A salute to Sarojini Naidu freedom fighter, poet, women's right activist on her 146th birth anniversary.
India's Constitution is far more than a supreme legal framework for ideal governance. It is a living chronicle.
The Congress party has intensified its criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the Vande Mataram controversy, alleging that he has insulted the Congress Working Committee of 1937 and Rabindranath Tagore. The party demands Modi address current issues instead of historical debates.
The Nightingale of India's 135th birthday is celebrated with a doodle on Google's home page.
'About whether I'm worried it will blow up into something, no, I'm used to these things.' 'I am a voice in the city and have said quite a few things that may have ruffled feathers. But I stuck with them because it's your truth.'
After 47 years, the Congress party moved to a new HQ, Indira Bhawan, on January 15, 2025.
'The largest listenership for Vividh Bharati outside the country is in Spain.' 'The labourers who go there for the tomato-picking season feel cut off from their country and listen to Vividh Bharati to overcome their loneliness.'
On the 83rd anniversary of the Quit India movement, Utkarsh Mishra recalls the conditions under which the Congress, led by Mahatma Gandhi, launched the final struggle for independence.
Vidya Balan paid tribute to legendary singer M S Subbulakshmi on her 108th birth anniversary by recreating some of her iconic looks.
'Had these leaders known that Jinnah was dying...'
'When you watch Freedom At Midnight, I want you to feel like you are sitting on a ticking time bomb.'
The actress stars opposite ex-flame Shahid Kapoor in Kunal Kohli's next.
'Today, let us reaffirm our commitment to strive to realise Gandhiji's dreams. His watchwords, truth and nonviolence, will continue to remain relevant for the whole world. He also taught us that rights and duties are but the two sides of the coin - indeed, the true source of rights is duty. Today we recall his lessons in compassion too - compassion not only for our human neighbours but also for our other neighbours, namely, flora and fauna, rivers and mountains.'
'People think that because there are so many OTT platforms, roles should just fall into your lap. That's not true at all.'
There are no major legal complications in implementing the bill right now but the Narendra Modi government putting it off for 10 years, he said.
The party said it was 'an inexcusable slip-up', for which responsibility was being fixed and action would be taken.
Initiating the debate from the opposition's side in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi said, "I stand here in support of Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam."
The fight for freedom was long and hard and that is why it is important to go back to the monuments that celebrate those who fought the good fight.
According to the administration of Sarojini Naidu Girls College, a formal dress code is necessary to distinguish teachers from students.
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba chaired a high-level meet with representatives of states/UTs to also review and discussed the COVID-19 management and response strategy through video conference.
Twenty-six-month-old Vandana, who was rescued 27 hours after she fell into a 45-feet deep borewell on Tuesday, was discharged from the emergency ward of a hospital in Agra on Monday. The girl had fallen into the borewell in Hulaspur village while playing with her father and was rescued by the Army, with the help of the district administration, in a delicate operation. Vandana was accompanied by her parents Bengali Babu Kushwaha and Mamta.
The former PM added that Advani's remarks on Jinnah were 'misinterpreted'.
The sudden spike in cases of fever in India has claimed over 100 lives in five states, including UP, MP, Bihar, Haryana, and West Bengal. In UP, Firozabad and Mathura alone have reported 72 cases.
India's struggle for freedom is one of the most unique and compelling stories of the 20th century.
As per reports, the new Social Science textbook for Class VIII in schools of Rajasthan has erased Nehru from the pages of history.
The president made a special mention of the threat to the environment and asked all citizens to take care of it for future generations.
The Pm He also inaugurated the Yaad-e-Jallian Museum, (museum on the Jallianwala Bagh and World War I), the Museum on 1857, India's first war of Independence, and Drishyakala-Museum on Indian Art within the Red Fort complex.
Indian women have education, inspiration and perspiration -- but not enough employment, points out Mahesh Vyas.
'If the Congress party wants to take on the BJP it cannot do it in this fuddy-duddy, grand old party, style.'
The AMU defended the portrait, saying that Jinnah was a founder of the university and granted life membership of the student union.
Iconic leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru were among her fans.
'Even if the BJP's hope of a Congress-mukt Bharat is realised, it will still have to contend with Mr Gandhi's god-like status in the foreseeable future,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Attlee said Great Britain had concluded that the Indian element of the army was no longer reliable and that Netaji's Indian National Army had demonstrated that. That had shaken the foundation on which Britain's Indian empire rested, argues Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd).
'If Ruttie had been alive, Jinnah would never have turned communal.'
All the parties fielded women candidates after the Lucknow mayoral seat was reserved for women.
Villagers speak in utter disbelief of the havoc wreaked by the storm, which claimed the live of over 100 people.
Nelli Praveen Kumar, aged about 25, a first semester student of Master of Fine Arts course of Department of Fine Arts, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, was found hanging from ceiling in the room at about 4.15 am
Of the 15 people who led the 132-year-old party post independence, four have belonged to the Gandhi-Nehru family.
'I cannot be audacious to say I am winning, but the mood of the people is in our favour.'
How has Raj Thackeray, who is as much a businessman as politician, been able to pull it off, when most Opposition politicians live in fear of IT and ED and CBI, asks Krishna Prasad after attending a Raj rally in Nashik.
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