Tag: Red Fort

"Some lights have been installed inside the tunnel and it is also a bit difficult to find out how far the tunnel can go," Goel said, adding that due to the sewer and the Metro related works, it is apprehended that the tunnel would have collapsed.

A secret tunnel was recently discovered at the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Speaking to a leading national agency (ANI), Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said that the tunnel connects the Legislative Assembly to the Red Fort.

Indian will mark its 72nd Independence Day tomorrow. On the day, while the President of India addresses the nation in a televised speech, the Prime Minister greets the nation from the Red Fort in New Delhi. Here are some of the best messages on Independence Day which all should share: Let new India arise out […]

Stressing on the need for vigil and alertness on the part of every staff on duty in the national capital, Srivastava motivated the policemen and women to remain prepared 24x7, saying, "Delhi Police have been entrusted with public trust to keep the capital safe and secure. The city never sleeps, neither do we."

New Delhi: In a lengthy speech invoking valour and recalling the contribution of the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) in the freedom movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that his government was committed to taking “big and bold” decisions and that the Indian Army was being modernised as per the dreams of […]

New Delhi: A grenade inside a well of Delhi’s iconic Red Fort sparked security concerns before it was removed safely on Friday morning, police said. The bomb was discovered by some labourers on Thursday evening while they were cleaning the Sawan Bhado garden of the Mughal-era monument, protected by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced an ambitious mission of sending an Indian astronaut to space by 2022 on board ‘Gaganyaan’. The mission, he said in his Independence Day address, would be launched using ISRO’s own capabilities, and on successful completion, make India the fourth nation in the world to do so. “Our […]

New Delhi: A museum displaying the government’s historical and rare collections of Mughal antiquities and the Indian War Memorial would soon add to the array of British barrack buildings, redeveloped as museums, in the Red Fort here. It could open by 2019 end. The announcement, coming ahead of the International Museum Day on May 18, […]

New Delhi: Jharkhand capital Ranchi will be the venue for the main event for International Yoga Day on June 21 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend it, AYUSH Ministry officials said Saturday. The event will be held at the Prabhat Tara ground and around 30,000 people are expected to participate in it, they said. […]

New Delhi: In a massive facelift given to the historic Lal Qila by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the green space inside the Red Fort complex here has been increased from 15 acres to 52 acres, the national conservation body said on Monday. The ASI, while referring to its conservation efforts in the Mughal-era […]

New Delhi: In a bid to promote India as a heritage tourism destination, online travel company MakeMyTrip Ltd. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for convenient and hassle-free online bookings for 116 historical monuments and sites across India, MakeMyTrip announced in a statement on Monday. The agreement, […]

New Delhi: SWAT commandos and NSG snipers have been deployed while for the first time cameras with facial recognition software are being used to secure the historic Red Fort where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hoist the national flag on the 73rd Independence Day on Thursday. Around 500 CCTV cameras have been installed around the […]

New Delhi: The security agencies are on high alert as the banned Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) is learnt to have announced a $125,000 reward for anyone who hoists a Khalistan flag at the Red Fort on Independence Day on August 15. Delhi Police, the nodal agency for law and order in the national capital, was […]

New Delhi: The Covid-19 pandemic has cast its shadow over the 74th Independence Day celebrations across the country. Keeping in mind the required precautions, this year many crucial changes have also been made at the venue at Red Fort in Delhi for Saturday’s event. The event will be limited to the presentation of the Guard […]

Bhubaneswar: Several political parties and outfits have strongly condemned the large-scale violence which was witnessed during farmers’ protest in Delhi on the occasion of Republic Day today. Hundreds of protesting farmers swarmed the historic Red Fort after their ‘Kisan Gantantra Parade’ turned violent. #WATCH Protestors enter Red Fort in Delhi, wave flags from the ramparts […]