Celebrations for the 70th Republic Day began Saturday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in attendance as the chief guest, amid heavy security deployment in the city.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the people on the country's 70th Republic Day on Saturday.

"Happy Republic Day to all fellow Indians," he tweeted. Several leaders took to social media to extend their greetings on the occasion.

New Delhi: Janata Dal (Secular) leader Danish Ali on Friday said former president Pranab Mukherjee was being awarded the Bharat Ratna as he had visited the RSS headquarters in Nagpur and had described Sangh ideologue K B Hedgewar as the "son of the soil".

New Delhi: Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh, affectionately called Nanaji Deshmukh, is the second leader from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ranks after Atal Bihari Vajpayee to be conferred the coveted Bharat Ratna.

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New Delhi: With a plea seeking a CBI probe into the murder of rationalist M M Kalburgi, the Supreme Court on Friday termed it a "very serious case" and said that it would hear the matter in detail on February 26.

New Delhi: President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh, L&T chairman A M Naik, late journalist Kuldip Nayar, late actor Kadar Khan and cricketer Gautam Gambhir were among the 112 prominent personalities who were named on Friday for conferment of this year's Padma awards.

Mumbai: A 30-year-old man was Friday arrested from Karnataka for allegedly killing a woman in suburban Andheri last week, police said.