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Watch: Strange goings on in Karnataka after 'dance programme' in Vijayapura Jail leaves officials red-faced
Fp Staff • 9 years agoA Republic Day programme in a jail in Karnataka became the subject of controversy earlier this week, after a video surfaced showing a performance by a woman dancer, with prisoners allegedly showering money on her.
Maharashtra's 'pilgrimage to wadi' wins the best tableaux award in R-Day Parade
Fp Archives • 10 years agoIn the tableaux category, the first position went to the Maharashtra tableau, which depicted 'Wari to Pandharpur' (the pilgrimage to Pandharpur).
R-day ad row: Nothing wrong in Sena's demand for deletion of 'secular' from Preamble of Constitution, says Ravishankar Prasad
Fp Archives • 10 years agoRavi Shankar Prasad said that leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru and B R Ambedkar were "more intelligent" than the present day Congress and did not include 'secular' and 'socialist' words in the original preamble of the Constitution.
US Prez as guest to all-women contingent drawn: 66th R-Day marked many firsts
Fp Archives • 10 years agoThe 66th Republic Day celebrations on Monday was marked by many firsts.
Eye on China: Japanese PM to be chief guest at R-Day parade
Rajeev Sharma • 11 years agoNo other country has contributed so meaningfully and immensely to India’s growth story in recent years as Japan has.