governor S.C. Jamir and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unfurled the national flag as the Republic Day was celebrated across the state Sunday. The governor hoisted the flag at Bhubaneswar and the chief minister at Cuttack. After taking salute at an impressive parade, Patnaik said in a speech that democracy had been strengthened after India’s […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday paid homage to the unknown soldier here on the occasion of the Republic Day. With the three service chiefs in attendance, Manmohan Singh laid a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti memorial at India Gate in the heart of the city. The prime minister, Defence Minister A.K. Anthony and others […]
Karnataka Governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj Sunday flagged off the 65th Republic Day celebrations across the state by hoisting the tricolour and inspecting a guard of honour at the Field Marshal Manekshaw parade ground here. On a bright sunny day, rose petals were showered from an army chopper around the podium area where the governor, his […]
Mumbai witnessed a dazzling Republic Day celebration, with a colourful parade at the picturesque Marine Drive here Sunday. Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan hoisted the national flag and took the salute at the parade in south Mumbai along the Arabian Sea promenade. Present on the occasion were Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, his cabinet colleagues as well […]
Mobile phone services were suspended across the Kashmir Valley Sunday as part of security precautions on the Republic Day. Authorities order the suspension of mobile phone services across the valley Jan 26 and Aug 15 to foil remote-controlled explosions with the use of mobile phones. The mobile phones, however, functioned in Jammu. Meanwhile, a separatist-called […]
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has been booked for allegedly making provocative speeches and violating prohibitory orders (Section 144 of CrPC) during his protests at Rail Bhavan on January 20 and 21. The joint commissioner of police (New Delhi range), M K Meena, refused to divulge details but said Delhi Police was following the law. Delhi […]
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, addressed the Nation on the eve of the 65th Republic Day. Following is the text of the President’s address on the occasion: My Fellow Citizens, On the eve of 65th Republic Day, I extend warm greetings to all of you in India and abroad. I convey my special greetings to […]
The Supreme Court Friday said it would hear Jan 28 the curative petition by 1993 Delhi blast terror convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar for commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment. A bench of Chief Justice P.Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice M.Y. Eqbal slated the matter for hearing Jan 28 as senior counsel K.T.S. […]