Assam govt nearly doubles freedom fighters` pension

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 21:09

On the eve of the Republic Day, Assam government on Saturday announced to almost double the pension of freedom fighters to Rs 15,000 a month.

Philippine Army says nine Muslim rebels slain in attacks

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 13:56

Philippine troops repulsed a series of attacks by a breakaway Muslim insurgent group in the country`s south that left nine rebels dead and two soldiers wounded, the Army said.

4 rebels, 1 soldier killed in Philippines clash

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 16:27

Four members of Muslim rebel group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and a government soldier were killed, one soldier wounded and 15 civilians taken hostage in a skirmish in southern Philippines Monday.

Freedom fighters anguish over non-allotment of lan

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 23:45

Freedom fighters in the district here have expressed anguish over the non-allotment of government land for a Sangrami Bhawan complex.

India, Bangladesh join hands to find graves of freedom fighters

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 11:40

India and Bangladesh are jointly making efforts to trace the graves of martyrs of the Liberation War of 1971.

Haryana to fund freedom fighters` visit to Myanmar

Last Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013, 18:38

Freedom fighters from Haryana who wish to visit Myanmar and Andaman and Nicobar Islands will travel at the expense of the state government, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Tuesday.

Freedom fighters delegation to meet Sonia Gandhi

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 17:12

A delegation of the Puducherry Freedom Fighters Welfare Movement will call on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at New Delhi soon seeking her intervention for sanction of pension to genuine freedom-fighters.

President honours freedom fighters

Last Updated: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 22:24

President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday honoured and feted freedom fighters to mark the 70th anniversary of the Quit India Movement at an elegant ceremony.

Raj Narain doesn’t figure in freedom fighters list

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 18:20

Narain levelled allegations of electoral fraud against the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi which were upheld by Allahabad High Court in 1975.

Film to highlight lives of descendants of freedom fighters

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 12:34

Senior journalist Shivnath Jha is producing a film on the descendants of the forgotten heroes and martyrs of India`s freedom movement, living in anonymity and penury in the countryside.

Not the India we fought for, say freedom fighters

Last Updated: Monday, August 15, 2011, 10:45

As India marches into its 65th year of independence, the people who fought tooth and nail for the freedom most of us take for granted feel this is not the nation of their dreams.