Kashmir Republic Day Celebrations

Republic Day was celebrated across Kashmir on Friday with functions held at all district headquarters of the valley amidst tight security arrangements, officials said in Srinagar.

Republic Day was celebrated across Kashmir on Thursday with functions held at all district headquarters of the valley amidst tight security arrangements, officials said in Srinagar.

Maharaja Hari Singh, the last Dogra autocrat, was celebrated at the Republic Day function in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, capping a first.

The Army on Wednesday dedicated to people a 150-feet-high flagpole in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir to mark the Republic Day celebrations, a defence spokesman said.

Braving inclement weather and bone-chilling cold, contingents of police and paramilitary forces on Wednesday took part in the 73rd Republic Day celebrations amidst tight security arrangements, officials said.

A day ahead of Republic Day celebrations, terrorists on Tuesday threw a grenade, targetting security personnel in Srinagar and resulting in injuries to four persons including a police officer and two women, officials said.

Cellphone services in Kashmir Valley - switched off since last night - were restored this evening, sources said. The service was snapped on the eve of the Republic Day celebrations as a precautionary measure.

Two terrorists of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) group were killed on Saturday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Khonmoh area on the outskirts of Srinagar district. The terrorists had planned to disrupt the Republic Day celebrations, said police sources.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Tuesday accused political parties of politicising an order mandating government employees to attend the Republic Day celebrations and said he stood by the order which was being issued since 2009.

Jammu and Kashmir government has issued an order to state government employees to be present at Republic Day celebrations, adding that failure to attend the ceremony would count as negligence of duty and disobedience of government instructions.

The Shaurya Chakra is the third highest peacetime military decoration after the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra. Read about the heroic tales of the men in uniform who are honoured with the Shaurya Chakra this Republic Day.

A high alert has been sounded in Kashmir following an intelligence input that a non-Kashmiri woman suicide bomber might disrupt the forthcoming Republic Day celebrations in the valley.

A total of 777 police and paramilitary personnel have been awarded police medals while 100 have been decorated for gallantry, led by Jammu and Kashmir police, on the occasion of Republic Day.

Amid tight security, Republic Day celebrations in Kashmir passed off peacefully with unfurling of the tricolour and cultural programmes at various places.

Pakistan is holding its first Republic Day parade in seven years on Monday, a symbolic show of strength in the war against Taliban insurgents three months after a militant attack on an army-run high school killed 132 children in Peshawar.

Republic Day was celebrated across Kashmir on Friday with functions held at all district headquarters of the valley amidst tight security arrangements, officials said in Srinagar.

Republic Day was celebrated across Kashmir on Thursday with functions held at all district headquarters of the valley amidst tight security arrangements, officials said in Srinagar.

Maharaja Hari Singh, the last Dogra autocrat, was celebrated at the Republic Day function in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, capping a first.

The Army on Wednesday dedicated to people a 150-feet-high flagpole in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir to mark the Republic Day celebrations, a defence spokesman said.

Braving inclement weather and bone-chilling cold, contingents of police and paramilitary forces on Wednesday took part in the 73rd Republic Day celebrations amidst tight security arrangements, officials said.

A day ahead of Republic Day celebrations, terrorists on Tuesday threw a grenade, targetting security personnel in Srinagar and resulting in injuries to four persons including a police officer and two women, officials said.

Cellphone services in Kashmir Valley - switched off since last night - were restored this evening, sources said. The service was snapped on the eve of the Republic Day celebrations as a precautionary measure.

Two terrorists of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) group were killed on Saturday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Khonmoh area on the outskirts of Srinagar district. The terrorists had planned to disrupt the Republic Day celebrations, said police sources.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Tuesday accused political parties of politicising an order mandating government employees to attend the Republic Day celebrations and said he stood by the order which was being issued since 2009.

Jammu and Kashmir government has issued an order to state government employees to be present at Republic Day celebrations, adding that failure to attend the ceremony would count as negligence of duty and disobedience of government instructions.

The Shaurya Chakra is the third highest peacetime military decoration after the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra. Read about the heroic tales of the men in uniform who are honoured with the Shaurya Chakra this Republic Day.

A high alert has been sounded in Kashmir following an intelligence input that a non-Kashmiri woman suicide bomber might disrupt the forthcoming Republic Day celebrations in the valley.

A total of 777 police and paramilitary personnel have been awarded police medals while 100 have been decorated for gallantry, led by Jammu and Kashmir police, on the occasion of Republic Day.

Amid tight security, Republic Day celebrations in Kashmir passed off peacefully with unfurling of the tricolour and cultural programmes at various places.

Pakistan is holding its first Republic Day parade in seven years on Monday, a symbolic show of strength in the war against Taliban insurgents three months after a militant attack on an army-run high school killed 132 children in Peshawar.