Thousands of mourners flooded to the venue from early morning, despite the state-funeral initially attracting protesters. Abe was a divisive figure, 'an unapologetic nationalist.'
The state funeral ceremony will be the first major public event since new police security guidelines were implemented after Abe's assassination on July 8.
The funeral will take place Tuesday and is expected to be attended by representatives from around 100 nations. Modi will also meet current Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Abe's assassination in July lead to revelations about ties between Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and the Unification Church. The funeral has been called 'a serious miscalculation.'
China's 5G rollout along LAC disrupting Indian Army plans. And Chinese social media is full of posts 'celebrating' ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s assassination.
A report in mouthpiece 'Jago Bangla' claims Abe’s assassin was a former military man who was disgruntled after he left the service in 2005. BJP calls TMC supremo ‘anti-national’.
'An outstanding leader of Japan, a towering global statesman & a great champion of India-Japan friendship is not among us anymore. The world has lost a great visionary,' wrote PM Modi.
BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.
The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.
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