Kerala CM: Country showing resilience to overcome economic slowdown

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said despite global recession,the country has shown tremendous resilience to overcome the economic slowdown. He said this shows that the countrys economic fundamentals are strong.The Chief Minister was delivering the Independenceday message after unfurling the...

Bihar CM hoist National Flag in Historical Gandhi Maidan

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hosted the National Flag in Historical Gandhi Maidan in state capital Patna and has demanded special category status for Bihar development. AIR correspondent reports that Mr. Nitish Kumar has also announced many new schemes for the people of the State.State is celeb...

Jharkhand Governor Sayyed Ahmed and Chief Minister Arjun Munda unfurled National flags at Dumka and Ranchi. Speaking at the main Independence Day function at Ranchi Chief Minister Arjun Munda said that Jharkhand has grown at the rate of 12.08% during 2011-12. More from our Ranchi Correspondent.

Flag hoisting ceremories held across J&K on 66th Independence Day

Flag hoisting ceremories were held all across Jammu and Kashmir on 66th Independence Day today. The state level function was held at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar where Chief Minister Omar Abdullah unfurled national flag and took salute at an impressive parade. Addressing the gathering he urged all sta...

J.Jayalalithaa hoists national flag in ramparts of Fort St George

The Tamilnadu Chief Minister Ms.J.Jayalalithaa hoisted the national flag at the ramparts of Fort St George. In her Independence day speech, Ms.Jayalalithaa recalled the enormous amount of sacrifice of the Indian freedom fighters to achieve freedom. She announced a hike in the freedom fighters pensio...

Punjab Independence Day function held in Patiala

In Punjab, the state level Independence Day function was held at Patiala where the National Flag was unfurled by the Chief Minister, Prakash Singh Badal. After taking salute at an impressive parade , the Chief Minister called upon the people of the state to follow the footsteps of those great patrio...

Sikkim CM announces State to be made fully Organic one by 2015

Meghalaya joins nation in celebrating 66th Independence Day

Meghalaya today joined the nation in celebrating 66th Independence Day. It is being celebrated with colourful programmes across the state. The main function was organised at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the State Capital Shillong, where Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma unfurled the national tricolour. ...

Independence Day celebrated with patriotic fervour in AP

UP Governor B.L. Joshi hoists tricolor at Rajbhawan in Lucknow

In Uttar Pradesh, Governor B.L. Joshi hoisted the magnificent tricolor at Rajbhawan in Lucknow. Later national flag was hoisted by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Vidhan Bhawan amid tight security arrangements.Vidhan Bhawan in Lucknow was beautifully decorated with tricolor cloths and flowers of as...