Tag: Tribute
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PM Modi leaves for Goa to pay tribute to Manohar Parrikar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday morning left for Goa to attend the last rites of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar who passed away on Sunday evening due to pancreatic cancer.
March 18, 2019 -
Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to Sardar Patel, takes jibe at BJP
Congress president Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary on Wednesday, 31 October, but at the same time took a jibe at the NDA government led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
October 31, 2018 -
PM Modi, V-P Naidu, other leaders pay tributes to Bhagat Singh on birth anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were among those who paid tributes to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on his birth anniversary on Friday.
September 28, 2018 -
PM Modi pays tribute to Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Chandra Shekhar Azad
The PM hailed Chandra Shekhar Azad for his courage and Tilak for igniting the spark of patriotism in the hearts of Indians.
July 23, 2018 -
President Kovind pays tribute to Fidel Castro in Cuba
President Kovind arrived here yesterday on the last leg of his three-nation tour to Greece, Suriname and Cuba.
June 22, 2018 -
Army pays tribute to soldier killed in Kakapore terror attack
Army today paid tribute to Sepoy Vikram Singh killed in a militant attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on May 27. In a solemn ceremony at Badamibagh cantonment here, Corps Commander Lt Gen A K Bhatt and all ranks paid homage to the martyr on behalf of a proud nation, a defence spokesman...
May 29, 2018 -
PM Modi pays tribute to Veer Savarkar on his 135th birth anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to freedom fighter and social activist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on the latter’s 135th birth anniversary on Monday.
May 28, 2018 -
PM Modi, Congress leaders pay tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru
Born on 14 November 1889 in Allahabad, Jawaharlal Nehru was one of the tallest leaders of the Congress and the Indian struggle for freedom from the British rule.
May 27, 2018 -
A tribute to Isao Takahata, the Japanese legend who gave us ‘Grave of the Fireflies’
On 5 April, Japanese filmmaker and producer Isao Takahata passed away. He was 82. Takahata, one of the co-founders of Studio Ghibli, was suffering from lung cancer.
April 27, 2018 -
OneRepublic pays tribute to Avicci on their maiden India concert
The American pop-rock band that enthralled Mumbaikars on their first ever live performance on Saturday night, paid a tribute to the young DJ Avicci, whose sudden demise shocked the music world. As the band appeared on stage thousands of Mumbai music lovers welcomed the five-member band with a huge applause. Having star their performance with...
April 22, 2018 -
Mamata Banerjee pays tribute Allama Iqbal, writer of ‘Sare Jahan Se Achha’
Banerjee, who is known for remembering eminent personalities on their birthdays or death anniversaries, took to Twitter to express her thoughts.
April 21, 2018 -
PM Modi, other leaders pay tribute to Jallianwala Bagh massacre victims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to those killed in Jallianwala Bagh on the occasion of the 99th anniversary of the massacre that shook the nation and became a catalyst of the freedom movement.
April 13, 2018 -
President Kovind, PM Modi pay tribute to Ram Manohar Lohia on his 108th birth anniversary
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among those who paid tributes to socialist icon Dr Ram Manohar Lohia on his 108th birth anniversary on Friday. President Kovind hailed Lohia for being an inspiring figure for governance based on welfare of the populace. “Tributes to Dr Ram Manohar Lohia on his birth...
March 23, 2018 -
PM Modi, President pay tribute to Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi who passed away on Wednesday, 28 February. Expressing grief at the demise of the 69th pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, the PM wrote on his official Twitter handle, “Deeply anguished by the passing away of Acharya of Sri Kanchi...
February 28, 2018 -
Director Ram Gopal Varma’s special tribute to Sridevi
The nation on Sunday woke up to the sad news of legendary actress Sridevi’s demise. The actress, who was 54, died of a cardiac arrest in Dubai late on Saturday, 24 February, where she had gone to attend her nephew Mohit Marwah’s wedding. The news has come as a huge shock for the whole nation....
February 25, 2018 -
Indian Army pays tribute to jawan killed in Pak firing
The Army on Thursday bid farewell to Naik Jagadish who was killed in last week’s ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. A wreath laying ceremony was organised in honour of the martyr, who laid down his life guarding the nation’s frontiers while serving at the Line of Control (LoC) in...
January 25, 2018 -
BJD MP gets furious at media during tribute programme
Ruling BJD MP Nagendra Pradhan lost his cool with media persons here on Wednesday at a function organised to pay tributes to legendary freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai. The MP was angry over television channel reporters seeking the byte of the district collector wo was at the function and only then turning to the MP...
January 25, 2018