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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicIndependance Day

Topic: Independance Day

Reader View: Revived oppn, more transparent PM, free speech — On wish-list for a better India

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No black flags by Maoists on 15 Aug ‘first time in 20 yrs’, Bastar cops call it big positive

Police officers say this is a sign Maoists are losing their hold, and security forces and the govt’s programmes are making an impact on Bastar’s villagers.

Chinese ‘Kong’ eyes Ladakh and jingoism drowns democracy on Independence Day

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Tricolour eclipsing rainbow in Kashmir and PM Modi’s wild $5 trillion chase

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

In Jaitley’s I-Day hero lineup, Sardar pushes Nehru out, even Ambedkar missing

Front Page Arun Jaitley's freedom heroes, and those who aren't: In his message to the nation on Independence Day, union minister Arun Jaitley created a...

Tired of fake achhe din, people want sachhe din: Congress on PM Modi’s speech

Congress censures Modi's Independence Day speech to be 'hollow', and challenges him to have an open debate with Rahul Gandhi.

Modi 2018 vs Modi 2014: What he said, what he didn’t say at Red Fort

Through the final Independence Day speech of this term Modi makes a pitch for re-election, but the story lies in the contrasts and similarities with his first as PM.

As India turns 71, what is the rising global power’s vision for the world?

India has the opportunity to put in place a new framework for its own security, growth and development. All it needs is a "New Delhi Consensus"?

At the last I-Day speech of term, PM Modi speaks of India’s rise under BJP govt

Saying 'India is now seen as a land of reform, perform and transform', he highlights how the view of the country has changed in international eyes. 

In Modi’s final Independence Day speech of this term, look forward to another jumla

Having played most of their cards, Modi-Shah are searching for a new one. That is why an effort is being made to polarise the voters.

On Camera

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.