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New Delhi: Domestic passengers flying from Terminal 3 at Delhi Airport by any airline can witness the seamless travel experience at the airport through the government’s ‘DigiYatra’ initiative. In line with the Government of India’s DigiYatra initiative, Delhi International Airport on Monday witnessed the soft launch of the beta version of DigiYatra app for Android […]
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New Delhi: Professor Anita Bose Pfaff, daughter of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has said that 75 years after India was able to throw off the shackles of colonial rule, the three states that were established on the Indian subcontinent celebrate the anniversary of that event. One of the most prominent heroes of the independence struggle, […]
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New Delhi: Addressing the nation for the ninth time from the historic ramparts of Red Fort on the occasion of Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a ‘change in the mentality’ towards the woman. PM Modi said the respect for women is an important pillar of India’s growth and stressed the need to […]
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Washington: Extending wishes to India on the occasion of its 75th Independence Day, US President Joe Biden said the two countries are indispensable partners and he is confident that the two largest democracies will stand together to defend rules-based order, advance a free and open Indo-Pacific. “I am confident that in the years ahead our […]
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New Delhi: As India celebrates its 76th Independence Day, wishes poured in from across the world. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for prioritizing healthcare and digital transformation while spearheading India’s development. “As India celebrates its 75th Independence Day, I congratulate @narendramodi for prioritizing healthcare and digital transformation while spearheading India’s development. […]
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New York: Salman Rushdie is still in a critical condition, but his usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact, his son has said, as the Mumbai-born author battles severe, life-changing injuries. Rushdie, 75, was taken off a ventilator on Saturday and could talk after he was stabbed on stage at a literary event […]
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Mangaluru: A Mangaluru-Mumbai flight was delayed by six hours after a woman passenger raised an alarm about a suspicious text message received on the mobile phone of a fellow traveller here. All the passengers were asked to alight from the aircraft and their luggage was thoroughly checked for any sabotage before the IndiGo flight was […]
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New Delhi: India is celebrating its 75th year of Independence and is at the crossroads of realising a resilient economic growth for its people during the next 25 years – what the government terms the country’s “Amrit Kaal”. Keeping other aspects of the economy aside, let us have a glance at how the Indian currency […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called on the people of India to take “panch pran” (five pledges) for a developed nation and aim to fulfil the dreams of the freedom fighters by the year 2047- the 100th year of India’s Independence. The Prime Minister while addressing the nation on the 75th Independence […]
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New Delhi: With 14,917 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s case tally rose to 4,42,68,381, while the active cases increased to 1,17,508, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 5,27,069 with 32 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. In the […]
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New Delhi: As India marks its 75th Independence Day, the Indian Navy, Indian Army and Indian Air Force are celebrating the day with zeal and fervour. As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) to celebrate 75 years of India’s Independence, commemorative visits are being undertaken by Indian Navy ships to foreign ports on every […]
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New Delhi: A day after the BJP blamed first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the partition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned his name in his speech while paying tributes to the freedom fighters who fought for the nation during his Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort. Prime Minister Modi said, “We […]
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New Delhi: As India celebrates the 75th Independence Day with patriotic fervour and enthusiasm, police in the national capital have made stringent security arrangements, especially at the Red Fort, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his address to the nation. The police have installed over 1,000 high-resolution CCTV cameras in the vicinity of the […]
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New Delhi: As India is celebrating 75 years of Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the Tricolour at the Red Fort amid a 21-gun salute by the indigenously developed howitzer gun, ATAGS on Monday. Addressing the nation from the Red Fort, Prime Minister Modi said that the citizens are thankful to Bapu, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, […]
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Hyderabad: Farmer leaders and industrialists from Tamil Nadu appreciated the Telangana government’s policies for agricultural growth, and strongly supported their implementation in other States to improve income levels of farmers. The numerous schemes being implemented for farmers’ welfare in Telangana have become a topic of discussion at a joint meeting of farmers unions and industry […]
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New Delhi: India has helped the world discover the true potential of democracy and the keyword for the country today is compassion for the downtrodden, needy and those on the margins, President Droupadi Murmu said on Sunday. In her maiden address to the nation on the eve of the 75th Independence Day, Murmu said major […]
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Hyderabad: In a ground-breaking research, for the first time in India, researchers from Hyderabad have successfully 3D-printed an artificial cornea and transplanted it into a rabbit eye. In the major collaborative effort, researchers from L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H), and the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), have […]
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Hyderabad: Tomorrow, on 15th August 2022, the whole nation will rejoice as the country marks its 75th Independence Day. Leading up to this special occasion, the Prime Minister of India has urged people to hoist the tricolour at their homes from August 13 to 15 to celebrate this glorious milestone. In addition, the State government […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Police have arrested a minor boy from Karuvassery in Kozhikode district of Kerala, who was engaged in theft of bikes and other two-wheelers from in and around Kozhikode, Wayanad, and Malappuram districts of north Kerala. Police sources told IANS that several bike thefts were reported from Elathur, Puthiyara, Kakkur, Pantheeramkavu, Atholi, Kakkur police […]
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New Delhi: Indian Commonwealth Games contingent expressed their delight at being honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their excellent performance at Birmingham 2022. PM Modi felicitated the Indian contingent for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 in New Delhi on Saturday. The felicitation was attended by both athletes and their coaches. Union Minister for Youth […]
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Ballia: A man slit the throat of his sister’s sister-in-law in Baheri village in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district and later, surrendered to the police. Dilshad’s sister was in love with Noor Alam and had married him last month despite opposition from the family. Noor Alam’s cousin sister Armana, a local politician, had slapped Dilshad over […]
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Raigad: Veteran politician and President of Shiv Sangram Party Vinayak — who espoused the cause of the Maratha community for over 3 decades — was killed in a road accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway here on Sunday morning, officials said. Mete, 52, was coming from Beed via Pune to Mumbai in his SUV to attend […]
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Kolkata: As protests on the issue of corruption are on the rise in West Bengal and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee being targeted in many cases, top leaders of Trinamool Congress have started losing control over the use of words against the protesters in public forums. The use of abuses is no more restricted to those […]
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New Delhi: Among the few Muslim women who had actively participated in the Indian Independence movement, Abadi Bano Begum (Bi Amma) was a prominent face. Her active participation in the struggle to liberate the country from the British Raj, even led Mahatma Gandhi to call her his mother. Bi Amma was born in 1850 in […]
