Flag to fly half mast to mourn Deshmukh`s death

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 20:26

The national flag will fly at half mast on Tuesday in Delhi and in all state capitals as a mark of respect to Vilasrao Deshmukh who died on Tuesday.

Anna insulted national flag, petitioner tells SC

Last Updated: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 20:19

Chennai-based petitioner LK Venkat alleged that Anna and his associates had flown the flag at half mast in public, put it on the ground and defaced it.

Court can’t pass law or ask govt to frame it: SC

Last Updated: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 18:40

The judiciary can neither make laws nor can it direct the government and legislative body to enact a legislation, the Supreme Court has said.

Goa: National flag found in garbage bin

Last Updated: Friday, November 18, 2011, 00:49

A national flag was found in a garbage dump near the CCP main office, after which the civic body has initiated an inquiry into the incident.

Thanks to Anna, tricolour selling like hot cakes!

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 17:16

Vendors selling national flags here are making a fast buck with a sudden increase in the demand for the tricolour in the wake of the Anna Hazare`s anti-corruption agitation.

Manmohan Singh to hoist flag on I-Day for 8th time

Last Updated: Sunday, August 14, 2011, 21:12

When Singh hoists the national flag on I-Day, he will be the first PM to do so for the 8th consecutive year after Nehru and Indira Gandhi.

Rahul may unfurl Tricolour at Cong hq on 15 Aug

Last Updated: Monday, August 8, 2011, 22:18

If Rahul Gandhi unfurls the tri-colour on the Independence Day at the AICC hq, it will be the first time for the 41-year-old party gen secy.

BJP threatens to hoist national flag at Katchathee

Last Updated: Sunday, August 7, 2011, 20:10

BJP said it would launch an agitation at Katchatheevu Island in the Palk Straits and hoist the national flag there, if the Centre failed to protect the lives of Tamil Nadu fishermen.

Yatra: BJP leaders detained at Jammu airport

Last Updated: Monday, January 24, 2011, 17:45

Sushma Swaraj & Arun Jaitley are in J&K in relation with BJP`s plan to hoist tricolour in Srinagar.

Lal Chowk again in limelight

Last Updated: Sunday, January 23, 2011, 21:20

The clock tower at Lal Chowk has been witness to many rumblings over the past three years -- and it is in the limelight again, as BJP remains adamant about its plan to unfurl the national flag here on Republic Day.

BJP will certainly hoist national flag at Lal Chowk: Naidu

Last Updated: Sunday, January 23, 2011, 17:57

Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu said that the party would definitely hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on the Republic Day.

Reconsider flag hoisting: Interlocutors to BJP

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 15:37

Three interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday made a forceful plea to the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) to "reconsider" its decision to hoist the national tricolour in Srinagar`s Lal Chowk.