King Charles, Queen Camilla arrive at White House for state dinner hosted by President TrumpUK's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived at the White House on Tuesday evening (local time) for a state dinner hosted by US Presiden...
29 Apr, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
Trump hails British as 'friends' as king visits amid Iran tensionsPresident Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States has "no closer friends" than the British, as he welcomed King Charles III to the...
28 Apr, 2026, 09.59 PM IST
PM Modi greets nation on 77th Republic Day, calls for stronger resolve towards Viksit BharatPrime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings on India's 77th Republic Day, urging citizens to renew their commitment to a 'Viksit Bharat...
26 Jan, 2026, 07.32 AM IST
Tricolour hoisting, 21-gun salute & PM’s address: Delhi all set for 79th Independence Day celebrationsNew Delhi is making final preparations to celebrate its 79th Independence Day at the Red Fort, marking the anniversary of freedom from Brit...
13 Aug, 2025, 09.23 AM IST
Republic Day 21 Gun Salute: Are the cannon shells real? Where do the cartridges fall?Explore the authenticity of Republic Day's 21-Gun Salute: Are the cannon shells real, and where do the cartridges fall? Delve into the intr...
26 Jan, 2024, 11.37 AM IST
Sidelights of 77th I-Day celebrations at Red FortTuesday's address is the Prime Minister's tenth consecutive Independence Day address to the nation. At the Red Fort, his address was preced...
15 Aug, 2023, 03.11 PM IST
Austerity measures hit Pakistan Day as military parade scaled backOn the 83rd Pakistan Day, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated that "political chaos" was the main reason for the country's economic instab...
23 Mar, 2023, 11.44 AM IST
Home-grown howitzer gun to be used for ceremonial 21-gun salute on I-dayThe Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) has been developed under the government's 'Make in India' initiative by the Defence Researc...
10 Aug, 2022, 04.40 PM IST
Mortuary workers, street vendors to be Special Guests for 75th I-Day celebration"We are going to use indigenously designed and developed gun for the ceremonial 21 gun salute. We have been using a British one-pound cerem...
10 Aug, 2022, 03.57 PM IST
Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her birthday twice a year; here's whyTrooping the Colour marked the beginning of the 70th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and her 2022’s official birthday, but why does Quee...
03 Jun, 2022, 07.54 PM IST
Queen Elizabeth cancels birthday plans as coronavirus hits BritainBritain's Queen Elizabeth will not celebrate her 94th birthday in any special way and has asked that there be no gun salutes to mark the oc...
18 Apr, 2020, 04.34 PM IST
Kashmir is 'jugular vein' of Pakistan: President Mamnoon HussainHe said Kashmir is the "jugular vein of Pakistan" but his country would continue efforts for the peaceful resolution of the long-standing d...
23 Mar, 2016, 07.13 PM IST
- National Green Tribunal allows vintage car rally in Delhi on February 6
The green panel, however, made it clear that this rally was being permitted as a one-time event and in future it will not allow such events...
05 Feb, 2016, 02.41 PM IST
UK's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 89th birthdayhe has been staying at the castle in Berkshire, south-east England, for the past month and has no official engagements listed for her big d...
21 Apr, 2015, 06.37 PM IST
Vintage cannons roared to launch Republic Day celebrationsEach cannon is fired at an interval of around 2.25 seconds to encompass the entire length of the 52 seconds of the anthem in three successi...
26 Jan, 2015, 07.04 PM IST
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 88th birthdayIn Scotland, gunners from 105th Regiment Royal Artillery fired two 21-gun royal salutes at Edinburgh and Stirling Castles.
21 Apr, 2014, 07.29 PM IST
- New Delhi's 100 years: 10 days of George V's stay and 1111 booms
The next 3 days were free of grand ceremonies and the cannons were rested. But December 12 was Durbar day and the city heard the imperial s...
12 Dec, 2011, 11.08 AM IST