All mosques, madrasas in Chhattisgarh must hoist tricolour on Independence Day: Waqf BoardThe Chhattisgarh State Waqf Board has instructed mosques, dargahs, and madrasas to hoist the national flag on August 15. This directive emp...
12 Aug, 2025, 03.32 PM IST
Flag-hoisting at Ram temple likely in Nov; PM Modi may attend as chief guestA grand flag-hoisting ceremony is planned for November at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, potentially featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ...
07 Jul, 2025, 09.33 PM IST
Russian President Putin unveils two new nuclear submarinesPutin last week said he was running for re-election in 2024, almost two years after launching the ongoing offensive in Ukraine. He said the...
11 Dec, 2023, 10.18 PM IST
The many reasons we love this year's I-DayOne would assume we love Independence Day today because (1) we get a holiday, on a Tuesday; (2) the kids get genuinely excited about dressi...
14 Aug, 2023, 11.10 PM IST
Independence Day: Security tightened across Mumbai, police on general alertPolice stations have been told to enforce static deployment as well as patrolling, with local anti-terror cell units and beat personnel bei...
14 Aug, 2021, 05.35 PM IST
IRDAI officials seek spiritual interventionThe cause of worry was its headoffice in Hyderabad where they shifted two years ago.
07 Feb, 2020, 10.19 AM IST
TMC turns 21, Mamata Banerjee congratulates party workersWest Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee congratulated party workers on the Trinamool Congress turning 21 on Tuesday.
01 Jan, 2019, 09.24 AM IST
75th anniversary of Azad Hind govt: Modi to join flag-hoisting ceremony at Red FortTraditionally, the prime minister hoists the national tricolour at the historic Red Fort on Independence Day on August 15.
20 Oct, 2018, 04.13 PM IST
54 Uttarakhand IAS officers skip Independence Day events, land in troubleSources said that the action against the bureaucrats was precipitated by the fact that the main flag-hoisting event in in Dehradun, where t...
18 Aug, 2017, 11.41 AM IST
Chinese vice premier to visit Pakistan for Independence Day celebrationsThe foreign ministry said Wang's two-day visit from August 13 comes on the "directions of President Xi Jinping as a special gesture" for Pa...
12 Aug, 2017, 06.44 PM IST
Chinese Ire: Now a row over Tibet flag in LadakhThe flag-hoisting, in the midst of the border standoff, has “sparked speculation" that Indian authorities have instigated the “Tibetan sepa...
10 Jul, 2017, 08.24 AM IST
Akhilesh Yadav talks of 'sustainable' development model on I-DayRemembering the martyrs who laid down their lives for freedom, Yadav said the country has progressed a lot since Independence.
15 Aug, 2016, 08.31 PM IST
Patriotic fervour grips Indians worldwide on 67th Republic DayCultural festivities were held amid strains of the mellifluous 'Jana Gana Mana' and the unfurling of the national flag at Indian embassies ...
26 Jan, 2016, 02.56 PM IST
Nashik Kumbh Mela to start tomorrow; CM Devendra Fadanvis, Rajnath Singh to be presentSadhus and pilgrims in their thousands are pouring in the city as the Simhastha Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious congregations on t...
13 Jul, 2015, 10.29 PM IST
Focus on character building and help maintain unity of the country: Suresh JoshiRSS, he said, has struggled through turbulent and tough times and has been working towards nation building and character building of people.
14 Aug, 2014, 02.34 PM IST
Ceasefire violation, strike in Valley; Governor calls for peace, progressPointing at the rising incidents of ceasefire violations and infiltration in the state, the governor also urged Pakistan to maintain calm a...
26 Jan, 2014, 03.52 PM IST
Independence Day celebrations live on YoutubeThe 67th Indian Independence Day celebrations and PM's address to the Nation will be streamed live on Youtube.
14 Aug, 2013, 03.23 PM IST