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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation during the 74th Independence Day celebrations, at Red Fort in New Delhi, Saturday. (PTI)

PM Modi makes a passionate pitch for aatmanirbhar India in...

In his seventh straight Independence Day speech from the ramparts of Red Fort, Modi made a host of new announcements

15 Aug 2020 10:44 AM IST

The Vaishnodevi temple.

Vaishno Devi yatra to resume from Sunday after nearly five-month long...

The yatra was suspended on March 18.

15 Aug 2020 10:02 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi (AFP)

PM Modi: Jammu and Kashmir to soon go for polls, delimitation process...

Jammu and Kashmir will have its own chief minister and ministers. We are committed to this, he said

15 Aug 2020 9:32 AM IST

Red Fort decked up for Independence Day. (PTI)

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, India marks a socially distanced Independence...

Delhi has been one of the worst-affected cities in the country as far as the spread of the virus is concerned.

15 Aug 2020 9:10 AM IST

Police stand guard next to charred remains of vehicles vandalised by a mob over a social media post, allegedly by a relative of a Congress MLA, in Bengaluru. PTI photo

Karnataka HM: Local political differences, SDPI conspiracy reasons...

Khaleem Pasha, the husband of city Corporator Irshaad Begum, was among the 60 arrested.

14 Aug 2020 5:31 PM IST

Centre reviews progress of flagships programmes in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana. (Photo- Twitter/@Secretary_MoHUA)

Central team assess progress of urban flagship missions in Telangana,...

Andhra Pradesh has so far provided 3.33 lakh water tap connections under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban...

14 Aug 2020 3:59 PM IST

The suspect has been arrested.

Man taken into custody in Sringeri for hurting religious sentiments

However, the investigating police team found that the youth had had no links to any political party or to any...

14 Aug 2020 3:55 PM IST

Former president Ppranab Mukherjee has been admitted to the Armys R&R hospital in New Delhi.

Pranab Mukherjee is critical, continues to be on ventilator, says...

Doctors attending on the 84-year-old former president at the hospital said his condition remained unchanged on Friday...

14 Aug 2020 1:46 PM IST

Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi.

BJP MP Varun Gandhi all set to introduce private member-'s bill on...

There is a need of 2,00,000 kidneys, 50,000 hearts and 50,000 livers for transplantation every year.

14 Aug 2020 1:15 PM IST

A medic arranges samples for COVID-19 rapid antigen testing in Srinagar. PTI photo

30 asymptomatic cases in India for every positive case

The Indian health system is unable to carry out contact tracing

14 Aug 2020 12:44 PM IST

Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan. (PTI)

Supreme Court holds Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for tweets...

Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, appearing for Bhushan in the matter, had said, the two tweets were not against the...

14 Aug 2020 12:34 PM IST

$2 cops martyred, 1 injured in terrorist attack in J&K\s Nowgam$ Nation

2 cops martyred, 1 injured in terrorist attack in J&K-'s Nowgam

The incident took place after terrorists started firing indiscriminately upon the police party on the outskirts of...

14 Aug 2020 11:48 AM IST