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Lucknow, Aug 15 (IANS) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday extended Independence Day greetings to the people of Uttar Pradesh and announced a new 'Youth Policy’ aimed at strengthening the skills, innovation capabilities and employment prospects of the state’s young...
Bengaluru, Aug 15 (IANS) India has emerged as a nation that commands global attention under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has witnessed unprecedented development in recent years, BJP MLC and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka...
Lucknow, Aug 15 (IANS) The 80th Independence Day celebrations were held with grandeur, dignity and patriotic fervour in front of the Vidhan Bhavan in Lucknow on Saturday, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hoisting the Tricolour and extending greetings to the...
Guwahati, Aug 15 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Assam’s Sribhumi district after the body of a 52-year-old BJP booth president, who had been missing for nearly two days, was recovered near the Assam-Tripura border, police said on Saturday.The deceased, identified as...
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) When Prime Minister Narendra Modi first stepped onto the ramparts of the iconic Red Fort on August 15, 2014, he wore a deep red Jodhpuri Bandhej turban. That single choice quietly began a visual tradition...
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) Trinamool Congress legislator Kunal Ghosh sparked fresh political speculation in West Bengal on Saturday after attending Independence Day celebrations hosted by a rebel faction of the party led by expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee in Kolkata.Though Ghosh...
Ranchi, Aug 15 (IANS) Amid the ongoing student agitation in Jharkhand, protesting students took out a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in Ranchi on Saturday to mark Independence Day. Two students who were observing a hunger strike at the protest site participated in...
Chennai, Aug 15 (IANS) DMK MP Kanimozhi on Saturday recalled the struggle led by her father and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi, to secure the right of State Chief Ministers to hoist the National Flag on Independence Day.Extending...
Jaipur, Aug 15 (IANS) Three sisters, including a one-year-old child, died after allegedly suffering an electric shock from a cooler at their home in Baran district of Rajasthan on Saturday. The incident occurred while their parents were away working as...
Haridwar, Aug 15 (IANS) After hoisting the National Flag at Patanjali Yogpeeth in Uttarakhand's Haridwar during the 80th Independence Day celebrations, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev urged citizens to "break the walls of hatred" in terms of caste or religion and...
Jaipur, Aug 15 (IANS) A massive fire broke out at an oil packing factory in the Matsya Industrial Area (MIA) near Alwar city on Saturday morning, triggering panic in the industrial area. Towering flames and thick plumes of smoke could...
Raipur, Aug 15 (IANS) The capital city of Raipur celebrated the 80th Independence Day with great enthusiasm and patriotic fervour on Saturday. The air resonated with slogans of "Jai Hind", "Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and "Vande Mataram” as Chief Minister...