India is celebrating its 78th Independence Day today. The celebrations will begin with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisting the national flag at the iconic Red Fort in New Delhi, followed by an address to the nation.

This is PM Modi’s 11th consecutive Independence Day address to the nation from the Red Fort. In his speech to the nation, the prime minister lays out his government’s agenda, presents report card, makes important policy and programme announcements and speaks about burning issues.

Multi-layer security is in place across Delhi with the cops implementing  advanced CCTV analytics around the Red Fort.

On the eve of Independence Day, several rallies were taken out across the country under the Centre’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign. 

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