Independence

His life had two lessons: The EC must push reforms; institutions must be autonomous read more

Parents who restrict their children instead of guiding them, actually end up coming in their way of self discovery. read more

Gogoi is leading an Indian delegation at the two-day conference of chief justices of members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). read more

Residents of Naushachapada have not applied for community forest rights under the Forest Rights Act read more

The advertisement for a breakfast sandwich, broadcast only in Taiwan, shows a two-second glimpse of a woman’s identity card that lists her nationality as “Taiwan”. read more

Founded in 1999, the G20 brings together 19 of the world’s most industrialised nations and the European Union. Annual meetings of its country’s leaders have been taking place since 2008 read more

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal resolved on Tuesday that his government would take all possible measures to eliminate the practice of manual scavenging. Kejriwal instructed officials to publicise the skill development programme so that more people... read more

At the stroke of midnight, on August 15, 1947, India achieved freedom from more than two centuries of colonial rule after a multi-faceted struggle for independence comprising both non-violent and violent means. read more

The Kishan Lal-led Indian hockey hockey team, depleted by the partition, beat all odds to win 4-0 against Great Britain at the Empire stadium in London (now the Wembley). read more

A verbatim version of the lead story in our August 15, 1947 paper. read more

On one side we have nuclear powers China and Pakistan and on the other side we have India, says Lok Sabha Member from Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah. read more