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New Delhi, Jan 26: Congress leaders were furious at the Modi government as party President Rahul Gandhi was made to sit in the sixth row in the VIP enclosure to watch the Republic Day parade roll down the Rajpath Friday morning. Gandhi was seen seated next to leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad with their posse of security personnel standing in the aisle as President Ram

New Delhi, Jan 26: In one of the many firsts this year, a women contingent of the Border Security Force today performed motorcycle stunts during the Republic Day parade, drawing one of the loudest cheers from the audience as well as dignitaries like President Ram Nath Kovind and ASEAN leaders. As per tradition, the BSF and the Army's bike-borne 'daredevils' end the parade on alternate years. But

New Delhi, Jan 26: President Ram Nath Kovind today appeared emotional after he awarded the Ashok Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration, posthumously to Air Force Garud commando Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala here. Corporal Nirala laid down his life after gunning down two terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district in Nov. After presenting the award to Corporal Nirala's wife

Palakkad, Jan 26: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat unfurled the tricolour on Friday at a Sangh Parivar managed higher secondary school affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) here. He did so disregarding a State government circular restricting the right to hoist the national flag on Republic Day in educational institutions across the State only to the concerned headmaster or principal

New Delhi, Jan 26: Amid an unprecedented security cover, celebrations for the 69th Republic Day began on the Rajpath here today in the presence of the leaders of 10 ASEAN nations who are attending the event as chief guests. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his tributes to the martyrs by laying a wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti in the presence of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the three

Nouf Marwaai, a 38-year-old Saudi Arabian who was the first certified yoga instructor in the Gulf nation, has bagged Padma Sri for 2018 among others. Described as the face of Yoga revolution in Saudi Arabia, she played an instrumental role in legalising yoga there. She taught over 3,000 students and has certified over 70 yoga teachers in Saudi Arabia since 2009. Born with auto-immune disease, she

New Delhi, Jan 26: A 99-year-old warrior of the poor, a 97-year-old midwife from Karnataka, a 90-year-old monk-physician and a 75-year-old 'grandmother of the jungle' are among the "unsung heroes" celebrated by the country by honouring them with Padma Sri awards. Four among those chosen for the prestigious awards, announced on the eve of Republic Day, are nonagenarians while the youngest of the

New Delhi, Jan 26: One individual from each ASEAN country was today chosen for the Padma Award, in an unprecedented move to promote India's ties with the 10-member bloc. The decision to confer the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, on one achiever from each ASEAN country was taken as India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit started in New Delhi today. In a first, all the 10 ASEAN leaders

Music director Ilaiyaraaja, cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni and senior Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh ideologue P Parameswaran are among the 85 personalities named for the 2018 Padma Awards by the Home Ministry. In an "unprecedented and symbolic gesture of India ASEAN bonding" Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also announced Padma Shri awards for one individual from each ASEAN country, the foreign

New Delhi, Jan 25: Gold prices soared by Rs 350 to trade at over 14-month high of Rs 31,450 per 10 gram on Thursday, tracking a firm trend overseas amid pick-up in buying by local jewellers. Silver regained the Rs 41,000-mark by jumping Rs 1,100 on increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Bullion traders attributed the rally in gold to a firm trend overseas as the dollar weakened to