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National War Memorial epitome of all war memorials in country, says gallan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 22 (ANI): The National War Memorial is the 'epitome' of all war memorials in the country, said an officer from the elite Special Frontier Force on Saturday after receiving a gallantry medal for an operation to capture a strategic height across the Ch
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Hardeep Puri slams Rahul Gandhi over his comments on merger of Amar Jawan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for opposing the merger of Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate with the flame at National War Memorial and said that the flame at the Amar Jawan Jyoti was under the British est
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Several veterans favour merging Amar Jawan Jyoti with flame at National Wa
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New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Several senior veterans favoured the merger of flame at the Amar Jawan Jyoti with the one at the National War Memorial while some opposed it citing the emotional connect with it.
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Merger of Amar Jawan Jyoti with flame at National War Memorial right decis
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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".
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Flame at Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate merged with National War Memorial
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
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.
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Uttarakhand Congress takes dig at Centre for extinguishing Amar Jawan Jyot
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
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".
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Astounded by duplicity, hypocrisy of opposition, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
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
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'Merging of Amar Jawan Jyoti with National War Memorial flame is a histori
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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.
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Retired Army officers hail Centre's decision to merge Amar Jawan Jyoti wit
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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".
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Merging Amar Jawan Jyoti with War Memorial Torch tantamounts to erasing hi
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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".
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Amar Jawan Jyoti not being extinguished, being merged with flame at Nation
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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
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Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over merging of Amar Jawan Jyoti with flame at N
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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.
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