Srinagar | Army’s Fire and Fury Corps organised a historic event on Saturday at Leh Garrison, where a monumental national flag was unfurled by R.K. Mathur, LG of Ladakh, on the hill overlooking Leh valley. General M.M. Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff and Lieutenant General Y.K. Joshi, GOC-in-C Northern Command also attended the event. Lieutenant General […]
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Matterhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps lights up with Indian tricolour
Bern: A more than 1,000-metre high Indian tricolour was projected onto the Matterhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps “to express Solidarity to all Indians in the fight against COVID-19”. In a tweet, the Embassy of India to Switzerland, The Holy See & Liechtenstein, said on Friday night: “INDIAN TRICOLOR ON THE MATTERHORN MOUNTAIN: Indian Tricolor […]
Tricolour in mosques, human chains on R-Day in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: The southern state of Kerala will see the Tricolour in mosques, reading out of pastoral letters in churches, and a 700-km long human chain as a protest against the CAA and proposed NRC on Republic Day on Sunday. The human chain, which will be organised by the ruling CPI-M, will run from Kasargode till […]
JD(U) MLA Sharfuddin ‘insults’ tricolour, photo goes viral – 1 min read
Sheohar (Bihar): Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MLA from Bihar’s Sheohar, Sharfuddin, became the target of opposition leaders after his photo went viral showing the legislator not saluting the tricolour during an Independence Day flag hoisting ceremony. The photo is from the Independence Day celebrations here, during which Sharfuddin is seen resting his hand on his left […]
Hoisting Tricolour in Melbourne makes Karan Johar emotional
Melbourne (1 MIN READ): Filmmaker Karan Johar, who is here for Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), says hoisting the Indian flag here was an exceptionally emotional moment for him. ‘Desis’ from across the city gathered at Federation Square here on Saturday to see Karan hoisting the Tricolour. This annual honour is given to one major […]
Robert Vadra posts Paraguay flag in place of Tricolour, gets trolled
New Delhi: In an embarrassing goof-up, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra on Sunday used the flag of Paraguay instead of the Tricolour to spread awareness about the Lok Sabha elections on social media, inviting ridicule from netizens. “Our right our strength !! Everyone must step out n vote…we need all support, to create […]
Indian woman skydives with Tricolour in Finland to celebrate I-Day
Mumbai : Fulfilling a long-cherished dream, Indian adventurist Shital Rane-Mahajan on Wednesday dived from over 5,000 feet in Finland with a Tricolour to mark India’s 72nd Independence Day. The Tricolour, measuring 10 feet by six feet, was handed over to Shital by Indian Ambassador to Finland, (Ms) Vani Rao after the I-Day celebrations by the […]
Karunanidhi responsible for CMs unfurling tricolour
Chennai : Late DMK President M. Karunanidhi was responsible for state Chief Ministers unfurling the national flag on the occasion of Independence Day. After India got independence, only the Governors unfurled the national flag on Republic Day and Independence Day. In 1974, Karunanidhi as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu wrote to then Prime Minister […]
AMU to unfurl 200-metre-long Tricolour
Aligarh, Jan 26 : A 200-metre-long Tricolour will be unfurled on the Aligarh Muslim University campus here, a student leader said on Friday. Aligarh Muslim University Students Union President Mashkoor Usmani said the flag will be hoisted soon at the Duck Point on the campus as part of AMU founder Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s 200th birth […]