The Latest Breaking News from Independence Day

PM says ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ has begun and everybody’s effort is required to bring results. Calls for ‘Team India’, to take the country forward

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Mr. Modi is scheduled to hoist the national flag at the ramparts of the Red Fort and address the nation for the ninth consecutive time later in the day

Every year, as 15th of August draws closer, the heart skips a beat. Oh, how there is a sudden urge to mount the flag in our balconies. Sing nationalistic songs. Go around the streets dressed in the colours of the flag. Or especially for the women – put colorful henna…

KOCHI: On the eve of Independence Day, Shajahan, 40, a CPM leader in Palakkad district in Kerala was hacked to death on Sunday night.

Karunanidhi, a fierce votary of State autonomy, was instrumental in Chief Ministers getting the right to hoist the national flag on Independence Day in 1974.

NEW DELHI

Gallantry medals awarded to 347

MYSURU

Multi-layered security was put in place on Monday in the Union Territory

Independence Day is a day to pay tribute and remember all the freedom fighters who fought for the Independence of the country. On August 15, 1947, India was declared independent from the British colonialism of more than 200 years. The struggle for freedom of India from the British rule lasted…