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The 34-year-old lawmaker became an internet sensation for his fiery speech in the Parliament in which he backed the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370 and bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir.

August 15, 1947, ceremonies began at 8 am, with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his cabinet as well the newly re-designated Governor-General Lord Mountbatten taking oath inside the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Similar directives were issued earlier in Aligarh after Hindu organisations had given a call for holding 'Hanuman Chalisa' recital on roads. They were protesting against Muslim offering Friday namaz on roads near mosques.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has a Flag Code of India which is meant to preserve the integrity and respect for the tricolour.

The health of the spacecraft is being 'continuously monitored' from the Mission Operations Complex with support from Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) antennas at Byalalu, near Bengaluru.

As the toll in floods and landslips in Kerala rose to 91 on Tuesday, authorities are on a high alert with weathermen forecasting isolated extremely heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours.

On Sunday, BJP lawmaker and member of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family Diya Kumari said descendants of Lord Rama were all over the world, including her family who descended from his son Kush.

A complete shutdown was observed in parts of Punjab on Tuesday, in response to a bandh call given by Dalit groups to protest against the demolition. There were also stray incidents of violence.

A near complete shutdown was observed in Jalandhar, Patiala, Barnala, Fazilka, Samana, Ferozepur and Moga as commercial outlets remained closed.

ITI-Moga teacher Jasbir Singh, 57, was found murdered in the wee hours of August 4 with over 20 brutal wounds to his body.

Basit claims it became challenging for him to convince any Indian journalist to write an article in favour of Kashmir's "self-determination" until he met De, who "agreed" to do it.

Death toll in flood-affected states is now nearing 200, while nine people were killed on Monday in landslides in Uttarakhand and Jammu following heavy rains.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is on a crucial three-day visit to China. The two countries are jointly inaugurating a Film Week to mark a commencement of 100 activities to boost people-to-people contacts.

Dr Vikram A Sarabhai started a project for the fabrication and launch of an Indian satellite. As a result, the first Indian satellite, Aryabhata, was put in orbit in 1975 from a Russian cosmodrome.

Police found the body with face covered by a piece of cloth and frothing at the mouth, indicating that he had either been poisoned or forced to overdose. His nose and an ear were chopped off, and throat slit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the move to withdraw Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir was purely a domestic decision.