Lal Chowk Flag Hoisting

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today unfurled the national flag at the historic clock tower of Lal Chowk here as part of the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', amid stringent security measures usually reserved for a prime ministerial visit.

With massive security in place, the BJP held its first-ever Tiranga rally at Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar, hugely symbolic in an area that has historically seen tension over the hoisting of the national flag.

It was a dramatic sight. Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, aboard a BJP rath, moving slowly across a one-kilometre bridge that stood between them and Jammu. They were accompanied by 500 BJP workers. Once the procession arrived at Lakhanpur in J&K, Ms Swaraj and Mr Jaitley were arrested.For a marathon four hours this afternoon, Ms Swaraj an...

The BJP is adamant that it will go ahead with its Ekta Yatra and hoist the tricolour in the heart of Srinagar on Republic Day tomorrow. The Jammu and Kashmir government is determined not to let the BJP leaders and workers get there. And it is backed firmly by the Centre that has asserted that BJP leaders must respect law and order measures.  A...

As she was led away from the Jammu airport where she had been detained for several hours, Sushma Swaraj tweeted, "Arrested - cars - separate - dont know where to?" The answer became clearer as a police convoy  zipped down a highway - she was being taken to Madhopur on the Punjab border. Here, Ms Swaraj and Arun Jaitley held a rally on Tuesday ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today stepped into the raging controversy over the BJP's Ekta Yatra to Jammu and Kashmir to try and hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar. In a hard-hitting statement, the PM says, "The Republic Day is not an occasion to score political points or promote divisive agendas. Call upon all concerned to observe m...

Srinagar's Lal Chowk is covered in snow right now, but is causing considerable heat over the BJP's plans to hoist the national flag here on Republic Day.The separatists have called for a counter-march on January 26. And a tense Chief Minister has warned, "It is clear we will not allow anybody to vitiate the atmosphere and the separatists travelling...

The BJP's plan to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Republic Day is running into new resistance.Sources in the state government say the BJP's march, Ekta Yatra, flagged off earlier this month by Nitin Gadkari, may not be allowed to enter the state. The yatra is made up of largely youth workers of the BJP and is headed from West Be...

The national flag was not hoisted by security forces in Lal Chowk, the nerve centre of Srinagar, on the Republic Day today for the first time in 19 years.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today unfurled the national flag at the historic clock tower of Lal Chowk here as part of the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', amid stringent security measures usually reserved for a prime ministerial visit.

With massive security in place, the BJP held its first-ever Tiranga rally at Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar, hugely symbolic in an area that has historically seen tension over the hoisting of the national flag.

It was a dramatic sight. Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, aboard a BJP rath, moving slowly across a one-kilometre bridge that stood between them and Jammu. They were accompanied by 500 BJP workers. Once the procession arrived at Lakhanpur in J&K, Ms Swaraj and Mr Jaitley were arrested.For a marathon four hours this afternoon, Ms Swaraj an...

The BJP is adamant that it will go ahead with its Ekta Yatra and hoist the tricolour in the heart of Srinagar on Republic Day tomorrow. The Jammu and Kashmir government is determined not to let the BJP leaders and workers get there. And it is backed firmly by the Centre that has asserted that BJP leaders must respect law and order measures.  A...

As she was led away from the Jammu airport where she had been detained for several hours, Sushma Swaraj tweeted, "Arrested - cars - separate - dont know where to?" The answer became clearer as a police convoy  zipped down a highway - she was being taken to Madhopur on the Punjab border. Here, Ms Swaraj and Arun Jaitley held a rally on Tuesday ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today stepped into the raging controversy over the BJP's Ekta Yatra to Jammu and Kashmir to try and hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar. In a hard-hitting statement, the PM says, "The Republic Day is not an occasion to score political points or promote divisive agendas. Call upon all concerned to observe m...

Srinagar's Lal Chowk is covered in snow right now, but is causing considerable heat over the BJP's plans to hoist the national flag here on Republic Day.The separatists have called for a counter-march on January 26. And a tense Chief Minister has warned, "It is clear we will not allow anybody to vitiate the atmosphere and the separatists travelling...

The BJP's plan to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Republic Day is running into new resistance.Sources in the state government say the BJP's march, Ekta Yatra, flagged off earlier this month by Nitin Gadkari, may not be allowed to enter the state. The yatra is made up of largely youth workers of the BJP and is headed from West Be...

The national flag was not hoisted by security forces in Lal Chowk, the nerve centre of Srinagar, on the Republic Day today for the first time in 19 years.