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From 26 January 1929 to 15 August 1947 to 30 June 1948, India has witnessed many changes before its official date of Independence was declared. Finally, Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, picked 15 August 1947 as the day that would see the end of the colonial rule. Why did he pick that particular date? We look at the chain of events  that influenced his choice. The call for “Poorna Swaraj” In 1929, Jawaharlal Nehru adopted the resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’, meaning full independence, at the Lahore session of the Indian National Congress (INC). The resolution came into being after the talks between the then Viceroy of India Lord Irwin and Indian delegates – Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi and Tej Bahadur Sapru – to grant full independence failed. The British offered only dominion status to India but the leaders were not pleased. They demanded complete independence and were not ready to budge. The call for Poorna Swaraj was a shift from INC’s erstwhi

Teej is a festival that is solely dedicated to the union of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. It is observed with much fanfare by women and young girls in northern India. States like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, especially celebrate it with great enthusiasm and fervor. Teej is celebrated in three forms during the months of Sawan and Bhadrapada- Hariyali Teej, Kajari Teej and Hartalika Teej. On 14 August, Kajari Teej will be celebrated across the country. It comes after fifteen days of observing Hariyali Teej, three days after celebrating Raksha Bandhan, and five days before Krishna Janmashtami. According to the Hindu calendar (North India), Kajari Teej falls during Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month. As per the Hindu calendar (South India), this special festival comes during Krishna Paksha of Shravana month. However, Kajari Teej falls on the same day on both calendars. It is also known as Satodi Teej and Badi Teej in a few places by devotees. Shubh Muhurat: Accor

This year, India will be marking its 75th year of Independence. Our nation got its independence on 15 August 1947 from British rule, and since then, Independence Day is commemorated every year on 15 August in the country. The legislative sovereignty was transferred to the Indian Constituent Assembly from the UK Parliament after the passing of Indian Independence Act, 1947. On this day, the Indian flag is hoisted by our honourable Prime Minister on the Red Fort in New Delhi, and 21 gun shots are fired to honour the occasion. During this occasion, children dress up as freedom fighters, and deliver their speech. So, if you are planning to give a speech this Independence Day, then here are some tips that can come in handy: Knowledge about the history: The knowledge about history is always appreciated by the audience. You will need to properly tell the history of the occasion in your speech. This day holds a very crucial importance for our country as many legendary freedom fighters have

This Monday marks the 75th Independence Day, the platinum jubilee since India got its freedom from the British colonial rule in 1947. To mark the occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the citizens of the country from the ramparts of Red Fort in the national capital and present the roadmap to boost the nation's growth. Just like every year, the tradition of addressing the nation from the historical landmark of the capital city will continue. This year marks the 75 years of independence, and the day will begin with the hoisting of the national flag at the Red Fort. The 71-year-old politician will hoist the national flag among a large gathering of audience present at the venue. Where to watch the Prime Minister’s live speech on Independence Day? The PM's address to the nation will be broadcast live by national public broadcaster Doordarshan. The address can also be listened to on radio through All India Radio channels. The address will also be live-streamed by the

On the eve of India's completing 75 years of independence, recently sworn-in President Droupadi Murmu will be addressing the nation. The address will be broadcast from 7 PM on 14 August on Doordarshan in Hindi, followed by its English version. The address will also be broadcast on the entire national network of All India Radio (AIR) . Droupadi Murmu took oath as India's 15th President on 25 July followed by a 21-gun salute. The ceremony was held at the central hall of Parliament, where the outgoing Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana, administered the oath of the office of the President to her. This year will mark her first address to the nation ahead of Independence Day celebrations. It should be noted that President Murmu’s speech will be telecast in local languages on Doordarshan’s network of regional channels at 9:30 PM. The All India Radio (AIR) will also broadcast the regional-language versions at 9.30 pm on its various regional networks. To commemorate 75 years of Ind

India, which celebrates Independence Day on 15 August, will mark its 75th anniversary this year. The occasion is invariably toasted with great enthusiasm and gusto across the nation, and a grand celebration is usually organised at the Red Fort in New Delhi. People hoist the tricolour flag, sing the national anthem, and keenly participate in various cultural events. To celebrate the day, the government of India will be organising different events under 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', with the 'Nation First, Always First' theme. The government aims to hoist 200 million Tricolours to mark the special occasion. On this day, the Prime Minister addresses the country from the Red Fort. This tradition was started by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of the independent India, and is continued till date. History The 'Purna Swaraj' resolution was passed in 1929 at the Lahore session of the Indian National Congress. The INC put forward its demand for complete independ

