Security around the Hotel Taj, where the French president will stay during his five-hour stop in the city, was at its maximum with scores of armed commandos and policemen swarming the place.
The silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on key issues of communal tension and violence is baffling for a leader who is hailed as a great communicator, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday.
Ending decades of wait, the Indian government on Saturday declassified the first set of 100 files on revolutionary leader Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, whose whereabouts after a reported air crash continues to be a mystery even after 70 years.
Prabh Aasra, an organization reuniting families, has vowed to make a difference by serving as a home and rehabilitation centre for the physically incapacitated and mentally challenged individuals.
Giggling groups of students, bored commuters and snack-shop vendors were all logging on Friday at Mumbai Central Train Station, the first of 400 stations the company plans to eventually reach with the service.
Delayed flights and trains and slow movement of road traffic due to foggy conditions affected life across north India on Friday as the cold wave continued to grip the region.