New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United)'s Sabir Ali on Thursday sought to defend BSP MP Shafiqur Rahman Burq who had walked out of Lok Sabha while the Vande Mataram was being played, saying that it was his personal opinion.
He, however, said that the act was against national integrity and Speaker Meira Kumar would be the best person to decide the course of action against him. "This is his personal opinion but it's not good for the nation. It's against national integrity, it's not right but we shouldn't make a big issue of it. Let the Speaker decide what action should be taken," Ali said.
Burq had defended his decision to walk out of the House saying that it wasn't against the Constitution as it was not the national anthem.
Burq had earned the wrath of Meira Kumar who sought an explanation why he had walked out and warned that it must not be repeated....
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05:15 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: Controversy over the walkout by BSP MP Shafiqur Rahman Burq from the Lok Sabha took a new turn as he refused to apologise for walking out of the House while national song Vande Mataram was being played. Burq said that as a Muslim he cannot show respect towards the national song. "I won't apologise to anyone. I respect the National Anthem, not the national song Vande Mataram. Vande...
03:05 PM, May 09, 2013
A local court on Wednesday declined to permit withdrawal of the complaint in the national anthem case filed against Union Minister Shashi Tharoor for the time being. The petitioner Joy Kaitharath had last week submitted that he did not want to continue with the case. The case was registered against Tharoor, Minister of State for HRD, on the basis of a private complaint by Kaitharath of Ernakulam in the Additional...
06:28 PM, Mar 27, 2013
A local court on Friday posted to March 27 hearing of the National Anthem case against Minister of state for HRD Shashi Tharoor. The petitioner Joy Kaitharath made a submission in the court that he did not want to continue with the case. ...
10:03 PM, Mar 22, 2013
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11:52 AM, Jan 24, 2013
Grammy-winning singer Beyonce kicked up a controvery after she allegedly lip-synched the American national anthem at President Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony. ...
10:13 AM, Jan 23, 2013
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday declined Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor's plea to quash a case against him for allegedly insulting the national anthem and directed him to approach the trial court for discharge. Disposing of the petition, Justice VK Mohanan directed Tharoor to approach the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court for discharge and granted him time till Febuary 16 to move the trial court....
04:03 PM, Jan 16, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the central government to take action within a week against TV channel Colors for using the national anthem to promote reality show 'Bigg Boss 6' in cinema halls across the country. The court gave the directions after hearing a PIL against the channel for running a commercial of the Salman Khan-hosted show wherein an audio demanded that all present in the...
10:38 AM, Oct 18, 2012
Mumbai: Even though India attained independence August 15, 1947, the country was undecided on its official national anthem on the auspicious day, an archived letter made public in Mumbai on Saturday has indicated. The current national anthem, 'Jana Gana Mana', penned by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted and accorded the status only much later, by the Constituent Assembly Jan 24, 1950. A few days prior to Indian independence, many...
12:48 AM, Sep 02, 2012
"Jana Gana Mana" is the national anthem of India. Originally written in Bengali, it is the first of five stanzas of a poem written and later set to notations by Rabindranath Tagore. It was first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on December 27, 1911. It was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on January 24, 1950. Though written in Bengali,...
03:18 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: In a rousing display of patriotism and unity, over 15,000 people from the city on Wednesday participated in a mass singing of national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana', creating a world record in the process. With a tally of 15,243, they took India into the 'Guinness Book of World Records' for "the most people singing a national anthem simultaneously", erasing the previous record held by Pakistan for 5,800 individuals....
06:43 PM, Jan 25, 2012
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05:19 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: No other Indian song is said to capture the poignancy of a do-or-die moment, be it in the sporting field or at the frontiers, the way Jana Gana Mana can. Jana Gana Mana, composed by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and sung for the first time at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress on December 27, 1911, has fired a nation's patriotism and united it in crisis...
07:14 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL, which sought replacement of word 'Sindh' with 'Sindhu' in the National Anthem. Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Roshan Dalvi dismissed the petition, saying that the apex court had already dealt with the issue. The PIL, filed by retired professor Shreekant Malushte, had claimed that when the anthem was composed in 1917, 'Sindh' was a part of India, which is...
07:01 PM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: Anna Hazare on Saturday announced that he would end his fats on Sunday morning after Parliament adopted 'Sense of the House' on his demands, but cautioned that only half of the battle against corruption has been won. Hazare congratulated Parliament for adopting his demands and called it a people's power. "I congratulate every MP on what has happened today. It's a victory of people power. This is just...
10:02 PM, Aug 27, 2011
Stanza 2 Ohoroho Tobo Aahbaano Prachaarito,Shuni Tabo Udaaro Baani Hindu Bauddho Shikho Jaino,Parashiko Musholmaano Christaani Purabo Pashchimo Aashey,Tabo Singhaasano Paashey Premohaaro Hawye Gaanthaa Jano Gano Oikyo Bidhaayako Jayo Hey,Bhaarato Bhaagyo Bidhaataa Jayo Hey, Jayo Hey, Jayo Hey,Jayo Jayo Jayo, Jayo Hey Meaning: Your call is announced continuously, we heed Your gracious call The Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsees, Muslims, and Christians, The East and the West come, to the side...
11:26 PM, Aug 12, 2011
Stanza 2 Ohoroho Tobo Aahbaano Prachaarito,Shuni Tabo Udaaro Baani Hindu Bauddho Shikho Jaino,Parashiko Musholmaano Christaani Purabo Pashchimo Aashey,Tabo Singhaasano Paashey Premohaaro Hawye Gaanthaa Jano Gano Oikyo Bidhaayako Jayo Hey,Bhaarato Bhaagyo Bidhaataa Jayo Hey, Jayo Hey, Jayo Hey,Jayo Jayo Jayo, Jayo Hey Meaning: Your call is announced continuously, we heed Your gracious call The Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsees, Muslims, and Christians, The East and the West come, to the side...
11:26 PM, Aug 12, 2011
New Delhi: The Silent National Anthem, an ad campaign that features deaf and mute children "singing" the 'Jana Gana Mana' through sign language, won a silver at advertising's highest awards - Cannes Lions 2011. Media reports say, after the shortlists on day one came the awards on day two of the Cannes Advertising Festival. Mudra Groups Silent Anthem for Reliance MediaWorks has bagged a silver and two bronze lions at...
05:11 PM, Jun 21, 2011
New Delhi: He had once fired a nation's patriotism with verses espousing freedom from imperialism, a 100 years later, Rabindranath Tagores ode to the motherland still has the power to move a country of a billion people to tears in a fierce show of nationalism. As the opening strands of 'Jana Gana Mana' started to play at Mumbai's Wankhede stadium on Saturday before the final clash between India and Sri...
06:40 PM, Apr 04, 2011
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11:56 AM, Feb 08, 2011
