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  9/11 flag returns to ground zero after disappearing for 15 years

  World | September 09, 2016 19:22 IST

  An 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 7:51 IST

  Jaipur: 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 | April 11, 2016 9:49 IST

  New 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 | April 04, 2016 7:10 IST

  Patna: 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 | February 11, 2016 10:04 IST

  Chennai: 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 | January 01, 2016 19:27 IST

  Jammu: 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

  Politics | August 15, 2015 21:03 IST

  Amritsar: 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

  Politics | July 27, 2015 17:04 IST

  Phagwara (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 | July 06, 2015 23:57 IST

  London: 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 21:09 IST

  Srinagar:  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 | April 20, 2015 10:39 IST

  Muzaffarabad: 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 | January 28, 2014 16:08 IST

  New 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 | September 09, 2013 20:21 IST

  New 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 | June 20, 2012 22:04 IST

  Madrid, 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