Braving a freezing minus 10 degrees Celsius temperature, the Indian community in Poland celebrated India’s 65th Republic Day here with great fervour. India’s Ambassador to Poland Monika Kapil Mohta unfurled the Tricolour and read excerpts from President Pranab Mukherjee’s address to the nation. “Each one of you is also an ambassador of India in Poland […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sunday expelled rebel legislator Vinod Kumar Binny, who has been criticising the party’s Delhi government. A party statement said the decision was taken by a disciplinary committee set up after Binny went to press with complaints against the Arvind Kejriwal government. “This disciplinary committee has decided to expel Vinod Kumar […]
A group opposing the Kundankulam Nucler Power Project (KNPP) Sunday said it has decided to take its protest to a political platform and will hold talks with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). “Based on the consent of community leaders, it has been decided to hold talks with Aam Aadmi Party,” said the People’s Movement Against […]
Expelled AAP legislator Vinod Kumar Binny will begin a hunger strike here Monday to protest against the Delhi government, who he alleges of not implementing the party’s pre-poll promises. The Aam Aadmi Party’s disciplinary committee Sunday expelled Binny for publicly making false statements against the party and its leadership. Binny will begin his protest at […]
Pakistani troops Sunday resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir as India was celebrating its 65th Republic Day, an official said. The firing took place in Uri sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district, defence spokesman Lt.Col. N.N. Joshi told reporters in Srinagar. “Pakistani troops fired […]
Two units of Delhi Police are at loggerheads to proceed with the investigation into the mysterious death of union Minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar. According to police, the Crime Branch has refused to initiate a probe into the case and it has been transferred back to the South District police. The case was handed […]
India’s powerful military punch and its rich cultural heritage were showcased at the 65th Republic Day parade on a bitterly cold Sunday, with chief guest and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe keenly watching the 90-minute proceedings. It was the coldest Republic Day in a decade at a minimum of 9.9 degrees Celsius, forcing spectators – […]
poliThe President’s Police Medals were Saturday conferred on 27 officials of the CBI and 20 of Delhi Police on the eve of India’s 65th Republic Day. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) joint directors Nina Singh, Rajwinder Singh Bhatti and Anil Palta, Additional Superintendent of Police S.B. Sankar, Deputy Superintendent of Police Balbir Jain, Assistant Sub-Inspector […]
Two policemen from Maharashtra have been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) this year, one of them posthumously. One policeman has also bagged the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG), which will be awarded as part of Republic Day honours. Sukuji Devangan Pardeshi, a head constable, was awarded the PPMG posthumously, along with then […]
President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said that corruption was a cancer and noted that fault lines in democracy were handiwork of those who had made power a gateway to greed. In his address on the eve of Republic Day, the president said that democracy has never been betrayed by people. “Some cynics may scoff at our […]