Independence Day

Kabul: The Kabul airport is now fully operational for international flights and all airliners can resume services, a spokesman of the Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. "As the problems at Kabul International Airport have been resolved and the airport is fully operational for domestic...

New Delhi: India Tuesday brought back 78 people, including 25 of its nationals and a number of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus from Dushanbe, a day after they were evacuated from Taliban-besieged Kabul to the Tajik city. The group along with three copies of the Sikh...

New Delhi: In the backdrop of recent Galwan Valley clash between Indian-Chinese soldiers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of country's 74th Independence Day Saturday said the respect for India's sovereignty is supreme and Indian Army has responded from the LOC to the LAC...

Bhubaneswar: In what was a stunning display of patriotic fervour, students of DAV Public school, Pokhariput celebrated India’s 73rd Independence Day with an exquisite programme that induced a sense of solidarity, here Thursday. Principal of DAV, Pokhariput, Dr Sujata hoisted the national Tricolour which was...

Mumbai: Actress Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya has shared photographs and videos of her Independence Day celebration on Thursday with children at an orphanage. In two images, the "Yeh Hai Mohabbatein" actress is seen saluting with kids. "Celebration with an orphanage that strives to make coming generation...

New Delhi: It was a memorable Independence Day for the Indian cycling team of Esow Alben, Ronaldo Singh, James Singh and Rojit Singh, as they clinched a historic team sprint gold medal at the World Junior Track Cycling Championships at Frankfurt, Germany. India didn’t have...

Mumbai: On Independence Day Thursday, filmmaker Farah Khan realised motherhood has its ironies. Farah posted a photograph of her three children — Czar, Diva and Anya — dressed in ethnic wear dominated by shades of pink. “Teaching them to be independent yet wanting them to always...

Mumbai: Singer Adnan Sami has replied to a social media troll, who asked the singer about his father. A troll took to Twitter Thursday asked Sami about where his father was born and where he died. To which, Sami replied: “My father was born in 1942 in...

India, before 1947, endured a torrid time under British colonialism. As the nation struggled for independence, many freedom fighters emerged from the shadows to fight British imperialism and send the oppressors back to where they came from. History books never fail to mention the likes...

India celebrates its Independence Day August 15. With tensions already running high between Pakistan and India after the scrapping of Article 370 in Kashmir, there has been a widespread fear of armed conflict between the two neighbouring countries. But before soldiers took to arms, the...