Kerala will continue singing only the first two couplets of Vande Mataram at state government programmes, Health Minister K Muraleedharan said on Sunday. Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan also rejected a full rendition.…
Vande Mataram will be sung from the ramparts of the Red Fort for the first time during the 80th Independence Day celebrations, the defence ministry announced. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead…
Kerala Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday demanded the UDF government withdraw its order to sing the full version of Vande Mataram on Independence Day. He said only the opening stanzas align…
Kerala Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday demanded the state government withdraw an order mandating the full version of Vande Mataram be sung during Independence Day celebrations, saying it reflects a surrender…
As India marks the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, new legal amendments penalising any insult to the national song have reignited debate. Historian Salil Misra warns that mandating all six stanzas undermines…
Manipur will hold its Har Ghar Tiranga 2026 campaign from August 9 to 17, with events across the state marking the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram. The programme includes a state-level Tiranga…
The Rajya Sabha has passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, extending statutory protection to Vande Mataram alongside Jana Gana Mana. Deliberate insults or obstruction of the national…
The Rajya Sabha passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, extending the same legal protection to the national song, Vande Mataram, that currently covers the national anthem, Jana…
