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. […]
Police enhanced security and stepped up vigil to ensure peaceful celebrations of the 65th Republic Day Sunday in the city and across the state. “We have deployed about 2,000 of our personnel across the city and are keeping a close watch on the movement of people and vehicles to prevent any untoward incident and maintain […]
Three women were arrested here with 17.5 gm of heroin in possession, the narcotics department officials said Saturday. “During a raid by the officials of excise and narcotics department, three women – V. L. Kapi (53), Lalunghnemi (29) and Nitiali (45) were arrested from a house Friday night,” an official told reporters. “The officials seized […]
kejChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday defended his 32-hour agitation in the heart of Delhi, saying the constitution did not stop a chief minister from holding an agitation. “The central government has called my protest against the constitution but there is no provision which says that a CM cannot sit on a dharna (sit-in),” he said […]
New Delhi A year after it got the nod for a CBTC (communications based train control) system for the Hyderabad Metro rail, French technology major Thales will replicate this in Japan, becoming the first non-Japanese company to enter the country’s signalling space. Thales has been selected by the East Japan Railway Company, known as JR […]