Independence Day
- Hyderabad
Electrician electrocuted during Independence day preparations in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: An electrician died of electrocution while making preparations for Independence Day at Lemon Ridge Hotel in Jeedimetla on Friday, August 15. The incident occurred on the intervening night of August 14-15,…
- Kashmir
Kashmiri govt doctor suspended for not attending Independence Day festivities
A government doctor in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district was suspended for failing to report for duty and skipping Independence Day celebrations at the hospital. The chief medical officer (CMO) of Bandipora, Dr…
- Middle East
Watch: Burj Khalifa honours India with tricolour on I-Day
Dubai: Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, illuminated with the colours of the Indian tricolour on Friday, August 15, as the nation celebrated its 79th Independence Day. A video released by…
- Photos
Photos: Telangana CM hoists National Flag at Golconda Fort
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday hoisted National Flag at the Golconda Fort here as part of the Independence Day celebrations. State ministers, government officials and other dignitaries were…
- Andhra Pradesh
‘Super Six’ poll promises in Andhra superhit: Naidu
Amaravati: Slamming the previous YSRCP Government for allegedly pushing the state into debts, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said the “Super Six” set of poll promises made by…
- Telangana
Congress leader unfurls torn national flag in Mahabubabad on Independence day
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) vice president, Hanumanla Jhansi Reddy, came under fire for unfurling a torn national flag during Independence Day celebrations at a government school in Mahabubabad on Friday,…
- India
Protesters hold up roosters, chickens to oppose meat ban in Thane
Thane: Members of many opposition parties, meat sellers’ associations and community groups on Friday protested outside the headquarters of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation in Thane district to oppose the civic body’s…
- News
People of Bihar fighting for right to vote while nation celebrates Independence Day: Tejashwi
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said it was “ironical” that the people of Bihar were fighting to “protect” their right to vote when the country was celebrating Independence Day. Yadav,…
- India
PM Modi delivers 103-minute I-Day speech, longest ever by any PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday delivered a 103-minute Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the longest by any prime minister in India’s history. Modi broke…
- India
PM Modi calls RSS ‘world’s biggest NGO’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed 100 years of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a “very proud and glorious” journey of the “world’s biggest NGO” and lauded all its…
- Hyderabad
Asaduddin Owaisi unfurls national flag at Madina Circle in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi and his brother and party floor leader in Telangana Assembly, Akbaruddin Owaisi, hoisted the national flag to mark the 79th…
- Telangana
BRS govt left us with Rs 8,21,652 cr debts: Telangana CM Revanth
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday, August 15 blamed the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government of leaving the state in debt. In his Independence Day speech in Hyderabad,…
- India
Will continue to fight to uphold honour of every Indian: Mamata
Kolkata: Asserting that she will continue her battle to uphold the honour of every Indian, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said Bengal once rose against the atrocities of foreign rulers and…
- Kashmir
Will launch door-to-door signature campaign for JK statehood: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday announced he will launch a massive signature campaign to press the demand for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and present those signatures to…
- India
Legal action only solution to retrieve states’ powers: Stalin
Chennai: While states need additional powers, their powers in matters such as education are usurped, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin alleged on Friday and batted for legal action to retrieve…