New Delhi: Accusing the Gautam Buddha Nagar Police Commissioner Alok Singh of levelling fake allegations against him, Samajwadi Party leader and Member of Legislative Council Uttar Pradesh (UP) Swami Prasad Maurya served Alok Singh with a legal defamation notice. Maurya has claimed that the remarks the police commissioner made during his press conference on Shrikant Tyagi, the gangster arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on 9 August, were false and deliberately made to malign his image. पुलिस कमिश्नर गौतमबुद्धनगर ने वि.स. पास को लेकर श्रीकांत त्यागी प्रकरण में बिना जांच-पड़ताल किये गैर जिम्मेदाराना हरकत कर प्रेस के माध्यम से पूरे देश में मेरी छवि-प्रतिष्ठा एवं लोकप्रियता को धूमिल करने का प्रयास किया, उसके परिप्रेक्ष्य में मानहानि करने सम्बन्धी कानूनी नोटिस भेजी। pic.twitter.com/ESAM72R9bE — Swami Prasad Maurya (@SwamiPMaurya) August 13, 2022 During the press conference, the commissioner had said that Tyagi during the investigation had revealed that the secretariat pass, which

New Delhi:   A week after 11 people died due to the consumption of spurious liquor in Bihar's Saran district, at least seven people have died in the last three days allegedly after consuming spurious liquor in the same district. "Seven people have so far died in the Masudhi area since August 10. Villagers claim that the deceased consumed spurious liquor. The exact cause of death can only be ascertained after getting post-mortem examination reports, Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar said. Searches are being conducted to nab the suspected bootleggers, the SP said. The incident of last week had happened in Phulwariya panchayat falling under Maker police station. The SHO of the police station and the local chowkidar has been suspended. The sale and consumption of alcohol have been banned in Bihar since April 2016. However, since November last year, the state reported a number of hooch tragedies in which more than 60 people have died. Growing problem Just a week ago on 5

New Delhi : Syed Abdul Mueed, working as IT Manager at the JKEDI (J&K Entrepreneurship Development Institute), is the son of self-styled Supreme Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Syed Salahuddin. Mueed was suspiciously appointed in 2012 as an IT consultant on a contractual basis by circumventing the rules. “At least three members of the selection panel comprised officers known to be terrorist sympathisers. His contractual position was subsequently converted into a permanent one," sources said. "No mandatory CID verification was done in Mueed’s case. Since the time of his appointment in 2013 to 2019, at least three terror attacks were executed in and around the JKEDI complex in Pampore. Several security force personnel had lost their lives. Mueed played a crucial role in these attacks by giving targets and logistics," sources alleged. He has also been indoctrinating young boys and girls coming to JKEDI to start their own enterprises. It is interesting to note that S

New Delhi : Assabah Arzoomand Khan, wife of top JKLF terrorist Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate is a 2011 batch JKAS officer. According to sources, the wife of Bitta Karate, a 2011 batch JKAS officer and a ‘diehard secessionist’ has deep ties with terrorist outfits and ISI. “She came into the spotlight during Karate’s trial. Assabah first got a job at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology-Kashmir in 2003. Her appointment was allegedly backdoor and appeared to have been managed by someone in the administration" sources said. Sources revealed that it has come to light that between 2003 and 2007, she was absent from work for months together but no action was taken against her. Finally, she was sacked in August 2007. During her absence from work, Assabah travelled to Germany, the UK, Helsinki, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. The investigation has revealed that Assabah was working as a cash mule for JKLF and while departure was through airports, her arrival

