New Delhi: The Delhi Police is on high alert with over 30,000 personnel deputed citywide in a multi-layered security net for the Republic Day celebrations, officials said. Around 10,000 police personnel are stationed in the New Delhi district alone, which contains the ceremonial parade route and high-security zones, they say. Additional Commissioner of Police (New…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the nation on the 77th Republic Day. In a post on X, he said, “Best wishes on Republic Day. May this occasion add renewed energy and enthusiasm in our collective resolve to build a Viksit Bharat.” At the 77th Republic Day celebrations on the Kartavya Path,…
New Delhi: India and Europe have made a “clear choice” to build a strategic partnership by leveraging their complementary strengths to show a new way of engagement to a “fractured world”, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday ahead of summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. European Council President Antonio Costa…
New Delhi: Veteran journalist Mark Tully, a chronicler of India and an acclaimed author, passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday after suffering multi-organ failure, hospital authorities said. He was 90. The award-winning journalist had been ailing for some time and had been admitted to Max Hospital at Saket in south Delhi on…
New Delhi: Veteran Bollywood star Dharmendra, singer Alka Yagnik, Malayalam superstar Mammootty, and R Madhavan were among the 131 individuals recognised with Padma Awards for their distinguished contributions in the field of arts. Veteran actor Dharmendra, who died in November last year at the age of 89, was conferred the Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second-highest…
Kolkata: The newly-raised 6th Bhairav Battalion is set to be the cynosure of all eyes in Monday’s Republic Day Parade at the Red Road here, touted to be the second biggest display of India’s military strength on the day after the national capital. Rocket launcher system ‘Suryastra’ with deep-strike capabilities, newly raised Bhairav light commando…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday discussed with a three-member American Congressional delegation various aspects of India-US relations, including trade and security, against the backdrop of continuing strain in ties between the two countries. US Ambassador Sergio Gor, who was also present at the meeting, said the talks were “productive” and that…
Patna: Hours before the RJD’s national executive meeting here on Sunday, its president Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya alleged that the control of the party has slipped into the “hands of infiltrators and conspirators whose sole objective is to destroy Laluvad”. Without naming anyone in her post on X, she said those responsible for the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged industry and start-ups to focus on quality and resolve to make excellence a benchmark in manufacturing. In his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ address, Modi said Indian products should be synonymous with top quality and urged the industry to manufacture zero-defect products. “Let us resolve to improve…
New Delhi: V Chandrasekhar, the CBI joint director who supervised the probe in the rape and murder case of a doctor of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, is among 31 officers of the central agency awarded police medals on the occasion of the 77th Republic Day. A 2000-batch IPS officer from the Gujarat cadre, Chandrasekhar,…
