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Flag bearers Boxer Mary Kom and Hockey player Manpreet Singh with other Indian athletes at the Oympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics 2020, in Tokyo. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi to invite Indian Olympics contingent to be special guests at...

Prime Minister Modi will also invite all Olympics participants to his residence for the interaction

3 Aug 2021 3:16 PM IST

One wonders what, given the recent past and the record since 1947, the next quarter century holds in store for India. (DC Image)

Aakar Patel | Amrit Mahotsav: Do we celebrate past, or what we'll...

Have we done enough economically to pass on something meaningful to the next generation?

16 Aug 2022 12:18 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | All's fair in love and school

Confusion means diversity, my friend replied, finishing the coffee and putting the cup down with a bang

4 Sept 2022 12:16 AM IST

VFX delays Manikarnika

Indications are that the film, which is helmed by leading south director Krish, may not release on Independence Day...

14 May 2018 12:10 AM IST

National treasures for commerce

It is a measure of government inefficiency that it cannot look after the country's heritage and must seek commercial...

4 May 2018 12:40 AM IST

Red Fort set to get ASI facelift before I-Day

Red Fort set to get ASI facelift before I-Day

The government came under attack by civil society for attempting to privatise India's heritage monuments.

29 Jun 2018 5:34 AM IST

The race will take the format of an ultra-marathon, in which participants will run a distance of 42.2 kilometres. Starting at 5am, the race will conclude at 5pm.

I-Day welcomed with a race

The date is surely not the most suitable for a lengthy run, since other rallies and events are part of Independence Day...

9 Aug 2018 12:30 AM IST

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited

Delhi metro security beefed up ahead of Independence Day celebrations

About 500 CISF personnel have been deployed additionally in Delhi Metro to step up security in wake of Independence Day...

8 Aug 2018 1:18 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presents cooking gas connection to a woman of a Below Poverty Line family during the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in Ballia on May 1, 2016 (Photo: PTI)

As NDA govt chants 'we've done it, yet again', Opposition fails to ask...

A development economist, formerly with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank.

8 Aug 2018 1:51 AM IST

Security personnel maintain vigil at Rajpath on Wednesday, the eve of Republic Day. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Independence Day: Noida police steps up vigil

Some alerts were issued from Delhi and keeping that in view, we have step-ped up security checks and monitoring here,â€...

7 Aug 2018 5:21 AM IST

School kids dressed as freedom fighters participate in Independence Day celebrations at a Thane school

72nd Independence Day celebrations observed peacefully

All units of Mumbai police were deployed and their leaves cancelled on the occasion, officials said

16 Aug 2018 6:40 AM IST

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis during his speech at Mantralaya after hoisting the national flag on Wednesday. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

CM Fadnavis tries to please all factions in his I-Day speech

The CM praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving constitutional status to the OBC commission.

16 Aug 2018 5:28 AM IST