India observing Republic Day today
New Delhi: India is observing 73rd Republic Day on Wednesday with the main event being held in New Delhi amid COVID-19 spike across the nation.
Armed forces will benefit from better gender balance: President Ram Nath Kovind on R-Day eve
New Delhi/IBNS: President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said the armed forces in India will benefit from better gender balance as the National Defence Academy opens its doors to recruit women.
General Bipin Rawat, vaccine makers, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee named for Padma Awards 2022
New Delhi/IBNS: General Bipin Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff, who was killed last year in a helicopter crash, will be honoured with the Padma Vibhushan Award posthumously, the government announced on Tuesday
Gandhi's favourite 'Abide By Me' hymn dropped from Republic Day Beating Retreat Ceremony
New Delhi/IBNS: Mahatma Gandhi's favourite 'Abide By Me', a prayer to God, has been dropped by the Modi government from the Beating Retreat Ceremony of this year's Republic Day, leading to another possibility of a face-off between the government and the Opposition, media reports said.
Assam government issues new SOP for Republic Day celebrations
Guwahati/IBNS: Amid rising the number of COVID-19 cases in the state, the Assam government has issued a new SOP for Republic Day celebrations in the state.
JK: Security up in Srinagar ahead of R Day
Srinagar/UNI: Ahead of the Republic Day, security has been beefed up across Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, with the police and paramilitary forces checking vehicles and intensifying patrolling in sensitive areas.
Republic Day Tableau: Centre denies Mamata Banerjee's allegations
New Delhi/UNI: The Centre on Monday rejected the allegations levelled by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that the state's tableau has been excluded from the Republic Day parade on January 26.
Centre rejects Kerala's Republic Day tableau for 3rd time in recent years
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Triggering a fresh Centre-state conflict, the Modi government has rejected the Communist-ruled state Kerala's Republic Day tableau for the third time in recent years, media reports said.
Republic Day violence: Hours after bail, actor Deep Sidhu arrested again
New Delhi/UNI: Punjabi actor-activist Deep Sidhu, who was granted bail earlier on Saturday by a Delhi court in connection with the Republic Day violence, was arrested again by the Delhi police in a fresh case over the damage caused to the historic Red Fort during the violence.
Republic Day violence: One more accused arrested
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi police special on Wednesday said that it has arrested one more person in connection with the Red fort violence on the Republic day.
We withheld portion of accounts identified in blocking orders by Indian govt: Twitter
New Delhi/IBNS: Micro-blogging site Twitter in its fresh statement on Wednesday said it has withheld the portion of accounts identified in the blocking orders served by the Indian government within the country.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor and six journalists, who have charged under multiple laws for their tweets in connection with the Republic Day violence, from any arrest, media reports said.
One arrested for raising Sikh flag at Red Fort amid violence during farmers' tractor rally
New Delhi/IBNS: One person has been arrested for raising the Sikh religious flag at the iconic Red Fort in the national capital amid violent clashes on Jan 26 that erupted during the protesting farmers' tractor rally on the occasion of Republic Day.
Pakistan-sponsored elements and Khalistan sympathisers actively involved in farmers' protest: Report
New Delhi: The involvement of rogue elements sponsored by Pakistan and so-called sympathisers of the Khalistan movement became evident from the recent violence on the Republic Day in Delhi during farmers' tractor protest rally,media reports said.
Tractor rally violence: Farmer died of accident injuries, confirms postmortem report
New Delhi/IBNS: A farmer, who participated in yesterday's tractor rally in the national capital, died in Delhi's ITO area due to injuries when his tractor hit the police barricades and overturned and not from police firing as claimed by his fellow protesters, according to postmortem report, Uttar Pradesh Police said.