Noida : A woman thrashed an e-rikshaw driver after his vehicle accidentally touched her. It was a small accident and the woman did not suffer any serious injury. However, the woman responded aggressively and started slapping the diver in public. The incident took place in Noida. She slapped the driver 17 times within 90 seconds. The woman allegedly seized the mobile phone and also took some money from the driver. This incident went viral on social media. Many users condemned the woman's reaction. One of the users drew a parallel with the Shrikant Tiyagi incident that happened in Noida a few days back. श्रीकांत त्यागी ने बदतमीजी की तो ऊपर से नीचे तक मानो पूरा सिस्टम हिल गया हो, लेकिन ऐसी घटनाओं पर सब मौन रहेंगे। क्या मान लिया जाए, स्त्री है कुछ भी कर सकती है? #ShrikantTyagi pic.twitter.com/4dJhVBTpZA — Nitin Parashar (@Nitinparashar__) August 13, 2022 The e-rickshaw driver has filed a case in Noida Phase-2 police station. Police have registered an FIR on the basis of the

New Delhi : The BJP on Saturday claimed the Aam Aadmi Party is seeking "anticipatory bail" for Manish Sisodia,the deputy chief minister of Delhi who it alleged is involved in the liquor scam, by constantly targetting the party in the debate on "revdi" culture. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks on 'revdi' culture last month started a debate on freebies in the country and thereafter a political slugfest is on between the BJP and the AAP on the issue. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Sisodia have been speaking daily on the issue and attacking the Narendra Modi government so that they can project the deputy chief minister as a "victim" if legal action is taken against him. "It is an attempt for anticipatory bail for Sisodia," he told reporters, claiming that the AAP leaders know the Delhi deputy chief minister is in the wrong and will suffer the fate of Satyendar Jain, who is behind bars

The Kerala Lottery Department will declare the results of the Karunya KR 562 draw today, 13 August. The KR 562 lottery results will be published on the state department’s official website at keralalotteryresult.net . The Karunya KR 562 lottery draw will begin at 3 pm. The detailed result of the KR 562 will be published from 4 pm onwards on the main website. The Karunya KR 562 lottery will be conducted at the Gorky Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram, near Bakery Junction. It will be held under the supervision of experienced judges. To make it convenient for ticket holders, the KR 562 lottery results will also be released in the Kerala Government Gazette. The first prize winner of the KR 562 lottery will take home an amount of Rs 80 lakh. The second and the third prize winners of the same draw will receive a sum of Rs 5 lakh and Rs 1 lakh, respectively. Ticket holders should note that a lottery tax deduction of 30 per cent and an agent lottery commission of 10 per cent are applicable to the p

Gene and Windmiller open their classic academic work on Indian communism with this pithy assessment: “A communist is commonly a zealot, moved by the intensity of his faith or of his personal commitment to the Party to assume the mantle of the prophet.” The “intensity of faith” and “personal commitment to the Party” operate on the plane of subliminal human impulses, a primal truth which the communist parties of yore grasped like none else in the history of the industrialised world. A brutal showcase of this grasp is available in the ex-communist Arthur Koestler’s disturbing classic, Darkness at Noon. The scenes of elaborate physical and psychological torture of a renegade communist in a Soviet jail still chills our bones when we read it. Like all messianic ideologies, the core of the communist ideology is self-deception, which in turn emanates from self-loathing, which in turn translates into anger against the world. There’s a reason the Bhagavad Gita continues to command such reveren

Just as the clock struck midnight on 14 August 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, proclaimed that the time had come to redeem India’s “tryst with destiny”. Since then, the nation takes great pride in celebrating its Independence Day every year on 15 August. The Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav campaign has been organising several events to make the country’s citizens more aware about the heroes of the freedom struggle as India celebrates its 75th year of independence. While several notable events occurred in India’s efforts to throw off the yoke of colonial rule, there were some major events which convinced the British government that India would not be subjugated forever in its quest for freedom. Here are five major events which had an immense impact on our freedom struggle: Revolt of 1857: The first big attempt to throw off colonial rule started just days before the centenary of the Battle of Plassey in 1757. The sepoy mutiny, started by Mangal Pandey, i

New Delhi : On the occasion of World Elephant Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated the commitment to protect the elephant, and said that India houses about 60 per cent of all Asian elephants. He also added that the number of elephant reserves has risen in the last eight years, and praised all those involved in protecting elephants. "On #WorldElephantDay, reiterating our commitment to protect the elephant. You would be happy to know that India houses about 60 per cent of all Asian elephants. The number of elephant reserves has risen in the last 8 years. I also laud all those involved in protecting elephants," said PM Modi. He added, "The successes in elephant conservation must be viewed in context of the larger efforts underway in India to minimise human-animal conflict, and integrating local communities and their traditional wisdom in furthering environmental consciousness." On #WorldElephantDay , reiterating our commitment to protect the elephant. You w

