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2 detained in Bihar for carrying tricolour with 'crescent moon, star'

Police on Monday detained two persons for allegedly carrying India's national flag with a 'crescent moon and star' in place of the Ashoka Chakra during a procession in Bihar's Saran district,......

Posthumous Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra for J-K police bravehearts

Assistant Sub-Inspector Babu Ram and Constable Altaf Hussain Bhat of the Jammu and Kashmir police were on Saturday posthumously conferred with the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra awards......

BJP demands Ashoka Chakra for Delhi gang-rape victim

Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party President Vijender Gupta, who has expressed profound grief over the death of the 23-year-old gang rape victim, has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh......

Modi inaugurates new Parliament, installs sacred Sengol in Lok Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building in New Delhi on Sunday morning and expressed hope that it will become a cradle of empowerment, igniting dreams and nurturing......

Sexual harassment charge an attempt to jeopardise CJI's functioning: Gogoi

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in his autobiography said that the sexual harassment allegations against him was an attempt to 'jeopardise' the functioning of the CJI by certain unknown......

Modi's gold deposit scheme fails to attract investors

Indians have a deep attachment to gold, which they value not just as a wedding gift but also as a way to keep wealth away from the prying eyes of tax collectors. A gold deposit scheme launched amid......

Budget 2017: Hike PAN limit to Rs 500,000, jewellery industry to FM

Jewelers also want import duty on gold to be reduced from the current 10 per cent to at least 5 per cent. The domestic gems and jewellery industry, which went through a lot of turmoil in 2016, has......

Designing a flag for an upcoming revolution

Ajit Balakrishnan envisions a flag to capture the spirit of the impending conflicts of the Information Age. IMAGES: The flag designed by Pingali Venkayya in 1921 to rally Indians around the......

Films, books that inspire corporate head honchos

What do A-listers like to read, watch or listen to? And who are the people they admire? Here is a list -- IMAGE: The poster of the film Taare Zameen Par. The film is one of the favourites of Amit......

Budget unveils initiatives to boost growth, empower India

Image: Budget for growth and development. Photograph: Reuters Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced a 5 per cent reduction in corporate tax over next four years,......

'We wanted to capture Major Sandeep's spirit'

'People only knew about the hundreds of people he had saved and his Ashoka Chakra.''I came to know about this beautiful life that he had lived, that was so much more than the way he died.''I was......

'Kargil inspired me to join army'

Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, who was inducted in the Indian Army today as honorary Lt Colonel, said the tough life faced by soldiers in Kargil and other parts of Jammu and Kashmir inspired him to......

Official Emblem launched for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The Local Organising Committee of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 (LOC) on Tuesday unveiled the official emblem for what will be the country's first international football event. The ceremony at......

Why Indian cricket team still uses British-era logo: CIC to PMO

'Why the BCCI is still using the logo designed by British Raj in 1928 which resembles 90 per cent the symbol of star of India given by British Raj to his loyal princes...' Why is the Indian cricket......

Rajasthan's Generation Next

"If babies had coaches to teach them to walk, most of us would be still crawling on all fours," Greg Chappell says. With that one sentence, he appears to be under-cutting his own assignment, as......

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