Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and Mallikarjun Kharge, his Rajya Sabha counterpart, skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address at the Red Fort on Friday, August 15, sparking sharp criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The ruling party labeled their absence as “disrespect” to the Prime Minister’s...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the longest Independence Day address of his tenure on Friday, August 15, 2025, speaking for a record 103 minutes from the ramparts of the Red Fort. This year’s speech surpassed his previous record of 98 minutes set in 2024. The address marked India’s 79th Independence Day and included several key...
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has clarified that the state government has no plans to control citizens’ food choices, following a political controversy over the closure of meat shops on Independence Day. The row began after municipal corporations in Nagpur, Kalyan-Dombivli, Malegaon, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and Amravati announced that meat shops would remain shut on August...