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saffron flag news

Generations of Sikh Gurus sacrificed themselves for saffron flag: Yogi Adityanath

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath at a programme to mark the 350th Shaheedi Diwas of Guru Tegh Bahadur in Lucknow on Tuesday. (HT Photo)
Published on Nov 26, 2025 08:12 am IST

‘Souls of those who died for temple now at peace’: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat, greets during the Dwajarohan Utsav at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, in Ayodhya on Tuesday.
Updated on Nov 26, 2025 07:44 am IST

Flag-hoisting event at Ram temple: Beginning of new era, symbolises ideals of Ram Rajya, says Yogi Adityanath

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath presens a memento to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. (Deepak Gupta/HT)
Published on Nov 26, 2025 03:38 am IST

Flag’s four-minute ascent to Ram temple ‘shikhar’

The saffron flag that was hoisted atop Ram temple in Ayodhya on Tuesday. (DPR/PMO)
Published on Nov 26, 2025 03:00 am IST

PM Modi hoists saffron flag atop Ram Temple in Ayodhya, marks its completion

The hoisting was done on 'Abhijit Muhurat", a planetary constellation considered auspicious by Hindus
Updated on Nov 25, 2025 12:32 pm IST

PM to hoist saffron flag at Ram temple today, security tightened in Ayodhya

Ram Temple decked up on the eve of the flag hoisting ceremony by Prime MInister Narendra Modi in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. (Photo by Deepak Gupta Hindustan Times)
Updated on Nov 25, 2025 09:10 am IST

HC dismisses bail plea of main accused in removing national flag from a Gurugram mosque

He had argued that was falsely implicated in this case and had no role to play in the entire incident. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Aug 03, 2025 05:50 am IST

Woman held for waving saffron flag inside Taj Mahal

The woman was trying to press the point that Taj Mahal was originally a Shiva temple called Tejomahalaya. (HT FILE)
Updated on Aug 06, 2024 08:16 am IST

Panchayat officer removes flag, Savarkar board

A saffron flag was removed in Tenginagundi village in Uttara Kannada district (HT)
Updated on Jan 31, 2024 08:03 am IST

Hanuman flag row escalates in Karnataka’s Mandya amid political slugfest

On Monday, the protesters marched from Keragodu to the Deputy Commissioner’s office in the district headquarters of Mandya holding saffron flags. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 09:26 am IST

‘I am Hindu and I love…’: CM Siddaramaiah on Lord Hanuman flag row in Mandya

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Published on Jan 29, 2024 12:16 pm IST

K'taka village tense after Hanuman flag removed; cops use force to quell unrest

BJP and JDS workers hold protest in Keragodu village, Mandya over the Hanuman flag issue on Monday. (ANI image)
Published on Jan 29, 2024 09:52 am IST

Saffron flag put up on mosque in Karnataka's Bidar; case filed: Police

Police have registered a case under section 295 (defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion) of the Indian Penal Code and are searching for the unidentified individuals.
Updated on Sept 23, 2023 08:08 am IST

Haryana: Sonepat village tense after mob attacks mosque

Police officials at Sandal Kalan village in Sonepat on Monday.
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 12:19 am IST

Tension in Sonepat village after mob attacks group offering namaz

Tension prevailed at Sandal Kalan village in Haryana’s Sonepat district on Monday, a day after a mob of 20 armed men allegedly attacked people offering prayers and vandalised a mosque. (Twitter)
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 01:42 am IST

5 arrested for hoisting saffron flag on mosque in Sonepat

Five persons have been arrested for allegedly hoisting a saffron flag atop a mosque in Sonepat’s Kharkhauda on Thursday evening. (HT File)
Updated on Apr 01, 2023 02:20 am IST

Saffron flag may replace tricolour in future: KS Eshwarappa

Former minister and BJP leader KS EshwarappaEshwarappa was forced to step down from the cabinet after a contractor ended his life and blamed the minister for harassing him for 40% commission to release payments for works carried out in Belagavi district in February last year. (HT File)
Updated on May 30, 2022 01:38 am IST

'I admire him, but…’: Eshwarappa as Nadda gives him earful on saffron flag row

Senior BJP leader and Karnataka minister KS Eshwarappa said on Tuesday that chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has already replied to what his “saffron flag at Red Fort” remark. (Agencies)
Published on Feb 22, 2022 05:08 pm IST

‘No mistake, so no action’: Bommai on minister's saffron flag at Red Fort remark

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the Congress party is “selectively quoting” a part of state minister and BJP leader KS Eshwarappa's statement and “misleading” the people of the southern states and the assembly. (PTI)
Updated on Feb 16, 2022 11:13 pm IST

If BJP has its way, saffron will be hoisted in place of tricolour: Cong leader

Speaking about renaming the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, Congress leader Rameshwar Oraon said that what BJP is doing is "dangerous."
Published on Aug 21, 2021 03:03 pm IST

Miscreants put up flag with Khalistan written on it on terrace of Moga district administrative complex

A policeman putting up a new Tricolour in the Moga district administrative complex after two miscreants took away the National Flag, while police investigate the incident on Friday morning.
Updated on Aug 14, 2020 04:39 pm IST

Yerawada police book 150 Hindu Rashtra Sena supporters after illegal rally

Hindu Rashtra Sena chief Dhananjay Desai.
Updated on Feb 11, 2019 05:38 pm IST

Caste clash in Punjab: 30 booked for burning a flag in Jalandhar; Phagwara calm now

Members of Dalit community burn a saffron flag purportedly symbolising the “upper caste” Hindu right wing — Shiv Sena factions and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh — at Shastri Chowk on Tuesday.
Updated on Apr 17, 2018 09:57 pm IST

Bengal cops sanitise Jharkhand border ahead of panchayat polls, clashes continue

BJP leaders and supporters protest in front of State Election Commission office over violence ahead of panchayat polls, in Kolkata.
Updated on Apr 10, 2018 03:10 pm IST