New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Former Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Lieutenant General (Retd) Satish Dua on Friday termed the Centre's move of merging the Amar Jawan Jyoti with the eternal flame at the National War Memorial as the "right decision".
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): In a historical move by the Centre ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, the Amar Jawan Jyoti or the "eternal flame" for soldiers at India Gate was merged with the torch at the National War Memorial in a ceremony on Friday.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 21 (ANI): Taking a dig at the BJP-led Central government, the Uttarakhand Congress on Friday termed the "extinguishing" of Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate as the "king's arbitrariness" to build his palace, "Modi Mahal".
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday slammed Opposition for questioning the Centre over the decision to 'extinguish' the flame of Amar Jawan Jyoti and felt "astounded by the duplicity and the hypocri
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Ahead of Republic Day celebrations, Brigadier Chitranjan Sawant (retd), who has been the R-Day commentator for the past 49 years, on Friday said that Amar Jawan Jyoti will merge with National War Memorial flame.
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 21 (ANI): Lieutenant General (Retd), Former Director-General of Military Operations (DGMO) Indian Army, Vinod Bhatia on Friday hailed the Centre's decision to merge Amar Jawan Jyoti with the War Memorial and said: "it is a good decision".
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Congress MP Manish Tewari on Friday slammed the Central Government and said that merging Amar Jawan Jyoti with War Memorial Torch means "erasing history".
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Several political leaders including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have questioned the Central Government's intent in shutting the Eternal Flame at Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate in the national capital and instead of putting a permanent one at the Natio
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Central Government over its decision to extinguish the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate in the national capital after 50 years and merge it with the flame at the National War Memorial.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 20 (ANI): Music composer Amaal Mallik sparked excitement among listeners with his latest social media post announcing his upcoming love anthem for Akshay Kumar starrer 'Bachchan Pandey.'
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): In a historical step days before Republic Day, the Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at the India Gate lawns would be extinguished and merged with the flame at the National War Memorial on Friday.
Tokyo [Japan], January 16 (ANI): Following a massive undersea volcanic eruption in the island country of Tonga, Tsunami was observed in the southern Japanese island of Amami-Oshima and many other places along the country's Pacific coast on Sunday.