Top 5 highlights from PM Modi’s Independence Day speech

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation during the 8oth Independence Day celebrations, at Red Fort in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid out a broad roadmap for building a Viksit Bharat by 2047 during his Independence Day address, outlining seven “shaktis” that he said would drive India’s next phase…

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PM Modi, Amit Shah, Kharge, Rajnath Singh mark 80th Independence Day

File photo: PM Modi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers and opposition leaders on Saturday extended Independence Day greetings to citizens as India marked its 80th Independence Day, with leaders remembering the freedom struggle while highlighting their visions for the country’s future.Prime Minister Modi paid tribute to freedom…

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On Independence Day, TOI talks to Gandhi, Bose & Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru (L) heads Tele-MANAS Centre of Telangana, CLN Gandhi retired from transport dept as addl commissioner In classrooms of generations past, an attendance register could sometimes sound like a roll call from India’s freedom movement. Many parents named their children after national heroes. Today, those names are hard to find. But you can still…

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Marco Rubio hails growing US-India ties on Independence Day

Rubio credited the personal relationship between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the continued growth in bilateral ties US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday extended warm wishes to the people of India on the country’s 80th Independence Day, saying the relationship between New Delhi and Washington was growing stronger….

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Supreme Court quashes case against Rahul Gandhi

Rahul had allegedly described Savarkar as a “receiver of pension from Britishers” and “a servant of Britishers” at a news conference in 2022. Noting that there was no sanction to prosecute leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Gandhi for his remarks against V D Savarkar, Supreme Court Friday quashed proceedings against him initiated by…

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Caste, bank accounts, Covid jabs…

Data will remain confidential, can’t be used for legal evidence, govt benefits or public disclosure NEW DELHI: The second phase of Census 2027 — involving population enumeration — will, for the first time, capture caste “as declared by the respondent” among its 40 fields, which include new ones such as number of bank accounts, place…

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