Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Mountbatten selected August 15, 1947, due to urgency. Indian astrologers considered August 15 inauspicious for independence. Midnight offered a suitable astrological moment, balancing traditions, law. Nehru proclaimed India’s independence as clock struck midnight. On the night of August 14, 1947, Delhi remained awake. Crowds…
CPM has demanded the withdrawal of the order to sing full Vande Mataram at Independence Day celebrations Thiruvananthapuram: The chief secretary has issued an official letter to all state govt departments mandating that Vande Mataram be sung in its entirety during the upcoming Independence Day celebrations. The order comes in accordance with special directives from…
Kolkata: Krishnadas Das, a 105-year-old retired policeman who was posted with the Constituent Assembly security in Delhi in 1946-47, can still recall Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s towering presence at the House and his frustration with the efforts to divide the country that eventually prompted his decision to move to Kashmir. The resident of Bolpur on Sunday…
UP cabinet minister Sanjay Nishad Lucknow: UP cabinet minister Sanjay Nishad on Wednesday accused Akhilesh Yadav of pursuing appeasement politics and attempting to dilute the rights of backward classes through religion-based reservation.Addressing reporters in Lucknow, Nishad alleged that the “PDA alliance” agenda of the Samajwadi Party is aimed at diverting OBC reservation benefits towards Muslims….
