| NEWS This is an opportunity to read the news from International Newspapers. Click the Headlines/Images for news in detail. The Times of India January 26 is the Republic Day of India. To mark the importance of this occasion, every year a grand parade is held in the capital, from the Rajghat, along the Vijaypath. The different regiments of the army, the Navy and the Air force march past in all their finery. The festivities of the Republic Day in Delhi start with the Presidential address to the nation. It is followed by awarding of the medals of bravery by the President of India. Pratibha Patil Creates History NEW DELHI: "I felt proud watching a woman receiving salute from soldiers," said Vimla Devi from Haryana as President Pratibha Patil on Saturday made history by becoming the first woman to inspect the Republic Day parade.
As the First Citizen drove to the Rajpath in her motorcade along with her French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy, the commentator noted that history was being made and for the first time a woman was receiving salute on the Republic Day. Her husband Devisingh Shekhawat, who was mistakenly identified as Devisingh 'Patil' once by the commentator, was beside her when she took salute.
The wife of a soldier posted in Delhi, Vimla watched the parade, which unfolded at the magnificent 2.5 km Rajpath, for the first time. She said she finds the whole cultural and military extravaganza "interesting".
Patil was seen briefing Sarkozy about the proceedings when the parade began with IAF choppers showering flowers and later when bravery award winning children on caparisoned elephants marched down the Rajpath.
The Rs one lakh car 'Nano' making waves across the globe, the feat of environmentalist R K Pachauri whose Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change got Nobel Prize and the Twenty20 cricket victory found mention at the commentary played before the start of the parade.
"The new year has already witnessed the small car, 'Nano', making big waves around the world. The year gone by has been singularly marked by acquisition spree by the Indian corporate sector," it said.  |
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