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  Playing national anthem in cinema halls no longer mandatory, SC overturns its 2016 order

  India | January 09, 2018 17:20 IST

  A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra will today hear the matter of regulating the playing of national anthem in cinema halls across the country.

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  Centre urges SC to scrap mandatory national anthem in cinema halls

  News | January 09, 2018 8:37 IST

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  Centre urges SC to scrap mandatory national anthem in cinema halls, sets up inter-ministerial committee

  India | January 09, 2018 7:17 IST

  It had observed that it cannot be assumed that if a person does not stand up for the national anthem, he is “less patriotic” and the people “cannot be forced to carry patriotism on their sleeves.”

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  JK police arrests four cricketers for singing Pak national anthem during a cricket match

  News | January 08, 2018 12:06 IST

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  Haryana villagers to play national anthem on loudspeaker every day

  India | January 05, 2018 10:16 IST

  The Gram Panchayat of village Bhanakpur had spent about Rs eight lakh for installation of 22 CCTV cameras and 20 loudspeakers, and the control room has been set up at the house of the village sarpanch.

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  Singing national anthem mandatory in 800 hostels, says Rajasthan govt; move to ‘evoke patriotism’

  India | November 28, 2017 15:55 IST

  Directives to this effect were already in place for all government-run schools. Now they will also apply to the 800-odd hostels, an official said.

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  Vasundhara Raje govt tells hostel students to sing national anthem every morning

  News | November 28, 2017 11:48 IST

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  Bhopal Municipal Body Wants To Play National Anthem Daily

  News | November 01, 2017 20:18 IST

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  Andolan: National Anthem to play regularly at Jaipur Municipal Corporation headquarter

  News | October 31, 2017 18:34 IST

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  Before shocking statement on National Anthem, Sonu Nigam made headlines with these controversies

  Celebrities | October 27, 2017 13:39 IST

  Sonu Nigam said although he respects his national anthem, he believes it shouldn’t be played on cinema halls and restaurants.

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  National anthem shouldn't be played in cinema halls, will stand for Pakistan's too: Sonu Nigam

  India | October 26, 2017 21:15 IST

  Singer Sonu Nigam today said while he honoured every country's anthem, he also believed theatres and restaurants were not the place for it.

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  Will always stand up for National Anthem, says Tera Intezaar stars Sunny Leone and Arbaaz Khan, watch video

  Bollywood | October 26, 2017 16:01 IST

  Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone made a grand appearance at Tera Intezaar trailer launch and spoke about national anthem.

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  Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone will always stand up for National Anthem

  Entertainment | October 26, 2017 15:29 IST

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  I agree with SC's observation on National Anthem but standing for it in theatre is unnecessary: Owaisi

  News | October 24, 2017 17:20 IST

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  SC admits plea to modify ruling on playing national anthem in cinema halls

  India | October 23, 2017 18:05 IST

  SC said that while taking a decision, the government will not be influenced by the top court's 2016 order wherein playing of the national anthem in cinema halls was made mandatory.

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  National anthem a ‘must’ in UP madrasas: Allahabad HC backs Yodi Adityanath’s order

  India | October 04, 2017 22:25 IST

  The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday upheld the Uttar Pradesh government’s order making the reciting of national anthem mandatory in all madrasas

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  Three J-K students booked for not standing up during national anthem at Hyderabad cinema hall

  India | August 21, 2017 8:14 IST

  3 students hailing from Jammu and Kashmir have been booked for allegedly disrespecting the National Anthem by not standing when it was being played in a cinema hall in Hyderabad.

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  WATCH: This Independence Day, artists from India and Pakistan join hands to sing their national anthems together

  Life | August 14, 2017 17:41 IST

  What do you think could’ve been the reactions of people seeing the artist of their country singing the national song of their so-called rival nation?

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  National Anthem video in sign language launched

  Life | August 11, 2017 15:39 IST

  Directed by veteran film-maker Govind Nihalani, the video features filmstar Amitabh Bachchan apart from the children who sing the National Anthem in sign language against the backdrop of the Red Fort

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  PoK anthem before match, terrorists’ pics near trophy: Cricket tournament in Kashmir’s Pulwama stirs a row

  India | May 22, 2017 18:34 IST

  Amid a spate of terror-related activities and disturbances in the form of stone-pelting by the local youth, a sports tournament in the Pulwama district of the restive Kashmir Valley is in the news for all wrong reasons