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  Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy: On his 76th birthday, witness Amitabh Bachchan in never-before avatar

  Regional Cinema | October 11, 2018 16:57 IST

  Amitabh Bachchan is playing the role of Gosayi Venkanna, the Guru of Narasimha Reddy in the upcoming film Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. 

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  10 Facts to know about Mangal Pandey, the man who started Sepoy Mutiny in India

  Life | April 08, 2017 11:01 IST

  The man behind the famous 1857 revolt was a mere soldier in the Imperial Army, whom we know as Mangal Pandey. There’s still a historical amnesia about this legendary freedom fighter of India, so let’s learn something more about this phenomenal person

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  From young activist to freedom fighter: 10 facts on Bhagat Singh every proud Indian should know

  India | September 28, 2016 19:12 IST

  The nation today paid tributes to India’s greatest freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on the occasion of the 109th birth anniversary of the Indian revolutionary socialist. Bhagat Singh was born into a Punjabi Sikh family

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  LSS demands 'freedom fighter' status for those jailed during Emergency in 1975

  India | June 25, 2016 23:39 IST

  Ahmedabad: Loktantra Senani Sangh, an RSS-affiliated organisation, today put forward a demand of giving "freedom fighter" status to those who were jailed during the Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1975. Along with

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  Deliberate misrepresentation of views on Bhagat Singh: Authors

  India | April 29, 2016 14:36 IST

  New Delhi: Authors of a book, which is now at the centre of a controversy for terming Bhagat Singh as "revolutionary terrorist", have alleged a "deliberate misrepresentation" of historian Bipan Chandra's views on the freedom

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  Forward Bloc veteran, freedom fighter Ashok Ghosh dead

  India | March 03, 2016 22:53 IST

  Kolkata: Freedom fighter and West Bengal's senior most Left leader, Ashok Ghosh, who was state secretary of the All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) for 65 years at a stretch, died today. He was 92.Ghosh had

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  Kin of Bhagat Singh demands naming of airport after the freedom fighter

  India | September 28, 2015 18:19 IST

  Chandigarh, Punjab:  A close relative of the legendary freedom fighter, Bhagat Singh, today urged the National Democratic Alliance led government to name the new civil air terminal at the Chandigarh airport after martyr without any

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  Freedom fighter, author, poet Kayyar Kinhanna Rai passes away

  India | August 10, 2015 11:20 IST

  Mangaluru:  Freedom fighter, author and poet Kayyar Kinhanna Rai passed away at his residence in Badiyadka in Kasargod district of Kerala on Monday, family sources said.Rai, aged 101, was suffering from various old age related ailments, they said. He is survived

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  'Gour Hari Dastaan' is a biopic of an unknown Indian:C.P. Surendran

  Bollywood | October 24, 2014 20:35 IST

  New Delhi: “Gour Hari Dastaan - The Freedom File” is poet, novelist and journalist C. P. Surendran's first shot as a screenplay writer. He says that the biopic is different because "it is biography of

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  Modi pays tribute to Veer Savarkar

  India | May 28, 2014 10:48 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday paid tributes to freedom fighter Veer Savarkar on his 131st birth anniversary."Tributes to Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary. We remember and salute his tireless efforts towards the

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  Madras HC tells govt to consider renaming college after freedom fighter

  India | February 11, 2014 7:41 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court yesterday directed the Tamil Nadu government to take immediate steps to consider rechristening the “Lady Willington College” here after Ma.Ve.  Singaravelar, a freedom fighter viewed as the father of labour movement

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  Geelani describes Modi a killer, Salahuddin a freedom fighter

  India | December 02, 2013 13:12 IST

  Srinagar: Hardliner Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani Sunday called the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as a “killer of humanity.”  He said  Modi's candidature is “in total contrast to India's claim of

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  Freedom fighter Hari Shankar Garg passes away

  India | March 23, 2013 12:33 IST

  Moradabad, Mar 23: Noted freedom fighter Hari Shankar Garg passed away after prolonged illness at his residence here last evening, family members said.He is survived by his two sons Giriraj Shankar, Raj Shankar and a

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  Netaji's life epitome of sacrifice and service: Pranab

  India | January 20, 2013 15:42 IST

  Kolkata,Jan 20: Calling him a “real icon” of India, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said several important features of our constitutional system were part of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's vision.“He (Bose) is a

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  Pak Civil Society Demands Renaming Of Chowk After Bhagat Singh

  World | March 24, 2012 12:26 IST

  Lahore, Mar 24: Pakistani civil society activists have demanded that the square in Lahore where Bhagat Singh was hanged over eight decades ago should be renamed after the freedom fighter to honour his struggle to