Thousands of people across the restive northeast on Sunday defied a shutdown called by separatists and attended India's Independence Day celebrations while the chief ministers urged the rebels groups

Bihar Chief Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, hoisted the national flag here on Independence Day on Sunday and declared that the entire state was drought-hit as the over 30 percent rainfall deficit had sever

Three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), weighing over 11 kgs, and a timer-fitted bomb planted by suspected NDFB militants to disrupt the Independence Day celebrations, were recovered from different