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Khargone: A 45-year-old man died of electrocution while putting up a tricolour on a shop in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district ahead of the country’s independence day, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday evening in Narmada Road area under Barwaha police station limits, some 80 km from the district headquarters, an official […]
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New Delhi: The BJP central leadership believes that the change of leadership in the party’s Chhattisgarh unit will end the infighting and factionalism ahead of next year’s assembly polls. Last week, the BJP appointed Lok Sabha Member Arun Sao as new president of its Chhattisgarh unit. He will replace Vishnu Deo Sai. The BJP central […]
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New Delhi: Indian athletes expressed their elation at being honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their superlative showing at Birmingham Commonwealth Games with Nikhat Zareen gifting him her boxing gloves and sprinter Hima Das giving the traditional Assamese gamocha. Modi, on Saturday, hosted the Indian contingent at his residence to felicitate the players. The […]
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New Delhi: India reported 14,092 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, a marginal decline from the previous day’s count of 15,815 Covid, said the Union Health Ministry on Sunday. In the same period, the country has reported 41 more Covid deaths, taking the nationwide death toll to 5,27,037. Meanwhile, the active caseload has marginally […]
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Bengaluru: Rani Abbakka, the great Tulu queen regarded as the first female freedom fighter of India, is not only known for her valour who repulsed the Portuguese army, but also her strength to unite people of different faiths against the armed forces of a foreign state. The queen hails from Karnataka, which is, currently, communally divided. […]
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Bengaluru: Apart from the 75th anniversary of India’s freedom, Independence Day this year will also mark the 49th anniversary of a unique ‘Sunday Clinic’ that serves the people of around 50 villages on the outskirts of Karnataka’s capital city – Bengaluru. It’s no mean achievement, especially considering that Dr Ramana Rao’s Sunday Clinic has served […]
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New Delhi: Syed Fazal-ul-Hasan, popularly known as Hasrat Mohani was born in 1875 in Mohan, a town in Unnao district of the United Provinces of British India. He proposed complete independence for the first time before the Congress in 1921. He also proposed the abolition of foreign goods, the idea which Gandhiji later developed into […]
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Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief on the sudden passing away of ace stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala. “Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was indomitable. Full of life, witty and insightful, he leaves behind an indelible contribution to the financial world. He was also very passionate about India’s progress,” prime minister Modi tweeted “His passing […]
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New Delhi: With Independence Day being just a day, away there is zeal and enthusiasm echoing the streets and nooks of the country, let’s have a look at interesting facts about the Indian national flag. The first Indian national flag was hoisted on August 7, 1906 at Parsee Bagan Square in Kolkata. The flag had […]
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Mumbai: Ace stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, often referred to as India’s own Warren Buffet passed away at the age of 62. He was not keeping well for the past few days and breathed his last today in Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, as per the hospital sources. Jhunjhunwala was born on July 5, 1960. […]
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New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu will address the nation on Sunday on the eve of 76th Independence Day. Droupadi Murmu was elected President last month. The address will be broadcast from 7 pm on the entire national network of All India Radio (AIR) and telecast over all channels of Doordarshan in Hindi followed by the […]
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New Delhi: Just two days ahead of the 75th Independence Day, the national capital was on Saturday engrossed in patriotic ardour with people placing flags atop their houses and major buildings getting illuminated with tricolour lights. Among the buildings that were illuminated were Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament, North Block, South Block, LIC Building etc. Drenched in […]
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Jodhpur (Rajasthan): A nine-year-old Dalit boy died on Saturday allegedly after he was beaten up by a teacher for touching a drinking water pot in a private school in Jalore district of Rajasthan, police said. Police have arrested the teacher, Chail Singh, 40, and charged him with murder and under sections of the Scheduled Caste […]
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New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has received 31 bids from manufacturers showing interest in developing vaccine against the monkeypox virus after the medical body floated the Expression of Interest (EOI) for the development of vaccine and diagnostic kits, a source said on Saturday. According to the source, of the total 31 […]
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Hyderabad: In a scathing attack on Central Government’s campaign on freebies, Industries Minister KT Rama Rao slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ignoring welfare of the poor and sought to know the expenditure details of borrowings sourced by the union Government. Before Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country’s debt was Rs. 56 lakh crore. But […]
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Hyderabad: Patriotic songs rendered by Bollywood singers are something that has become an integral part of Independence Day celebrations. Not just India, but globally too, the day sees younger generations playing ‘desh bhakti’ songs to mark the celebrations. Among scores of songs played are the patriotic numbers sung by legendary singer Mohammed Rafi. Be it […]
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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has flagged its concern over the proposal of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to construct reservoirs across Kosasthalaiyar river, saying it would affect Chennai’s drinking water prospects. In a letter to his Andhra counterpart Jagan Mohan Reddy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said, “it is learnt” that the government of Andhra […]
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New Delhi: The Chinese manjha has once again decimated the life of a family in the national capital after a 34-year-old man, on way to his in-laws house to celebrate Rakhi died after his throat was slit by a Chinese manjha. The incident occurred on Thursday. The police said the man, identified as Vipin Kumar, a […]
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New Delhi: ITC Limited, the multi-business conglomerate with significant presence across all three sectors of the Indian economy — agriculture, manufacturing and services, has launched a series of integrated multidimensional initiatives to celebrate ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to mark 75 years of the country’s independence. ITC has also contributed to the Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign through […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with all medal winners of the Commonwealth 2022 games at his official residence on Saturday. This is the first time the Prime Minister physically interacted with the winners of the Commonwealth Games after their spectacular performance in Birmingham. Earlier PM Modi had hosted the contingent of medal winners […]
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New Delhi: Ahead of the 75th year of India’s Independence, Prime Minister Modi has launched the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, which kick started today and will continue till Monday, i.e., August 15. Under the campaign, the Centre has urged people to hoist or display the tricolour in […]
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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy preparing for the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh to be held later this year, as well as in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in 2023, besides other states. While the BJP is working on a political strategy to help it win above […]
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New Delhi: In the last 24 hours, India reported 15,815 new Covid-19 cases and 68 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. With the new fatalities, the nationwide death toll now stands at 5,26,996. The active caseload marginally declined to 1,19,264, accounting for 0.27 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. The recovery of […]
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New Delhi: Faced with criticism over not featuring the national flag on its social media, ahead of the 75th Independence Day, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday uploaded a picture of the tricolour as its display picture (DP) on its Twitter, Facebook and other social media accounts. “Celebrate the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence. Hoist […]
