2014-08-15 Photo gallery

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inspects the guard of honour during the 68th Independence Day function at Manek Shaw Parade ground in Bengaluru on Friday. PTI Photo

Bengaluru: An ASC Tornado daredevil motorcycle stunt team jumps into a fire wheel during the 68th Independence Day function at Manek Shaw Parade Ground in Bengaluru on Friday. PTI Photo

Police use an umbrella to shelter themselves from the rain as they arrive to take part in the Independence Day parade in the southern Indian city of Kochi August 15, 2014. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi voiced dismay on Friday at the government ...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unfurls the Tricolour during the 68th Independence Day function at the historic Red Fort in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Photo

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah unfurling the national flag in Bengaluru on Friday. PTI Photo

Hyderbad: A cultural troop performing with different traditional instruments during the Independence Day function at Golkonda Fort in Hyderabad on Friday. PTI Photo

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with school children during the 68th Independence Day function at the historic Red Fort in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Photo

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao unfurls the Tricolour during the 68th Independence Day function at the historic Golkonda Fort in Hyderabad on Friday. PTI Photo 

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying floral tributes at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on the occasion of 68th Independence Day in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Photo / PIB

England's bowlers James Anderson, centre, and Stuart Broad, right, talk together during a change of ends as they play against India during the first day of the fifth Test cricket match at Oval cricket ground in London, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (AP Phot...

India's MS Dhoni hits out off the bowling of England's Chris Jordan during the first day of the fifth Test cricket match at Oval cricket ground in London, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (AP Photo

England's Chris Jordan appeals unsuccessfully for the dismissal of India's Ishant Sharma (L) during their fifth cricket test match at the Oval cricket ground in London August 15, 2014. REUTERS

New Delhi:Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari,UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and BJP Leader L K Advani,Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley , Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and others during at home on Independence Day in Rasht...

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee during at home on Independence Day in Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Photo

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during at home on Independence Day in Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Photo

Mumbai: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar during an Independence day celebration in Mumbai on Friday. PTI Photo

Jodhpur: Actor Aamir Khan being greeted by a boy on his arrival at the airport in Jodhpur on Friday for a function. PTI Photo

In this Aug. 6, 2014 photo, Indians watch a Pro Kabaddi League match in New Delhi, India. Kabaddi, an ancient South Asian sport, has not only turned modern but suddenly has two international leagues to boast of. Now there’s two professional interna...

An Indian performer takes part in India's Independence Day celebrations at Ajmer in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan, August 15, 2014. REUTERS