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The Constituent Assembly on July 22, 1947 had adopted the national flag of India in its present form. Deep Dive with Abhinav Khare explains the significance of the national flag on the occasion of the 73rd Independence Day. Let us remember and honour the sacrifices of all those men and women, who enabled us to celebrate this day.

Students in Rewari, Haryana, complained of making them stand under the scorching sun and not even giving them drinking water during the final rehearsals of Independence Day celebration events.

Arrangements for Independence Day are on in full swing at Palwal in Haryana. A final rehearsal was held at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Stadium on August 13.

With Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa heading a "one-man" Cabinet with no Ministers, senior government officials have been asked to hoist the national flag on August 15 at district and taluk level functions.
 

Deep dive with Abhinav Khare brings to you the often forgotten freedom fighter Matangini Hazra who died and yet kept the Indian flag flying high. Matangini Hazra changed the pages of history and yet is hardly remembered.

The motorcycle rally from Bengaluru to Penukonda, organised as a tribute to coffee baron VG Siddhartha, will be flagged off from Cafe Coffee Day outlet, The Square, on Vittal Mallya Road, Bengaluru at 7pm on August 4.

As #BhagwaTwitter trends on the social media, we decided to dig deep and find out more about the flag and the saffron colour it is dyed in.

On the 142nd birth anniversary of Pingali Venkayya, India fondly remembers the freedom fighter for more reasons than one. Venkayya was also the mastermind behind the design of India’s national flag.
 

Iran impounded the British ship Stena Impero tanker on Friday, in which 18 Indians, three Russians, a Latvian and a Filipino were on board
 

Netanyahu is facing a tough political challenge as opinion polls show flagging fortunes for his ruling Likud party. Analysts believe that the meeting with PM Modi is meant to prop up his campaign right before the polls. Netanyahu visited India in January 2018. 

The 23 crew on board British oil tanker consists of 18 Indians, three Russians, a Latvian and a Filipino. The 23 crew members of the British flagged oil tanker Stena Impero was seized by Iran in Omani waters on Friday
 

British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero was seized allegedly due to a collision with an Iranian fishing boat. Eighteen Indians were among 23 people onboard in the shop that was captured

‘I asked the sun not to come out till I finish the flag hoisting,’ said controversial godman Nithyananda

Led by activist Joey Johnson, a group from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, linked arms and set an American flag on fire outside as they chanted, "America was never great"

Looks like West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will be listening to the chants of Jai Shri Ram much more than she had expected. While flagging off a Rath Yatra, the chief minister was welcomed to the sounds of Jai Shri Ram in Hooghly district