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The Nagas long for genuine peace for decades and there is a deep desire for a solution that will pave the way for all round progress and development, he said.

In his Independence Day speech, Modi said recently the import of more than 100 military equipment has been stopped.

The case pertains to a deal related to a DDA plot of land allotted to a shanty dweller who sold it to a person known to him, officials said.

Delivering the Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India must become self-reliant and use its vast natural resources to produce for the domestic as well as the global market.

He stressed that testing need to be ramped up to check the spread of coronavirus and to bring the fatality rate under control.

NSCN-IM general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah said the Nagas have their won flag and constitution and the insurgent group was not asking for these from the government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed President Ram Nath Kovind's speech on the eve of the 74th Independence Day as insightful.

Harris is sentimental not merely about her Indian upbringing, but about her stately grandfather the late PV Gopalan, a top bureaucrat, who had much to offer her by way of knowledge about the country and the world.

Pune's 'warrior Aaji', who went viral on social media for her martial arts skills, will appear on national television on the occasion of Independence Day.

According to the ministry, the 'Make in India' spirit 'embedded in the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan has resulted in providing resilience and self-sufficiency' to the country for various medical equipment including PPE.

Blood is required for emergency surgeries, blood disorders like thalassemia, blood cancer and road accidents and trauma cases, he highlighted.

In Mumbai, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh paid tributes to the police constable killed in the Naxal attack and wished a speedy recovery to the injured jawan.

China saw average concentrations of lungdamaging airborne particles known as PM2.5 fall by 10.8% from January to July as industry slowed because of the coronavirus, data showed on Friday, though levels were still well above WHO recommendations.

On Thursday, a piece of green-and-blue-cloth with an imprint of a mosque was found atop the statue of Shankaracharya in the town. Soon, local activists led by former BJP MLA of the area, DN Jeevaraj, held a protest over how an 'SDPI flag' was hoisted atop...

The fatality rate has declined to 1.95 per cent. There are more than 6.60 lakh active cases, which is 26.88 per cent of the total cases..

For the Independence Day celebrations on August 15, the Delhi Traffic Police has diverted traffic on several routes leading to the Red Fort.