New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking action against Anna Hazare and his team members for allegedly showing disrespect to the national flag during his agitation for the Lokpal Bill last year. A bench of justices BS Chauhan and JS Khehar rapped the petitioner, Chennai-resident L K Venkat for filing the PIL. The petitioner had alleged that during the agitation in December last year, the associates...
01:52 PM, May 04, 2012
Bhopal: Within hours of a Madhya Pradesh district court ordering registration of a case against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and his Bharatiya Janata Party colleague Sushma Swaraj, a sessions court stayed the order to book the two in a case related to allegedly showing disrespect towards the national flag in 2010. The Nasrullaganj court in Sehore district while ordering the registration of case against the two BJP leaders also...
10:16 AM, Nov 18, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The tallest flag mast in the country to hoistthe mammoth national flagto be installed at the entrance ofthe Kanakakkunnu Palace here has been brought to the city. The 65-metre long stainless steel flagpole will carry a national flag 72 feet long and 48 feet wide atop. The spokesman of the Flag Foundation of India spokesman K V Singh had stated in a news conference few months ago that the...
08:46 AM, Nov 14, 2011
On Talking Point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks, should BJP abort its plan to hoist the national flag in Srinagar on Republic Day? ...
12:16 AM, Jan 21, 2011
Nepal's flag is the only national flag not rectangular in shape. ...
01:03 PM, Sep 18, 2009
The students have applied to the Guiness Book of World Records. ...
03:31 AM, Aug 16, 2008
Mumbai: Acknowledging that there was a suggestion to shift next month's scheduled Test against the West Indies to D Y Patil Stadium, Mumbai Cricket Association joint secretary Nitin Dalal on Tuesday said that the match would be held at the Wankhede Stadium only. There has been some lobbying to shift the Test match between India and the West Indies tentatively scheduled for November 22 to 26 to D Y Patil...
11:46 AM, Mar 06, 2008
Kochi: Kochi Tuskers' Australian batsman Brad Hodge has criticised the demanding schedule of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), saying that the tournament involves "too much travelling". The cash-rich event is seven-weeks long and requires the players to travel all across India to feature in a minimum of 14 games. Hodge said the scheduling could have been better. "We could have done better in the IPL this time. The schedule...
12:43 PM, Jan 22, 2008
Mumbai: After lining up on opposite sides in the memorable World Cup final earlier this month, Sachin Tendulkar and Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga, playing as a combined unit for Mumbai Indians, pose a major threat for a struggling Kochi Tuskers Kerala in an IPL match here tomorrow. Tendulkar and Malinga have been in the forefront of Mumbai Indians' consecutive easy away wins over strong rivals Delhi Daredevils and Royal...
01:18 PM, Jan 15, 2008
Wellington: The International Cricket Council says it will provide $1 million to help New Zealand Cricket move to new premises after its headquarters were destroyed in February's Christchurch earthquake. New Zealand Cricket has been operating from temporary offices in Christchurch since the magnitude 6.3 quake on February 22, which killed as many as 182 people. The loss of its offices and access to files and records forced it to postpone...
08:25 PM, Jan 11, 2008
Mumbai: ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat on Monday played down the toss controversy during the India-Sri Lanka World Cup final, when the coin had to flipped twice by India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, following a confusion. "I'm not sure whether there was a huge controversy around that. I know there was a suggestion that the match referee (Jeff Crowe) did not hear the call (made by Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara) and...
06:38 PM, Jan 11, 2008
Colombo: In far off Pallekele, the night Pakistan crushed Zimbabwe in their World Cup Group A game, two former captains met and had a long on-field post match chat. It even held up the team bus for more than a few minutes. As the coach, you can get away with such minor delays. As Waqar Younis, now the Pakistan coach and captain of the 2003 World Cup team and Rameez...
10:21 PM, Jan 03, 2008
Wellington: Pakistan clinched a 1-0 series win and its first Test series victory for five years by securing a draw against New Zealand in the second Test which ended on Wednesday. Chasing 274 for victory on the final day, Pakistan looked well placed to push for a 2-0 series clean sweep when it moved to 160-4 at tea. However Pakistan was unwilling to risk a rare series victory and took...
07:59 PM, Dec 01, 2007
Durban: Prominent Indian batsman Rahul Dravid on Monday achieved a rare milestone in his career when he took his 200th catch in Test matches to stay on top of the list in the five-day format of the game. An accomplished slip fielder, Dravid achieved the feat when he brilliantly caught Dale Steyn off Harbhajan Singh, diving in a flash to his left, during South Africa's first innings in the ongoing...
02:44 AM, Nov 22, 2007
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