For Karthigai Deepam, the Gopuram of the temple and its premises are decorated with lights. The 10-day celebrations will begin on Friday with the flag hoisting, and later Lord Arunachaleswarar will be carried in procession atop the silver Vahanas.
Bharatiya Janata Party delegates will meet the party member families who were arrested recently for creating a ruckus over raising a flag post outside Tamil Nadu party chief K Annamalai's residence today.
Vice President of India and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar hoisted the national flag at the new Parliament building today, a day before the special session of the Parliament.
"Meetings of newly constituted Congress Working Committee have been scheduled for 16th and 17th September in Hyderabad and will not feasible to attend flag hoisting function at New Parliament building tomorrow," said Mallikarjun Kharge in his letter.
Ealrier the Congress expressed its displeasure for not inviting party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to the G20 dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu on September 9.
Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, in a message addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, conveyed his best wishes for the continued prosperity of India, underlining that Independent India has shown its unmatched resourcefulness, ingenuity and resilience of its people, the world and ha
The chief minister further said that constable to sub-inspector level employees posted in police stations would be reimbursed the cost of 15 litres of petrol every month for travel for official work. The nutritious diet allowance for constable to inspector level officials has been increased
Priests, temple authorities, and pilgrims from far and wide celebrated Independence Day at the holy shrine in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district with nationalist zeal and enthusiasm.
Soon after the incident, he was taken to a nearby hospital where he got normal after a few minutes. After that Choudhary is admitted to a private hospital in the state capital for further treatment.
Even as his absence from the flag hoisting event at the Red Fort raised the hackles in the ruling BJP at the Centre, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday raised the tricolour at the AICC headquarters in the national capital.
Upon his arrival at the Red Fort, PM Modi was received by Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, Raksha Rajya Mantri, Ajay Bhatt, and Defence Secretary, Giridhar Aramane.