BANGALORE - Pomp, pageantry and patriotic spirit marked the 62nd Republic Day Wednesday in Karnataka as Governor H.R. Bhardwaj hoisted the tricolour and inspected the guard of honour here while urging people to root out corruption.

JAMMU - The BJP Wednesday accused the central and the state governments of "hijacking and abducting" its top leaders to foil the partys Ekta Yatra (integration march).

JAMMU - Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Wednesday mocked at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for inviting her and her colleagues to official Republic Day functions after detaining them for trying to hoist the national flag in Srinagar.

SRINAGAR - Authorities clamped down on secessionist leaders and some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists Wednesday when they separately tried to take out marches to Lal Chowk here in defiance of security restrictions on the Republic Day, which passed off peacefully.

CHANDIGARH - Haryanas main opposition party Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Wednesday sought a judicial probe into a multi-billion-rupee land scandal in the state during the tenure of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government.