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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicIndependence day

Topic: Independence day

JNU became ‘badnaam like Munni’ says ABVP leader, BJP MP says rename it after Modi

At an ABVP-organised Independence Day event Saturday, film songs and 'Bharat Mata ki jai' chants echoed across the JNU campus in New Delhi.

Chidambaram welcomes Modi’s I-Day speech & Chandrababu Naidu wants Anna canteens back

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

After Swachh Bharat success, Modi nudges India on population control, plastic ban, tourism

In his Independence Day speech, Modi hailed as patriots those who have chosen to keep their family size small.

In defending Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress loses Sardar Patel to BJP

While Congress tweeted video of Nehru’s Tryst with Destiny speech & made no mention of Sardar Patel, PM Modi paid tribute to the latter in his I-Day speech.

From Priyanka Chopra to Doordarshan, patriotism today is a show of love for Indian military

Over the last few years, Indian nationalism and Bollywood have redefined who the ‘enemy’ is — the citizen who protests and calls out injustice.

How does each decade of independent India look through the designer’s eye? This group shows

In 2016, Indianama began the collaborative attempt to answer a simple but complex question: What really is Indian design?

On I-Day, governor assures J&K identity safe as spectators chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai

Empty chairs marked the absence of mainstream Kashmiri politicians, who remain in detention since the abrogation of Article 370.

Modi’s Rs 100 lakh cr infra push for India that no longer settles for trains, wants to fly

Delivering his sixth Independence Day speech as Prime Minister, which ran into 92 minutes, Modi noted how the common Indian’s aspirations had risen.

Simultaneous polls imperative to make country great, says PM Modi in fresh pitch

PM Modi, who addressed the nation in his Independence Day speech, used the opportunity to yet again push for simultaneous assembly and general elections.

Modi gives India CDS, its biggest defence reform — what it means & how it’ll work

CDS will be the point person for govt on the three services. He will also drive the acquisition & modernisation process. Army chief Rawat is frontrunner.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.