75th Independence Day

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A file photo of Red Fort. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Mohan Guruswamy | How did we do in 75 years? Clearly, better than most…

If India were to be horizontally sliced by income, it can be said to be three overlaid countries

18 Aug 2022 11:53 PM

A man offers sweets to people convicted for rape and murder in the Bilkis Bano case of the 2002 post-Godhra riots, after they came out of the Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat government allowed their release under its remission policy, in Godhra, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (PTI)

AA EDIT | Why did Gujarat flout rules to free Bilkis convicts?

Is it because state elections are coming up and communal embers can be stoked by setting certain kinds of prisoners free?

17 Aug 2022 9:53 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

Modi to address nation, will pay tribute to heroes

Official sources said the Prime Minister is likely to announce a host of initiatives for the health sector on this Independence Day

15 Aug 2022 12:16 AM

The national flag is seen in the foreground as Rapid Action force (RAF) and Karnataka police personnel patrol on the disputed Idgah Maidan, on the eve of 76th Independence Day, at Chamrajpet area in Bengaluru, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India@75 mood: Uneasy sense of triumphalism…

Both Atal Behari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh functioned as Prime Ministers and the country moved, and no one felt the need to idolise them

14 Aug 2022 11:50 PM

A shopkeeper displays Indian flags at the entrance of his shop in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

AA EDIT | It’s time for all to fly the flag

The Prime Minister has given a call to every Indian to hoist the tiranga on their home

04 Aug 2022 12:15 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Splendid, historic moment on August 15: PM

Modi said that he is happy to note that 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' is taking the form of a mass movement

01 Aug 2022 3:56 AM

The lifting of limitations only means that Indians can progress to professing their love for the national flag and what it symbolises; it democratises the process whereby every household can own this symbol and its symbolism. — AP

AA Edit | Celebrating spirit of freedom

The earlier restrictions to do with preserving respect to the most visible symbol of the nation were not per se anti-democratic

26 Jul 2022 12:35 AM

While speaking at the main ID function in Srinagar’s Sher-i-Kashmir Cricket Stadium, J&K Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, said that the “jungle raj” in the erstwhile state ended on the “eve of 2020” and the grassroots level democracy was strengthened in the UT through the conduct of “violence-free” district development council (DDC) elections. — DC Image

Burhan Wani's father hoists tricolour at a school in J&K's Tral

For the first time in many years, the Internet and mobile phone services remained unaffected on ID in J&K

16 Aug 2021 9:16 AM

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana. (PTI Photo)

'Sorry state of affairs': CJI N V Ramana on lack of debate in Parliament

Chief Justice exhorted the members of the legal fraternity to participate in public life and share their experience about laws

15 Aug 2021 11:41 PM

Babu Ram, ASI with Jammu & Kashmir Police, has been posthumously awarded India's highest peacetime gallantry award Ashok Chakra. (Twitter/@JmuKmrPolice)

J&K police awarded Ashok Chakra and Kirti Chakra

J&K Police constable Altaf Hussain Bhat has been posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra

15 Aug 2021 8:37 AM

President Kovind also sought to address the concerns raised by protesting farmers' unions against the three contentious farm laws, saying the series of agricultural marketing reforms will empower our annadata' farmers and help them get better price for their produce. (Twitter)

Parliament is temple of indian democracy: the president

On the 75th Independence Day, the President referred to the second wave, and said the country is yet to come out of its devastating effects

15 Aug 2021 4:03 AM

As India looks ahead to the 75 years of its existence as a democratic republic the one thing the people of our great nation must internalise is that eternal vigil is the price of liberty. Representational Image. (PTI)

Manish Tewari | As India is 74, pledge to perpetuate Constitution

The transient nature of Constitutions and republics is not the norm but an exception

15 Aug 2021 3:19 AM

August 14 to be observed as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day', says PM Modi

The Prime Minister's announcement comes a day before India observes its 75th Independence Day

14 Aug 2021 12:43 PM

On the need to modernise the Parliament complex, Naidu said the Parliament Building has become quite old and during his tenure as Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, he had held meetings on the prospective modernisation of the parliament premises. (Photo: ANI)

Parliament House should be modernised: M Venkaiah Naidu

‘I want to make a request to PM that on 75th anniversary of freedom of India in 2022, modernisation of Parliament is undertaken," he said.

05 Aug 2019 4:33 PM

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