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Take a pledge on 79th I-Day to build Viksit Bharat: LG Sinha

Srinagar, Aug. 14 -- Asking people to take a pledge on 79th Independence Day to work shoulder to shoulder and build a Viksit Bharat, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said that everyone has ... Read More


30 Dead, Over 200 Missing After Massive Cloudburst in Kishtwar's Chosoti; Dozens Critically Injured

KISHTWAR, Aug. 14 -- The scale of devastation in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district deepened on Thursday as official sources confirmed that at least 30 people, including two CISF jawans, have lost ... Read More


Narayan Chandra Maiti: I went underground to evade arrest, hid in jute fields

India, Aug. 14 -- Today, the nation marks its Independence Day. But 101-year-old Narayan Chandra Maiti, a resident of Chakdurgadas, a remote village in West Bengal's East Midnapore district, is still ... Read More


SC seeks Centre, states' reply on plea alleging detention of Bengali Muslim migrant workers as 'Bangladeshis'

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and nine states/UTs on a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that migrant Muslim workers from West Bengal are being... Read More


Congress' appeasement politics responsible for 1947 partition: Raj CM Sharma

Bikaner, Aug. 14 -- Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has held the "Congress' appeasement-centric policies" responsible for the genocide and other hardships suffered by lakhs of Indians in th... Read More


CM Omar cancels 'At Home', cultural events

Srinagar, Aug. 14 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah cancelled 'At Home' tea party and cultural events during Independence Day celebrations on Friday following the loss of lives in Kishtwar cloud burst t... Read More


HT Archive: Despite big economic gains, many gaps remain

India, Aug. 14 -- In a memorable speech delivered to the Constituent Assembly on the eve of Independence on August 14, 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru outlined the country's basic, social and economic o... Read More


'Cannot ignore what happened in Pahalgam': SC asks Centre to respond in 8 weeks on J&K statehood pleas

India, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to respond within eight weeks to pleas seeking the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. While hearing the matter, Chief Just... Read More


Rescue operation in full swing: LG

Jammu, Aug. 14 -- A rescue and relief operation is in full swing at the cloudburst-hit Chositi village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said. He asserted that... Read More


SC flags Pahalgam terror attack while deferring early hearing on statehood pleas

Jammu, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to expedite the hearing of a batch of applications seeking a time-bound roadmap for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, citing p... Read More