After a gap of about two decades, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Saturday unfurled the national tri-colour on Republic Day at Saranda, which was liberated from Maoists last year.
January 26 2013, 7:13 pm
Read MoreKarnataka Government informed High Court that it has withdrawn its earlier circular making hoisting of Kannada flag compulsory on "Rajyotsava" day.
November 1 2012, 12:58 am
Read MoreRallies, meetings and hoisting of flags marked the May Day celebrations here and across Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
May 1 2013, 5:26 pm
Read MoreMaoists hoisted black flags in eight districts of Bihar Wednesday to protest India`s Independence Day, police said.
August 15 2012, 1:06 pm
Read MoreBJP president Nitin Gadkari, now on a visit to China, Monday criticised the "repressive approach of the central and state governments" towards a march being taken out to unfurl the national flag at Srinagar on Republic Day.
January 24 2011, 4:15 pm
Read MoreBreaking a tradition in place since 1948, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee unfurled the tricolour at the Indira Gandhi Sarani, also known as Red Road.
August 15 2012, 11:30 pm
Read MoreAn inquiry has been ordered into a flag hoisting incident when the tricolour fell down from atop the pole during Republic Day celebrations, police said on Thursday.
January 27 2011, 3:55 pm
Read MoreTension prevailed in Sindgi town after it came to the notice of locals that a Pakistani flag had been hoisted on the premises of the Tahsildar`s office.
January 1 2012, 6:29 pm
Read MoreBJP in J&K slammed Union Minister Farooq Abdullah after he criticised the party for its plan to hoist the national flag in Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Republic Day.
January 9 2011, 11:41 pm
Read MoreIn a fresh crackdown on BJP activists, four senior party leaders were on Tuesday detained at the airport here immediately after their arrival for participating in hoisting of the national flag at Lal Chowk on Republic Day.
January 25 2011, 3:01 pm
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