"This is for the first time that President of the Arab Republic of Egypt has been invited as Chief Guest on our Republic Day," the MEA said. A military contingent from Egyptian Army will also participate in the Republic Day parade.
The Kerala government on Friday attached the properties of the state general secretary of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), Abdul Satta, including his house in Kollam.
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on January 24 and will be greeted by Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
As India has assumed the chair of the G-20, the invitation to a leader of an important country in Africa signifies India's role as the voice of the south and an interlocutor between the global South with the North.
This is for the second time during the foot march that Rahul Gandhi has been compared to a figure on a high pedestal -- first with Lord Ram and now Shankaracharya.
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki on Thursday released a video from the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, denying any links with Al-Qaeda.
The Yatra will reach Jammu's Kathua at 6.45 pm on Thursday, party leaders said.
According to the INC's official Twitter handle, the flag transfer ceremony would be held in Kathua's Lakhanpur near Maharaja Gulab Singh's statue on Jan 19.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that the partnership between India and Maldives will emerge stronger than before as quality social infrastructure is being created across Maldives under this development partnership.
"Delighted to inaugurate the India-funded Community Centre in Foakaidhoo with FM @abdulla_shahid. Applaud the Council and local community for its successful completion," Jaishankar tweeted on Thursday on his official Twitter handle @DrSJaishankar.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has said that Congress should see the recent track records of the leaders joining the Bharat Jodo Yatra as some "might use" it to "whitewash themselves".
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today held a meeting with Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and said that the great progress in bilateral cooperation led to transformational projects.