PM Modi, President Murmu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, CDS Anil Chauhan, Chief of Army Staff Gen Upendra Dwivedi, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh & Admiral Dinesh Tripathi in attendance.
A 160-member marching contingent & 190-member band contingent from Indonesia will take part in the parade at Kartavya Path. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to be chief guest.
This is Tharman Shanmugaratnam's 1st trip to India. He said that the 2 countries are on a new trajectory after upgrading their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership.
The 100th birth anniversary of the former PM, celebrated as a statesman, politician & gifted orator, was marked by a ceremony at his memorial in New Delhi.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake was welcomed by President Murmu & PM Modi Monday morning at Rashtrapati Bhavan for a ceremonial reception. Modi & Dissanayake also held a meet at Hyderabad House.
During the event marking 23 yrs since the attack, several political leaders met with families of those killed. Attack had resulted in deaths of security personnel, police & civilians.
Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Badal was ordered to perform ‘sentry duty’ and clean utensils at the shrine in Amritsar by Akal Takht as punishment for ‘sins’ against Sikh community.
1st phase of J&K polls Wednesday. PDP’s Iltija Mufti is contesting from Bijbehara, Afzal Guru’s brother Aijaz from Sopore, and Engineer Rashid’s brother Sheikh Khursheed from Langate.
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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