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Supreme Court seeks Centre's reply on Shia Waqf Board plea against 'un-Islamic' flags
India | Jul 16, 2018, 12:03 PM ISTRizvi, in his plea, has claimed that green flags with a crescent and a star are "un-Islamic" and resemble the flag of a Pakistani political party.
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Truth behind flag hoisting picture from flood-battered Assam
Life | Aug 18, 2017, 03:25 PM ISTMany shared and liked this picture as a mark of patriotism while few others were stirred by the grim situation of flood.
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Karnataka flag row: One nation, one flag, says Ministry of Home Affairs
National | Jul 18, 2017, 10:55 PM IST“We are one nation, one flag. Legally there is no provision either for providing or prohibiting a separate flag for any state,” a home ministry spokesperson said.
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BJP flag hoisted in school to celebrate UP win; probe ordered
National | Mar 23, 2017, 06:14 PM ISTA probe has been ordered into hoisting of a BJP flag by a group of party workers at a government school in Araria district of Bihar to celebrate the party's win in Uttar Pradesh Assembly
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Canadian scientists set Guinness record for the world's smallest national flag
World | Sep 20, 2016, 06:00 PM ISTA team of Canadian scientists have a set a world record for creating the smallest national flag ever measured, ahead of the country’s 150th anniversary next year. The flag developed by them measures about one-hundredth
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9/11 flag returns to ground zero after disappearing for 15 years
World | Sep 09, 2016, 07:22 PM ISTAn American flag raised at ground zero on September 11 has been detonated to the 9/11 Memorial Museum in advance of the 15th anniversary of the attacks. The 3-foot-by-5-foot flag took a symbolic and curious
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Rajasthan Governor directs universities to hoist tricolour in campuses
India | May 17, 2016, 07:51 AM ISTJaipur: Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh today directed vice chancellors of all government universities to hoist tricolour on their premises. In the guidelines, the governor said every university will have its own anthem reflecting its objective
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Centre asks states to check dishonour of national anthem, flag
India | Apr 11, 2016, 09:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: Amid the raging debate on nationalism and complaints about insult to the national anthem and flag, the Centre has asked the states to ensure "strict compliance" of the relevant laws violations of which
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RSS flag won't be allowed to replace Tri-colour: Lalu
India | Apr 04, 2016, 07:10 AM ISTPatna: Terming BJP and RSS as anti-dalit and anti-minority, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today said that RJD would thwart any design of RSS to unfurl its saffron flag in place of national flag. "BJP and
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Tamil Nadu Man faces grim consequences of burning Indian Flag
India | Feb 11, 2016, 10:04 AM ISTChennai: Dileepan Mahendran, a 25-year-old from Tamil nadu's Nagapattinam district invited trouble when he posted pictures of a burning Indian flag on facebook to express his ire against the system- an action that would led
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JK High Court stays single bench order on two flags for state
India | Jan 01, 2016, 07:27 PM ISTJammu: A division bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court today stayed an earlier single bench order directing the state government to hoist the state flag on official buildings and vehicles of constitutional authorities. On
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Punjab Minister unfurls upside-down flag, 2 cops suspended
National | Aug 15, 2015, 09:03 PM ISTAmritsar: In a faux pas, Punjab Cabinet Minister Bikram Singh Majitiha today unfurled the national flag which was upside down during an Independence Day function here and it was only corrected as the event was
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Gurdaspur terror attack: Shiv Sena burns Pak flag
National | Jul 27, 2015, 05:04 PM ISTPhagwara (Pb): Several activists of the Shiv Sena today burnt the Pakistani flag here to protest "Pak-sponsored" terror attack at Dina Nagar area of Gurdaspur district.The protest, led by the party's state Vice President Inderjit
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Man, girl spotted parading outside UK Parliament with IS flag
World | Jul 06, 2015, 11:57 PM ISTLondon: A man was seen parading past Britain's Parliament draped in an Islamic State flag with a young girl on his shoulders waving the flag's smaller version, prompting the Scotland Yard to launch a probe
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People will continue waving Pak flags in Kashmir: Syed Ali Shah Geelani
India | May 31, 2015, 09:09 PM ISTSrinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference today said people will continue to wave Pakistan flags at its rallies in Kashmir, as it termed the neighbouring a “well wisher”.“Pakistani flags have been waved (in Kashmir) and, In Sha
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Protesters burn Indian flag in PoK against crackdown on separatists
India | Apr 20, 2015, 10:39 AM ISTMuzaffarabad: Hundreds of people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir burnt India's flag on Sunday in protest against crackdown on separatists in the Indian side of the region.Protesters rallied under the banner of "Pasban-e-Hurriyat" (Protectors of Freedom) in
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No flag is no problem for India's Winter Olympian
Other Sports | Jan 28, 2014, 04:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: India's top competitor at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi says not being able to compete under the national flag because of a political dispute will not harm his performance. "In my heart
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SC notice to cricket board on spectators carrying Indian flag
Cricket | Sep 09, 2013, 08:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Indian cricket board, the Cricket Association of Bengal and others on a plea seeking strict enforcement of laws to prevent spectators from showing disrespect
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Nadal to carry Spain's flag at Olympic Games
Other Sports | Jun 20, 2012, 10:04 PM ISTMadrid, Jun19: Rafael Nadal will have the honor of carrying the flag for the Spanish Olympic team at the London Games.The 11-time Grand Slam champion was chosen on Wednesday by the Spanish Olympic Committee to