History shows that there have always been people driven to embrace others’ struggles as their own and become part of another nation’s narrative. While some have taken up weapons to fight wars in distant lands, others chose the path of non-violence. As India marks its 75 years of Independence, noted historian Ramchandra Guha to mark this auspicious moment has traversed back in time to bring to life the tale of seven such heroes, who were appalled by British colonialism and driven by a desire to support India’s freedom struggle, in his book — Rebels against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom . They became welcomed foreigners in India and embodied what Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi once said, “A foreigner deserves to be welcomed only when he mixes with the indigenous people as sugar does with milk.” These foreigners are so entrenched in India’s history that even landmarks named after them have escaped the naming purge (the lovely shaded park in south Mumbai, opposite the gorgeo

New Delhi: In yet another case of migrant labourer killings, a man from Bihar was gunned down by unidentified gunmen in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district in the intervening night of 11-12 August, police said. The deceased, identified as Mohd Amrez, is the son of Mohd Jalil and a resident of Madhepura district in Bihar. Police said the incident took place at Sadunara village in Ajas Tehsil of Bandipora. Amrez was shifted to a local hospital where he succumbed to injuries, they added. Taking to Twitter, Kashmir Zone Police said,"During intervening night, terrorists fired upon & injured one migrant labourer Mohd Amrez, r/o Madhepura, Besarh, Bihar at Soadnara Sumbal, Bandipora. He was shifted to hospital for treatment where he succumbed." During intervening night, #terrorists fired upon & injured one outside #labourer Mohd Amrez S/O Mohd Jalil R/O Madhepura Besarh #Bihar at Soadnara Sumbal, #Bandipora . He was shifted to hospital for treatment where he

If you’re a Muslim, you’re never far away from mullahs telling you how to lead your life — what or what not to eat, how to dress, who or who not to marry. The urge to control your life by invoking often dubious religious doctrines or unauthenticated Hadith extends even to how to remember your dead. Fatwas fly around like confetti with semi-literate maulvis vying with each other to jump on any passing bandwagon and — with a little help from news hungry media — have their moment in the headlines. And it has mostly worked. It was this playbook that was at work when two notoriously loud-mouthed mullahs from Deoband (described by the media with some exaggeration as “Ulema”) announced a fatwa against a little-known female Muslim singer, Farmani Naaz, for singing bhajans — declaring her conduct “un-Islamic”, and telling her to seek “Allah’s forgiveness”. “Our religion does not allow us to sing bhajans of other religions. This is against the shariat as well as the basic tenets of Is

Narali Purnima is a festival dedicated to worshipping Lord Varun - the God of the Sea. It is observed by those involved in fishing, salt production, or any other activity related to the sea. This special festival is celebrated with great fervor and excitement in Maharashtra, especially in coastal Maharashtra and adjoining Konkani regions. On Nariyal Purnima, devotees believe that offering puja to the sea appeases God and protects fishermen from all sorts of unfortunate incidents. The word  Narali  comes from  Naral  which means coconut and  Purnima  signify full moon day. Therefore, Narali Purnima is marked on a day of the full moon during Shravan month. On this day, Maharashtrian Brahmins observe Phalahar fasting (meal based on fruits, dry fruits, and some dairy products). They prefer eating only Nariyal which is coconut during the fast. Devotees also plant trees on Narali Purnima to show their love, respect, and gratitude towards nature. Date and   Shubh Muhurat: This year, Narali

Mandeep Kaur’s family has appealed to the Indian government to help them bring her body back for the last rites. The 30-year-old Indian-origin woman died by suicide at her residence in New York on 1 August after suffering years of domestic violence. Her family, who lives in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor has also started a petition on change.org -- #JusticeForMandeepKaur - Bring Mandeep Kaur's Body Back to India and Protect her Daughters – with regard to it. So far it has garnered over 11,000 signatures. Kaur’s brother Sandeep Singh said they don’t have the means to travel to New York and would want to perform their sister’s last rites properly, reports Times of India . The family also wants Kaur’s two daughters — who stay with their father — to be rescued. "PM Modi gets warm welcome internationally. What do we do of good international relationships if we can't get justice," said Sandeep Singh, as per an NDTV report. The report further quoted the brother who said, "I