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These are the top stories we are covering this afternoon: MS Dhoni retires from international cricket, fans and cricket greats cheer Captain Cool; 13-year-old girl raped and murdered in UP, police deny father’s claim that her eyes were gouged out and tong...

The expansion of the NCC was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech on Saturday.

Indian wicketkeeperbatsman and former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday in a cryptic message posted on Instagram.

The celebrations also come as Ladakh completed one year of it becoming a union territory.

The chief minister said that though the state government enforced a lockdown to prevent its spread in the early stages of its outbreak, economic and social activities came to a standstill.

On the occasion of the 74th Independence Day, she asked people to do all it takes to preserve the basic principles on which this country was founded.

In a statement, the Foreign Office claimed that a three-year-old girl was injured in the firing by the Indian forces in Dhudhnial Sector on August 14.

The Chief Minister said that though the report of Montek Singh Ahluwalia led experts group was only a preliminary one, his government would not consider any recommendation on withdrawal of free power by any expert.

Addressing the nation on India’s 74th Independence Day, PM Modi covered a range of issues related to women, including their role in the armed forces, economic empowerment, the effort to recruit them in the NCC and the government’s s scheme to provide sani...

In a letter to Rajiv Bansal, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India on Friday, the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) said around 50 pilots have received illegal termination letters from the Personnel Department in blatant violation of company...

There will be around 4,000 security personnel at the Red Fort and they will stand in adherence with social distancing norms, officials said.

Bajrang Punia said he has a clear goal, which is to do well at the Olympics next year.

The district police have stepped up deployment at sensitive spots, especially in urban areas of Noida and Greater Noida, and also keeping a close watch on social media activities of people, officials said.

The agency also carried out searches at six locations in Kerala's Malappuram and Kozhikode districts earlier in the day.

Twenty-six corona warriors, one-fourth of the guest list, will also be present at the At Home programme. Apart from a few doctors, these include sanitation workers and those working at crematorium to help in performing the last rites of coronavirus victim...

G Veerraju (72), who retired from the merchant navy, allegedly attacked his son Jalaraju (41), also serving in the merchant navy, the police said.