Shandaar 75: India TV's special show on nation's 75th Independence Day | LIVE

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was injured today after terrorists hurled a grenade towards security forces in the Sanat Nagar area of Srinagar district

Chief Minister's Police Medal conferred upon Assam Police personnel who lost their lives in the recent Assam-Mizoram border conflict.

Here is what the president said to the Indian citizens during his address on the occasion of the nation's 75th Independence day:

• Happy Independence Day to all Indians living in India & abroad. This day is a day of great joy & happiness for all of us. This year's Independence Day has special significance because from this year onwards we all are celebrating the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence on the occasion of 75th anniversary of our independence
• In the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, our sportspersons have brought laurels to the nation with their stellar performances. India has won the highest number of medals in the 121 years of its participation in the Olympics: President Ram Nath Kovind
• Our daughters have achieved world-class excellence in playgrounds overcoming many adversities. Along with sports, epoch-making changes are taking place in the participation and success of women in all walks of life: President Ram Nath Kovind
• I urge every parent to learn from the families of such promising daughters and provide opportunities to their daughters also to explore avenues of growth
• The intensity of the pandemic has come down, but COVID hasn't yet gone away. We're yet to come out of the devastating effects of its recurrence this year. Last year, with exceptional efforts from all, we had succeeded in bringing the spread of infections under control
• Yet, due to the new variants and other unexpected factors, we suffered from a terrible second wave. I am deeply sad that many lives could not be saved & many more suffered immensely in this phase of an unprecedented crisis
• I speak for the whole nation when I say that I share the grief of all the affected families with the same intensity

The Government of India declares August 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day to remind the present and future generations of Indians of the pain and sufferings faced by the people of India during the partition, states the Gazette notification

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to visit Kerala on 16th August, to meet Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and State Health Minister Veena George. He will also visit Government Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram

Tamil Nadu Agriculture &Farmers Welfare Min MRK Panneerselvam presented 1st-ever exclusive budget for agriculture in Assembly earlier today. 
I dedicate this budget to protesting farmers in Delhi. Cultivation area in TN to be increased from 60%to75%(11.75 lakh hectares), he said

Assam Congress leaders met Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi today in Delhi

Security tightened at New Delhi Railway Station ahead of Independence Day. Delhi Police, Railway Protection Force, Bomb Disposal Squad, Dog Squad are deployed for security at the station.

The newly appointed four Union ministers from West Bengal will take out Shahid Yatra in the state. They'll meet families of BJP workers killed in political violence here. 55 BJP workers were killed in post-poll violence in the state: West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh

On the occasion of Pakistan's Independence Day, the Indian Army exchanged sweets with Pakistan Army in Poonch & Mendhar: 16 Corps, Indian Army

Himachal Pradesh: Death toll in Kinnaur landslide incident rises to 23, says ITBP

EAM S Jaishankar receives a call from Brunei FM II Dato Haji Erywan

Punjab CM mandates full Covid vaccination or negative RTPCR report to enter state

Uttarakhand Special Task Force busts cyber fraud racket operating from Delhi-NCR

Subedar Major Yogendra Singh Yadav awarded rank of Honorary Captain

Himachal Pradesh: Two more bodies have been recovered at the landslide site in Nigulsari

Pakistan Rangers, Border Security Force (BSF) exchange sweets at Attari-Wagah border

Police recruitment to have 2% quota for national, international sportspersons belonging to state

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari met Union Home Minister Amit Shah 

Woman kills 2-year-old daughte, attempts suicide following quarrel with husband

Tamil Nadu: Police force deployed at Pamban railway bridge in Rameswaram ahead of Independence Day

 Security tightened across Delhi ahead of 75th Independence Day

Independence Day: Full dress rehearsal at Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar