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
Mumbai: An Italian vessel captured by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman in December with 18 crew members, including seven Indians, has been released. MT Enrico Ievoli, hijacked on December 27, has been released by the pirates, the Director General of Shipping said in a statement in Mumbai on Tuesday. The vessel is proceeding towards safe port where the crew would disembark and will be repatriated to their respective...
12:40 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Rio Grande: Arjun Atwal missed yet another cut, failing to make the weekend rounds by one shot at the Puerto Rico Open. The first Indian to win on the PGA Tour is continuing to struggle as he shot an even par 72 to total 146 and the cut came at 145. Atwal had four birdies and an equal number of bogeys. His birdies came on second, sixth, 15th and 18th...
02:05 PM, Mar 10, 2012
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
New Delhi: After his former official blogger Raju Parulekar hit out at key members of his team, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said he had never signed the letter that Parulekar has now revealed and claimed that crores of rupees are being spent to discredit his campaign. Anna's former blogger Raju Parulekar earlier on Saturday accused prominent Team Anna members of misleading the Gandhian for their vested interest and released a...
06:52 PM, Nov 05, 2011
San Juan: President Barack Obama may have been in Puerto Rico for only four hours, but his brief fundraising visit has unleashed a growing political furor in this US Caribbean territory. Legislators of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood ruling party say they are resentful that he swooped in to raise about $1 million and did not offer any help or solutions as the island battles a soaring crime rate and higher unemployment...
07:33 AM, Jun 19, 2011
San Juan: President Barack Obama told Puerto Ricans on Tuesday that he's committed to the success and self-determination of the US island territory, welcome words that could help him with Puerto Rican voters back home as the 2012 presidential election approaches. Obama spoke to residents excited to host a US presidential visit for the first time since John F Kennedy stopped here in 1961, an event that's still remembered fondly....
09:55 PM, Jun 14, 2011
Madurai: A petition was on Monday filed in the Madras High Court bench here, seeking action against sportstars Sachin Tendulkar and Sania Mirza and two others for "insulting" the national flag. Petitioner B Stalin sought a direction to register the cases against the four under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 and Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper use) Act, 1950. Popular TV host Mandira Bedi and...
07:15 PM, May 23, 2011
Phoenix: The Arizona sheriff known for dressing inmates in pink underwear and feeding them green baloney is inviting people to choose the most popular jail booking photos posted on his website. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio allows online users to browse through the photos and then vote on their favorites that will be highlighted on a "Mugshot of the Day" section. The top picks so far aren't unexpected: They're the...
01:22 PM, Apr 20, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama held a conference call with his top national security team to discuss with them the launch and progress of Operation Odyssey Dawn and the situation in Libya, the White House said. Obama received a briefing from AFRICOM Commander General Carter Ham, on US military operations in Libya, as part of the international effort to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973; besides from the National Security...
08:31 PM, Mar 20, 2011
In 'The Last Word', Karan Thapar discusses with a panel of experts how media covered the BJP's 'Ekta Yatra'. ...
10:42 PM, Jan 28, 2011
Jammu: Thirteen activists of BJP and its youth wing Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) have been arrested in connection with the attack on cavalcade of Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather in Jammu. The BJP and BJYM activists were taken into custody from various places in the city, police said, adding they were booked under sections 147, 148 and 353 (unlawful assembly, disruption of movement and attack) of...
05:22 PM, Jan 27, 2011
Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Wednesday tendered unconditional apology for hoisting the national flag upside down during Republic Day celebrations here. "We are sorry for the incident. The person who tied the flag should have made proper check before hoisting of the Tricolour," party's senior leader and former minister B B Harichandan said. Claiming that they had no intention to dishonour the Tricolour, Harichandan said, "It was a mistake and we...
10:19 AM, Jan 27, 2011
New Delhi: Amid high drama, three senior BJP leaders including Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were arrested at the Lakhanpur border of Jammu and Kashmir. The BJP leaders said that the Omar Abdullah government had panicked and bowed to separatists in the state. Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani and Anurag Thakur were arrested for the second time in less than 24 hours. They were determined to hoist the national flag, but...
08:57 PM, Jan 25, 2011
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