Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): With security across the country heightened ahead of India's 74th Independence Day, armed police were deployed at Tamil Nadu's Pamban Bridge in Rameswaram as a precautionary measure.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is scheduled to unfurl the tricolour at the main event of Independence Day to be organized at Police Parade Ground in Raipur on August 15.
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): The Independence Day function at Red Fort this year will be relatively muted in terms of participation of people in view of the situation created by COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation for the seventh time from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day on Saturday and it will be his second speech of the second term in office.
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju will launch the largest country-wide run, the Fit India Freedom Run, on August 14.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, Guwahati Police have made elaborate security arrangement and have also alerted all police stations and police patrolling is going on in the city.
Washington D.C./London [US/UK], Aug 13 (ANI): As when Pakistan will be celebrating its Independence Day, the Pashtuns, Sindhis, Baloch and other persecuted communities will be observing August 14 as "Black Day'.
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Kent RO, India's most trusted water purifier brand, acknowledges the hard work of the front-line corona warriors.
Glasgow [UK], August 13 (ANI): Sindhi, Baloch, Pashtun and certain nationalist groups in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan have announced that they will not celebrate the 73rd Pakistan Independence Day on August 14. Instead, they will be observing a Black Day.
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): Ahead of the 74th Independence Day celebrations on August 15, a full dress rehearsal was held at the Red Fort amid tight security here on Thursday morning.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Ahead of the Independence Day on Thursday, a full dress rehearsal was held at Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar today morning.
Panaji (Goa) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Congress leader Digambar Kamat on Wednesday demanded a ban on masks with tricolour and Ashok Chakra printed on it, urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct all states not to allow selling of such masks.