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The rousing patriotic songs - "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "America the Beautiful" - performed before Sunday's Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta were cheered by the pumped-up crowd in the stadium and seen in homes around the world.

Two days after a Central government advisory made paying service charge at a restaurant voluntary, restaurants in the national capital have dug in their heels, insisting on levying the charge. Service charge, which ranges from 5 to 20 per cent of the bill and is added to it instead of tips, cannot be forced on the customer, the government had said.

The Indian Boxing Federation (IBF) was suspended in December 2012 and was instructed to hold a fresh election as the International Boxing Association (AIBA) felt that the polls held back then, in September, were possibly manipulated. But officials running the Indian body turned a deaf ear to repeated warnings by the AIBA.

The burning desire to don the national colours made Jyoti turn a deaf ear to suggestions about not being able to earn enough money plying her trade on a football field. Jyoti, an alumni of Welham Girls' School in Dehradun and St Stephen's College feels that once she played in National tournament, it changed her mindset and she started taking th...

The rousing patriotic songs - "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "America the Beautiful" - performed before Sunday's Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta were cheered by the pumped-up crowd in the stadium and seen in homes around the world.

Two days after a Central government advisory made paying service charge at a restaurant voluntary, restaurants in the national capital have dug in their heels, insisting on levying the charge. Service charge, which ranges from 5 to 20 per cent of the bill and is added to it instead of tips, cannot be forced on the customer, the government had said.

The Indian Boxing Federation (IBF) was suspended in December 2012 and was instructed to hold a fresh election as the International Boxing Association (AIBA) felt that the polls held back then, in September, were possibly manipulated. But officials running the Indian body turned a deaf ear to repeated warnings by the AIBA.

The burning desire to don the national colours made Jyoti turn a deaf ear to suggestions about not being able to earn enough money plying her trade on a football field. Jyoti, an alumni of Welham Girls' School in Dehradun and St Stephen's College feels that once she played in National tournament, it changed her mindset and she started taking th...