Cadets perform during the PM’s NCC Rally 2017 in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI
- The Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh NCC Directorate has bagged the top position for the third time consecutively in the national-level Republic Day Camp held at New Delhi
- The Directorate was presented the championship banner by PM Narendra Modi during the PM’s rally in the Capital on Saturday
- As many as 2,068 cadets from 17 NCC directorates across the country attended the month-long camp
- The Madras Engineer Group (Madras Sappers) has been adjudged the best marching contingent at the Republic Day parade while the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has been adjudged the best in the category of paramilitary forces and other auxiliary marching contingents. In the tableau category, the Arunachal Pradesh tableau, which depicted a yak dance of the Mahayana sect of Buddhist tribes, has won the top spot. TNS