Tag: National Anthem

India’s first Nobel laureate Tagore, composed the parent song, ‘Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata’ on December 11, 1911. It is a Brahmo hymn and has five verses. However, only the first verse has been adopted as the National Anthem.

The main event took place at Sawai Man Singh stadium in Jaipur in the presence of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot along with 26,000 school children of the state capital.

Shared by the Northern Command – Indian Army on Twitter, the adorable video has gone viral. It has received lakhs of views, likes and comments on Twitter.

After winning the toss and opting to bowl first, India got the first breakthrough very early as Deepak Chahar dismissed Janneman Malan on 1. Chahar bowled a lovely outswinger that Malan wanted to defend but got an outside edge and wicketkeeper Rishab Pant took the catch in the 3rd over of the innings.

Bhubaneswar: After the ruling BJD legislators were in the eye of storm for the alleged disrespect to the national anthem in the State Assembly, party MLA Byomkesh Ray expressed his regret over the unpleasant situation in front of the Speaker and said he had no intention to disregard the national anthem. The MLA said he […]

Bhubaneswar: As expected, the Monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly began on a stormy note and had to be adjourned by the speaker following ruckus over Mahanadi and Polavarm issues. The uproar started as soon as the proceedings began with ruling MLAs shouting slogans against Centre and Chhattisgarh over Mahanadi water dispute even during the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Monsoon session of Odisha Assembly took off with a stormy note with ruling MLAs shouting against Centre and Chhattisgarh over Mahanadi water dispute even during the recitation of national anthem. Unable to run, Speaker Niranjan Pujari adjourned the House till 3 pm. Opposition Congress termed it is a disregard to the national anthem. […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that playing national anthem before screening movies in cinema halls is not mandatory. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said this while modifying its November 2016 order by which the apex court had made the playing of national anthem in cinemas mandatory.

New Delhi: Standing or not standing while the National Anthem in a movie theatre cannot define nationalism of a person, political leaders across the spectrum said on Sunday. “On August 29, 1947, Mahatma Gandhi did not stand up when National Anthem was played in then Calcutta (now Kolkata) and said that it was a western […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to take a call on playing of the national anthem in public places, including cinema halls. The Centre may modify the wording of its November 2016 order on the issue so that cinema halls ‘may’ instead of ‘shall’ play the national anthem before the start […]

Hyderabad: Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar will sing the National Anthem at the opening ceremony of the fifth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), beginning here on Friday. Endorsing the league, Akshay had earlier said in a video that kabaddi is the common link among the Indians. Also adding glitz and glamour to the event […]

Indian judiciary is going through its worst ever crisis. And the crisis predates the initiation of impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra by a clutch of Opposition parties led by the Congress. That all is not well in the highest echelons of the judiciary had become abundantly clear at least two […]

Manchester: Keeping the age-old rivalry aside, a Pakistan supporter was seen singing the Indian national anthem before the two teams crossed swords for their marquee World Cup clash at Old Trafford on Sunday. Clad in a black t-shirt with the Pakistan flag around his neck, the fan was singing the anthem aloud and even those […]

New Delhi: As the nation is all set to witness the 71st Republic Day, the celebration of it will start at 9 a.m. with Presidential flag hosting. At 9:15 a.m. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Amar Jawan Jyoti. He will lay a floral wreath at the National War Memorial. But the focus of […]