Independence Day
- Hyderabad
High alert sounded in Hyderabad ahead of Independence Day celebrations
Hyderabad: High alert was sounded in Hyderabad after the Intelligence Bureau (IB) reports ahead of Independence Day celebrations. Following the Intelligence alert, security has also been stepped up at all major temples…
- World
London home of Dadabhai Naoroji gets Blue Plaque honour
London: The south London home where Dadabhai Naoroji, a prominent member of the Indian freedom struggle and Britain’s first Indian parliamentarian, lived for around eight years at the end of the 19th…
- Delhi
Rakshabandhan: Delhi Metro sets up 169 additional ticket machines
New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has set up 169 additional ticket office machines at the Metro stations to ensure smooth travel for passengers on the occasion of Rakshabandhan on Thursday. Apart…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: ‘Gandhi’ film screened for school children on I-day
Hyderabad: As part of Independence day celebrations, the film ‘Gandhi’ was screened on Thursday for school children at GVK mall at Banjara Hills. A total of 1200 students from various schools of…
- Telangana
Telangana: TSRTC announces special Independence day offers
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) on Wednesday announced many special offers to celebrate ‘Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavalu,’ celebrating India’s 75th independence day. TSRTC MD VC Sajjanar said that until August…
- Hyderabad
AIMIM to highlight role of Muslims in freedom struggle
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will organise a public meeting and Mushaira here on August 12 and 13 on the eve of 75 years of India’s independence. The public meeting on…
- India
Ration card holders forced to buy Tiranga; ‘Shameful’, says Varun Gandhi
New Delhi: BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that ration card holders are being forced to buy the national flag, and said it will be unfortunate if celebrations of the 75th anniversary…
- Telangana
Telangana: ASI to hoist flags at monuments for ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’
Hyderabad: The city circle of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) is celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ in a grand way. On August 13, as part of the celebrations, the national flag…
- India
Hoist Sikh flags instead of tricolour: Punjab MP Simranjit Mann
Chandigarh: Simranjit Singh Mann, a proponent for a separate Sikh homeland and SAD (Amritsar) MP from Sangrur, has kicked up a row by asking people to hoist ‘kesari‘ or Sikh religious flags atop…
- Andhra Pradesh
Ahead of Independence Day, TTD appeals aged, infants, differently-abled to avoid Tirumala
Tirumala: With a series of holidays set to begin from August 11 to 15, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) authorities are anticipating a heavy influx of pilgrims to the hilltop shrine of…
- Telangana
Telangana launches distribution of 1.20 cr national flags
Hyderabad: As part of the celebrations to mark 75 years of India’s Independence, the government of Telangana on Tuesday began the distribution of 1.20 crore national flags. Authorities in all 33 districts of…
- Bangalore
Idgah Maidan row to resurface as Karnataka civic agency says its govt property
Bengaluru: The Wakf board on Sunday said it was preparing for a legal battle after the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) declared that Idgah Maidan belonged to the Revenue Department. Objecting to…
- India
Militant outfits call for I-Day boycott in 5 NE states
Guwahati: Banned militant outfits United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) and a Yung Aug-led faction of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim (Khaplang) have called for a ‘total boycott’ of the celebrations…
- India
UP: Headmaster asks money for I-Day celebrations, suspended
Hathras: A primary school headmaster in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district has been suspended for allegedly asking students to pay money for the national flag and to celebrate the country’s 75th Independence Day. The…
- India
Google launches ‘India Ki Udaan’ to mark 75 years of independence
New Delhi: Capturing the milestones the country has achieved in its 75-year journey since independence, software major Google has unveiled an online project, drawing from rich archives and featuring artistic illustrations to tell…
