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On the midnight of 15 August 1947, India came into existence. (Photo: AFP/AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Why freedom came early: In August 1947, not June 1948

Instead of August 15, 1947, our Independence Day could well have been June 30, 1948

14 Aug 2022 12:12 AM IST

File photo of the Partition of 1947. (Photo: AP)

Manish Tewari | 75 years later, it's time to bury Partition legacy

Would un-partitioned India have survived the centrifugal tendencies that a constitutionally weak Centre would have...

14 Aug 2022 12:10 AM IST

Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture. (Photo: AP)

Attack on Salman Rushdie is 'appalling', says White House NSA Jake...

Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats after writing The Satanic Verses , was stabbed by a New Jersey resident...

13 Aug 2022 6:59 PM IST

The Jammu and Kashmir administration Saturday sacked its four employees including son of Syed Salahuddin, the chief of banned Hizbul Mujahideen. (Representational image: PTI)

Hizb chief's son, terror accused Bitta Karate's spouse among 4 J&K...

All the four employees were dismissed from service under Article 311 of the Constitution

13 Aug 2022 1:26 PM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav at a function after paying tributes at Shaheed Smarak, in Patna, Thursday, Aug 11, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Grand Alliance to have coordination panel to ensure it does not meet...

The Grand Alliance now comprises seven parties JD(U), RJD, Congress, CPI(ML), CPI, CPI(M) and HAM which together have...

13 Aug 2022 12:16 PM IST

n this still image from video, author Salman Rushdie is taken on a stretcher to a helicopter for transport to a hospital after he was attacked during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP)

Rushdie's attacker showed sympathy to causes of Iran's Revolutionary...

The New York State Police identified the suspect as Hadi Matar from Fairview, New Jersey while the motive behind the act...

13 Aug 2022 11:49 AM IST

The increase in fuel inflation despite government measures to curb domestic petrol and diesel prices taken a few months ago, is a concerning factor. DC File Image

Inflation falls for 3rd month

There has been a marginal slowdown in output in almost all the segments, including manufacturing

13 Aug 2022 11:20 AM IST

Sensex tanks 422 Points, Nifty falls 97 points. (PTI Photo)

Market Rises For 4th Week; FPIs pump in Rs 22K Cr In Aug.

Both Sensex and Nifty were up by 1.7 per cent during the week

13 Aug 2022 11:17 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India on Thursday released a national strategy for financial education to be implemented in the next five years. (PTI Photo)

Apex bank tames recovery agents

The RBI asked lenders to strictly ensure that their collection agents do not intimidate borrowers or resort to...

13 Aug 2022 11:14 AM IST

Life Insurance Corporation

LIC net buys Rs 34,000 cr stocks in Q1

The public sector behemoth booked Rs 5,076 crore equity profit during April-June against Rs 11,368 crore a year ago

13 Aug 2022 11:08 AM IST

The company runs on an asset-light model to fund scooters and uses scooters indigenously made by Indian electric manufacturers.

Passenger vehicle sales rise 11% in July: Siam

The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) said on Friday that car dispatches jumped 10 per cent to 1,43,522...

13 Aug 2022 11:03 AM IST

The RSS, the ideological fountainhead of the ruling BJP, has been criticised by the Congress and other Opposition parties over its stand on the national flag. (Twitter)

RSS changes profile pictures of its social media accounts to national...

The Central government has urged people to hoist or display the national flag from their homes during August 13-15 as...

13 Aug 2022 10:49 AM IST