India's Republic Day, celebrated on January 26, commemorates the adoption of its constitution in 1950, marking the complete transition from British colonial rule to Indian sovereignty. Let's deep dive ...

Last week, Delhi University Professor Apoorvanand Jha was denied permission to travel abroad for an academic seminar as he refused to get the paper he was presenting vetted by the Union government.

Independence was won not just by stalwarts but also ordinary people, 13,212 of whom are still alive today. HT profiles some of them. P Vasu might be 102 but still moves about his house in Cheruvannur ...