Independence Day

New schemes and promises: Key pointers from PM Modi’s I-Day speech

New schemes and promises: Key pointers from PM Modi’s I-Day speech

From increasing the number of 'Jan Aushadhi Kendras' to launching schemes for those who want to own a house in…

August 15, 2023

Independence Day: 18 Delhi police personnel awarded with President’s police medal

Police sources indicate that the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service was bestowed upon Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sharat…

August 15, 2023

The forgotten refugees who landed in Delhi after Partition

Buddhist refugees from Chittagong and Namdharis from Punjab have helped make Delhi diverse, but few know about them

August 15, 2023

I-Day traffic advisory: Delhi Police list out roads to avoid

As per the advisory, vehicular access around the Red Fort area, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address…

August 14, 2023

When Connaught Place showrooms were set on fire

Connaught Place witnessed carnage in British-owned showrooms in 1942 before seeing similar havoc in 1984, during the anti-Sikh riots

August 14, 2023

Tale of two Delhi poets and the Pak national anthem

Poet Jagannath Azad, who wrote the first national anthem of Pakistan on Jinnah’s request, shifted to Delhi from Pakistan, while…

August 14, 2023

Ahead of I-Day, Patang Bazaar decks up in Tricolour

Old Delhi's Patang Bazaar in Lal Kuan takes the colour of Indian flag as Independence Day approaches with a boom…

August 13, 2023

Delhi Police issues traffic advisory ahead of Independence Day celebrations

As per the advisory, the area around Red Fort will experience road closures for the public from 4am to 11am…

August 12, 2023

Shaheedi Park: Displaying Indians’ mettle

India’s first-ever museum park, with statues built from waste metal, is a tribute to those who shaped the country

August 11, 2023