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DRDOs Advance Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) being displayed at Rajpath during the 68th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Ceremonial artillery fires perfect 21' in rain

The duration of the 21-Gun Salute coincides with the length of the National Anthem.

27 Jan 2017 2:40 AM IST

The police is verifying if the murder was linked to the assailants enmity with the deceased. (Representational image)

3 cops battle for life after rescue operation

When some residents tried to intervene, he opened the knob of a gas cylinder and lit a matchstick, leading to an...

10 Jan 2017 1:08 AM IST

ABVP staging a protest at the University of Jammu. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Kashmiri students exit Jammu varsity during national anthem; ABVP...

ABVP activists halted all sports events and asked Kashmir University students to leave the ground.

8 April 2017 1:31 PM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

No need to stand for National Anthem in films, says Supreme Court

The earlier direction that the national anthem should be played before a film starts will continue, the court said.

15 Feb 2017 2:38 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

People not obliged to stand up for national anthem played during...

The verdict also says that people don't need to sing the national anthem when it is being played before the screening of...

14 Feb 2017 1:29 PM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

Hindutva agenda derailed

The reason is that our Muslim citizens, in line with their religious precepts, cannot worship any idea or object or...

19 Feb 2017 12:21 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

There's no concept of national song: Supreme Court

The bench told the petitioner to give a copy of the writ petition to the attorney general.

18 Feb 2017 12:33 AM IST

Shiv Sena Goa unit president Shivprasad Joshi (Photo: ANI)

K'taka people don't know to sing national anthem: Goa Sena leader

Goa and Karnataka are locking horns over the sharing of Mahadayi or Mandovi river water.

11 Jun 2017 12:01 PM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: File)

SC exempts disabled people from standing during national anthem

The court also issued notice to the Centre on the plea seeking Vande Mataram essential for all educational institution.

18 April 2017 2:31 PM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

National Anthem at theatres: Govt issues guidelines

Home ministry stated that there shall be no commercial exploitation of the national anthem so as to give financial...

20 Dec 2016 1:20 AM IST

The case under 124 A (sedition) has been registered against the writer, police said. As per the complaint filed by the Yuva Morcha activists, Kamal had posted some excerpts from his novel Smasanangulude Nottupusthakam on Facebook, which they alleged was an insult to the national anthem. (Photo: PTI)

Kerala writer booked for insulting national anthem

Kamal C Chavara, alias Kamalsy Prana, was taken into custody on charges of insulting the national anthem in a Facebook...

18 Dec 2016 8:49 PM IST

The new directive, which will be in affect in one week across the country, also demands that everyone present in the hall, stand at attention for the duration of the anthem.

National anthem in movie theatres

We get celebrities to give their take on a current issue each week and lend their perspective to a much-discussed topic.

4 Dec 2016 12:25 AM IST