APN News Wishes all our viewers a very happy new year. People across the country welcomed 
2015 with great excitement. Gatherings and celebrations were seen at market places, restaurants, malls and new year was celebrated amid tight security.
New Zealand and Australia were among the first countries to greet the new year 2015.
President Pranab Mukherjee greeted the nation on the eve of the new year.
In his message President said, “I extend warm greetings and best wishes to all fellow citizens for a happy and prosperous New Year. Let 2015 be a year of peace, progress and harmony. Let us abhor violence and maintain maximum vigilance against all efforts, from within or without, to disturb peace and security. Let us celebrate pluralism and promote tolerance and understanding amongst all communities. Let the New Year be dedicated to the creation of an inclusive society where goodwill and brotherhood prevails amongst our people. Let us work with heart and soul and without distraction, to take our nation to new heights of achievement.”
Vice President also greeted the nation on the occasion, “Warm greetings and best wishes to all the citizens on the advent of the New Year 2015. May the New Year be the harbinger of happiness, good health and prosperity for all.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also greet nation a very happy new year. The Prime Minister in his tweet said,”Wishing you & your family a wonderful 2015! May this year bring immense happiness, peace & prosperity in everyone’s lives.”
From New Zealand, to Britain and to North Korea, millions around the world celebrated when the clock ticked past midnight, ringing in 2015 with massive fireworks displays, concerts and light shows.
Dazzling display of fireworks lit up Sydney Harbour on Thursday as Australia’s biggest city welcomed the New Year in spectacular style.
From to Dubai, New Zealand, and Britain to North Korea, millions around the world celebrated as the clock ticked past midnight, ringing in 2015 with fireworks displays, concerts and light shows.
By the time 2015 arrived in the country, some parts of the world were already well into the New Year, with New Zealand, Australia and Japan among the first to celebrate.
Due to its geographical position close to the International Date Line, New Zealand was one of the first countries in the world to welcome the New Year.
Fireworks lit up the Auckland skyline at midnight as 800kg of fireworks were let off as part of the city’s New Years celebrations.
It appeared Auckland lived up to its reputation as one of Listopedia’s Ultimate New Year’s Eve destinations. Revellers danced the year in at the inner city
Australia rung in the New Year with its awesome, annual fireworks display. Sydney greeted January 1 with a tropical-style fireworks display featuring shimmering gold and silver palm tree pyrotechnic effects.
More than 1.5 million revellers crowded along the shores of the city’s famed harbour to cheer the 12-minute firework display at midnight.
Fireworks exploded over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia.
North Korea let the world look into its secretive state in an extravagant New Year’s Eve fireworks display. Fireworks dazzled Pyongyang’s skies as the public looked on in amazement.
Residents of Pyongyang were treated to a lavish display of fireworks at midnight as part of North Korea’s 2015 New Year’s celebration.
China has got a big reputation when it comes to fireworks – so the Beijing display at the stroke of midnight was one not to miss. Revellers packed into prized vantage points across major Chinese cities to bag the best location to welcome in 2015.
Beijing’s Olympic Park hosted a special New Year event, with celebrations centered on the Bird Cage stadium and Aquatic centre that were used in the 2008 Games.
In Hong Kong, hundreds of thousands of people crowded the city’s promenades to watch the eight-minute pyrotechnic display.
Tokyo put its own stamp on New Year 2015 celebrations with a balloon release. While fireworks are a staple of New Year’s Eve displays, the Japanese capital added something a little different to its night sky at midnight.
Hundreds of revellers let go of helium balloons to mark the changing of the year.
In Russia, New Year’s Eve is bigger than Christmas. Russians enjoyed fireworks in Moscow’s Red Square to welcome in 2015.
The iconic backdrop of St Basil’s Cathedral and the Kremlin provided a spectacular setting for the traditional New Year’s Eve pyrotechnics display.
In Britain, the New Year started with a bang as an explosion of light from some 12,000 fireworks filled the sky above London’s South Bank – including spectacular blasts from the frame of the London Eye.
A breathtaking display of fireworks lit up London’s night sky as huge crowds descended on the Capital for the arrival of 2015.
Dubai sought another record-breaking celebration of the New Year with the largest LED-illuminated facade at the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa.
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered around the landmark tower for an impressive fireworks display and a record-breaking LED-illuminated facade.
Lasers flashed through the skies over Downtown accompanied by music and dancing fountains at the foot of the tower, to the delight of a large crowd.