Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed the states and the Union Territories (UTs) to strictly comply with the provisions of the Flag Code of India, 2002 and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 ahead of the Republic Day celebrations.
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.
Security has been tightened ahead of Republic Day in Poonch district on Friday. The security officials have deployed their forces on every corner of the area to maintain the safety and security of the region, said a J&K police official.
Graffiti written in Gurmukhi and Hindi with 'Khalistan Zindabad', and 'Referendum 2020' was seen painted on a wall in the national capital today but later it was removed.
Graffiti written in Gurmukhi and Hindi with 'Khalistan Zindabad', and 'Referendum 2020' was seen painted on a wall in the Paschim Vihar area of the capital city today. The development comes days ahead of Republic Day celebrations for which security has been stepped up in the city.
Bhat appreciated the role of NCC cadets in community development and social service schemes like the National Youth Festival, International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and Nasha Mukti Abhiyan.
Naushad Ali, the terrorist who was arrested in the Jahangirpuri area of the national capital, has revealed to the Delhi Police that he tried going to Pakistan through Nepal twice, but, failed.
A live bomb shell was recovered from a military ground in the Khanna city of Punjab's Ludhiana on Wednesday, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Harpal Singh informed.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inspected the 'Manaskhand' tableau of Uttarakhand state selected for the Republic Day 2023 parade at the National Theater in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The Republic Day celebrations are going to be week-long commencing on January 23, the birth anniversary of great national icon Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and culminating on January 30 which is observed as Martyrs' Day.
The meeting was chaired by the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, Sanjay Arora. It was attended by senior officers from Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and J&K, along with senior officers of Delhi Police, NIA, NCB and IB.