Photo: Mohd Zakir/HTAs India celebrates the 71st Independence Day on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort for the fourth consecutive year after coming to power in 2014. A day earlier, in his maiden address to the nation, on the eve of Independence Day, President Ram Nath Kovind urged people to become partners in the development process of the country. Here are the latest updates from the Prime Minister’s Independence Day speech at Red Fort on Tuesday. 7:36am—Greetings to my fellow Indians on the occasion of India’s 71st Independence Day. 7:24am—PM Modi reaches red fort to address the nation on India’s 71st Independence Day.

Source: Mint August 15, 2017 02:13 UTC