Emphasising the importance of good infrastructure for the country's development, Modi said the importance of roads for a nation is the same as arteries and veins in human body.
President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sonia Gandhi herself condoled the sudden death of one of the best known politicians from the northeast.
After fighting over the naming of the international airport at Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana have finally agreed to name it after Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
Punjab's stand on the subject has been consistent, clear and categorical. And there can be no compromise on the rights of Punjab as a Riparian state
Hundreds of Non-Resident Indians (NRI), specially belonging to Haryana, had registered themselves for the event.
Terror outfit Al Qaeda on Tuesday allegedly hacked a microsite of the Railnet page of the Indian Railway to show its sinister reach for the first time. It later left the page.