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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: File)

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PM Modi likely to skip China, Pakistan in Independence Day speech

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI

Red Fort address might focus on agriculture, sops.

World

Even BJP, RSS do not want Modi as PM, says Rahul Gandhi

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI

Rahul claimed that senior BJP and RSS leaders shared the same opinion.

The concept of both the videos is a woman delivering a monologue. It is copy of a popular Scottish ad, where a woman with a cup of coffee explains the Scottish referendum.

World

Video war between BJP, Congress on Rafale deal

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI

While BJP says easy hai, Cong counters with easy nahi hai.

Procedure on National Register of Citizens filed in Supreme Court

The government decided to hold adalats at grama panchayats, municipalities’ and corporations to provide new documents to the people who lost the original in the floods.

Kerala: 444 villages flood-affected, government clears rehab plan

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader S M Krishna (Photo: PTI/File)

Karnataka found a warm neighbour in Muthuvel Karunanidhi, says S M Krishna

Four Rohingyas arrested with Aadhaar cards in Balapur

Rifleman Aurangzeb, who belonged to the 44 Rashtriya Rifles, was on way back home on June 14 to celebrate Eid when terrorists abducted him. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Rifleman Aurangzeb to get Shaurya Chakra

AICC chief Rahul Gandhi arrives at Gun Park to pay tributes to martyrs on Thursday. (Photo: S. Surender Redd)

I’m already married to Congress, says Rahul Gandhi

Forex market participants said that the steep fall in the rupee on Monday caught lot of importers off-guard due to which there was panic buying of dollars.

Rupee won’t be insulated, says expert

Election Commission rules out joint elections anytime soon

Army moves Supreme Court challenging FIR against them

President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the nation on the eve of 72nd Independence Day. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

President Ram Nath Kovind says don’t let extraneous debates distract

Speaking at condolence meeting organised by South Indian Artistes Association for Karunanidhi on Monday, Rajinikanth slammed Palanisamy for his absence from Karunanidhi's funeral. (Photo: File)

'Part-time politician' Rajinikanth lacks political maturity: AIADMK hits back

Opposition parties have raised concern over the proposal, saying simultaneous elections would dilute India's federal structure. (Photo: AP)

Simultaneous polls impossible without legal framework: EC amid BJP push

JNU student Umar Khalid narrowly escaped a gun attack on Monday when he visited the Constitution Club of India in New Delhi. (Photo; File | Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

JNU student Umar Khalid has Independence Day speech idea for PM

Gold movie review: Akshay Kumar and his boys win not just medal but also hearts

M K Stalin turned emotional as he paid tributes to his father, Karunanidhi, and raised the issue of DMK patriarch’s burial at Marina Beach. (Photo: Twitter | @mkstalin)

Stalin has heart of Anna, Kalaignar, no one can challenge him: DMK leaders

Mamata Banerjee said those who have been staying in the country for years were 'branded as infiltrators' and accused the BJP of carrying out the exercise with an eye on Lok Sabha elections. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

People whose names missing from Assam NRC sent to detention camps: Mamata

The Delhi police on Monday filed a chargesheet against Kejriwal, Sisodia and 11 legislators of the Aam Aadmi Party -- Amanatullah Khan, Prakash Jarwal, Nitin Tyagi, Rituraj Govind, Sanjeev Jha, Ajay Dutt, Rajesh Rishi, Rajesh Gupta, Madan Lal, Parveen Kumar and Dinesh Mohania. (Photo: File | PTI)

Delhi CS assault: Stop police from sharing chargesheet with media, Kejriwal to court

Let contentious, extraneous debates not distract us, says President Kovind

Rifleman Aurangzeb (L), who belonged to the 44 Rashtriya Rifles, was on way back home on June 14 to celebrate Eid when terrorists abducted him. Major Aditya Kumar (R), who was embroiled in a controversy after his unit fired on a stone-pelting mob in South Kashmir's Shopian in January leading to death of three persons. (Photo: PTI)

Major Aditya Kumar, Rifleman Aurangzeb to get Shaurya Chakra

Previous studies found that decreasing screen time, both at school and at home, reduced sedentary behaviour. (Photo: Pixabay)

Heart doctors recommend less screen time, sedentary behaviour for kids

Congress said postponing the upcoming state assembly elections and conducting these with Lok Sabha polls in 2019 is "not possible" under the Constitution or the law. (Photo: File | PTI)

Dissolve Lok Sabha, hold early polls with states: Congress challenges PM Modi

Over 500 CCTV cameras have been installed on the routes leading to the Red Fort with over 200 cameras in the fort itself. The footage is being monitored round the clock, police said. (Photo: AP)

Ahead of Independence Day, heavy security blanket covers Delhi

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Survey reveals almost 30 percent women cheat on their partners

Only four percent were found to have sex every day (Photo: AFP)

Doctors discover contact lens which was lodged in woman's eyelid for 28 years

This case brings to light the longest time between lens migration and eyelid swelling caused by it (Photo: AFP)

Harbhajan Singh hits out at Ravi Shastri after Virat Kohli and co's Lord's debacle

The off-spinner who has 417 Test wickets to his name was disappointed with the fightback shown from the no. 1 side in the ICC Test rankings. (Photo: PTI)

Ramesh Powar appointed Indian women's cricket team head coach

Ramesh Powar's term as the Indian women's cricket team coach will include a tour to Sri Lanka, a bilateral series in the West Indies in October followed by the ICC Women's World T20 in West Indies in November. (Photo: BCCI / PTI)

Aakash Chopra questions Virat Kohli's 'interesting' selection after Lord's debacle

Chopra also questioned India's decision to play two spinners when the conditions seemed favourable for fast bowlers. (Photo: AFP)

Happy Independence Day 2018: Messages amd wishes to send loved ones

Happy Independence Day. (Photo: Pixabay)

Baby brought back to life after he was 'refrigerated'

5 things you can do on Independence Day

India's Independence Day is celebrated on August 14.(Photo: Pixabay)

Farmer in MP shocked to find live rat with soya plant growing out of its body

Even as the plant grew near the neck, there was no brain damage (Photo: YouTube)

Boy, 11, hacks into replica US vote website in minutes at convention

The convention linked to what it said was the Twitter account of the winning boy - named there as Emmett Brewer from Austin, Texas. (Photo: Twitter | p0wnyb0y)

Columns

Will Pakistan’s middle class bosses trigger new soft coup?

Niaz Murtaza

Middle-class voters alone didn’t ensure the PTI’s win. The party co-opted many traditional electables.

We live in many Indias: A reality check will help

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr

Pakistan is trying to move away from the toxic notion of a Muslim Pakistan.

BJP and caste politics: A rabbit waits in the hat

Bharat Bhushan

The RSS is opposed to caste-based reservations in educational institutions and government jobs.

Hard-nosed reality ahead for PM Khan

Cyril Almeida

A lie at the heart of Imran’s ascension to power and the smiting down of his predecessor has been that there is a crisis.

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