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Bike ambulances will be used for tackling emergencies.

Security beefed up for Independence Day, Dahi Handi festivities in...

State and civic-run hospitals will have emergency wards to provide medical services to injured Govindas.

15 Aug 2017 2:34 AM IST

Keshari Nath Tripathi

Governor Tripathi greets people on Independence Day eve

Security has been tightened for Independence Day celebrations across the state.

15 Aug 2017 2:20 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

All have liberty to celebrate freedom: Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee made it clear that all have the total liberty to celebrate the I-Day in their own way in the state.

15 Aug 2017 2:17 AM IST

An Indian street vendor sells Indian flags at a traffic intersection on the eve of Indias Republic Day, in Kolkata. (Photo: AP)

Street kids sell Independence Day flags, make good money

Prince lives near Hanuman temple with his family where a man used to teach the underprivileged children on a weekly...

15 Aug 2017 1:53 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind addresses the Nation on the eve of 71st Independence Day, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Build a humane' new India by 2022: President on Independence Day eve

Kovind said this spirit of empathy and of social service and volunteerism was very much alive in India.

15 Aug 2017 1:40 AM IST

Children receive treatment at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital where 35 children died in three days in Gorakhpur. (Photo: AP)

Who'll protect our kids, India's future?

Despite boastful official statistics, this is a largely illiterate country.

15 Aug 2017 12:43 AM IST

A boy waves the Indian tri-colour flags at Mehrangarh Fort road on the eve of Independence Day in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. (Photo: PTI)

India at 70: Still young, restless, beset by crisis

India remained an optimist's country despite widespread poverty and illiteracy.

15 Aug 2017 12:25 AM IST

Geeta Chandran during performances.

Three cheers to Geeta Chandran

Geeta Chandran is an artiste who makes efforts to promote Indian culture and traditions internationally.

15 Aug 2017 2:06 AM IST

A boy waves the Indian tri-colour flags at Mehrangarh Fort road on the eve of Independence Day in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. (Photo: PTI)

India@70: Let's get the basics right

Democracy is a modern system of governance and organising the State and society.

15 Aug 2017 12:00 AM IST

College students paint their faces to make a display of the tri-colour on the eve of Independence Day in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Spirit of freedom

Politically, Independence means self-rule and for India it signifies freedom from oppression, says Sophie Choudry.

15 Aug 2017 12:01 AM IST

where the Lahore lunatic Bishan Singh stands in no mans land between India and Pakistan, confused as to what to call home, is not so far from the truth.

Tales of parting from the midnight hour

Seventy years from Indian Independence, we speak to those who experienced the first taste of freedom and upheavals of...

15 Aug 2017 12:00 AM IST

The band called ROCK@ Band has created the music video titled I am Indian to celebrate Independence Day (Photo: Youtube screen grab)

Scientists prove music is no rocket science in Independence Day video

The 20-member band of musically-inclined scientists and engineers have created the music video titled I am an Indian'.

14 Aug 2017 7:26 PM IST