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Rajnath Singh unfurls tricolour at his residence on Republic Day ANI | Updated: Jan 26, 2021 16:12 IST
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): Union Defence MinisterRajnath Singh on Tuesday unfurled the National Flag at his residence and greeted all the citizens on the occasion of Republic Day. Warm wishes to all citizens of India on the occasion of 72nd #RepublicDay. Jai Hind! Singh wrote on his official Twitter handle.
The country celebrated the 72nd Republic Day and the Union Cabinet Ministers extended their greetings to the nation on the occasion.
The minister had launched the revamped Gallantry Awards Web Portal earlier on Monday. The website has been designed and developed to display the information on Gallantry Awards and the Awardees post-independence.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari greets countrymen on Republic Day ANI | Updated: Jan 26, 2021 17:38 IST
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari greeted the countrymen on Republic Day by unfurling the National Flag at his residence in New Delhi on Tuesday. Heartiest congratulations to all the people of the nation on Republic Day, said Gadkari in a tweet.
The country celebrated the 72nd Republic Day and the Union Cabinet Ministers extended their greetings to the nation on the occasion.
Republic Day is celebrated in India every year on January 26 to commemorate the day the Constitution of the nation came into effect. Though India gained independence on August 15, 1947, nascent India did not have its own laws, which were drafted and finally adopted in the year 1950. (ANI)
Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, other union ministers wish the nation on 72nd Republic Day ANI | Updated: Jan 26, 2021 09:45 IST
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): As the country geared up to celebrate the 72nd Republic Day, Union Cabinet Ministers extended their greetings to the nation on the occasion.
Greeting the nation, Union Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted, Republic Day is a symbol of India s multicolored diversity and rich cultural heritage. I remember all the great personalities whose struggle enforced our Constitution to this day in 1950 and also salute all the brave men who have protected the Indian Republic with their valor. Warm wishes to all citizens of India on the occasion of 72nd #RepublicDay. Jai Hind! wrote Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on his official Twitter handle.
A Consequential Kidnapping
Ved Marwah
Mufti Sayeed with Rubaiya after her release. Photo Courtesy: Sunday
On 8 December 1989, JKLF activists kidnapped Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s daughter Rubaiya Sayeed, a medical student, while she was returning home in Srinagar. The Home Minister’s daughter had no security attached to her, and till the kidnappers rang up a local newspaper’s office about their demands for her release no one, not even her family members, knew anything about the kidnapping. Such an incident had not taken place earlier in the state and everyone was taken by surprised
This kidnapping, and the way it was handled, became a watershed in the history of terrorism and secessionist movement in the state. I was an eyewitness to the events, first in New Delhi and later in Srinagar. I was, at that time, posted as the Director-General of the National Security Guards. I received a call around dinner time asking me to immediately reach the Home Minister’s house at Akba