A statue of India’s national emblem, unveiled this week atop the country’s new parliament, has been slammed by government critics for its “unnecessarily aggressive” appearance. Officials maintain that ...

Too large? Too aggressive? The lions in a new, giant bronze sculpture of India's national emblem are prompting both praise and criticism. The statue was unveiled this week in New Delhi. Lions perched ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – As the politics over the newly unveiled cast of the ‘National Emblem’ on the roof of the new parliament building escalate, the government said that it is an adaptation from the ...

It was the morning of 22 July 1947. Members of India’s newly elected Constituent Assembly were getting ready for one of their many lively debates. There were 299 of them, and they were drafting ...

The bronze cast of the national emblem was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday The Indian government has defended the look of the national emblem on top of the new parliament building ...

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday agreed to consider, on the administrative side, a plea seeking display of the National Emblem of India on the main dome of the Supreme Court, even as ...

However, political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir objected, saying that placing a sculpted figure at the shrine hurt religious sentiments, as Islam forbids idol worship. A police case was registered ...