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 […]
Six Indian think tanks figure among the top 150 global think tanks, according to the “2013 Global Go To Think Tanks Report” of Pennsylvania University’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Programme (TTCSP). At 268, India had the fourth largest number of think tanks after the US 1828, China 426, and United Kingdom 287. The seventh […]
Indian-born American physician, scientist and writer Siddhartha Mukherjee has described the Padma Shri awarded to him on the Republic Day as “a great honour”. “It is a great honour to be recognized by India in this manner,” said Mukherjee, best known for the 2010 book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer”, for […]
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 […]
Suspected militants triggered a bomb blast here Sunday, minutes before the start of the Republic Day Parade, police said. No one was reportedly injured. The area where the bomb went off is close to the official residence of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. “A powerful bomb was exploded near the deputy commissioner’s office in the […]
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 […]
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Sunday accused the central government of usurping the power of the states over the years, saying the authority of the state governments has been eroded by doing this. In his address after hoisting the national flag on the 65th Republic Day in the industrial city of Ludhiana, Badal said […]
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 […]