Vande Mataram
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Lok Sabha passes Vande Mataram Bill, adjourns for the day
New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Thursday, July 30, passed the bill criminalising insult to the national song Vande Mataram on a voice vote. #MonsoonSession2026Lok Sabha passes the Prevention of Insults to National…
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Rajya Sabha clears bill criminalising insult to Vande Mataram
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, July 29, passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which criminalises any insult to the national song Vande Mataram. The House…
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Bill in Rajya Sabha to criminalise insult to ‘Vande Mataram’
New Delhi: The government on Friday, July 24, introduced a bill in the Rajya Sabha seeking to make any obstruction or insult to the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ a criminal offence. Minister…
- Hyderabad
Hoist flag, sing Vande Mataram: Organisers of Khairatabad Ganesh
Hyderabad: The Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi (BGUS), which organises the towering Khairatabad Ganesh idol, the city’s tallest and most famous, on Monday, July 20, asked organisers of Ganesh pandals across Telangana to sing…
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HM Amit Shah to introduce Bill on ‘Vande Mataram’ insults
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to introduce the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, July 20, the first day…
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Diss Vande Mataram, risk jail: Bill headed to Parliament
Hyderabad: A Bill to give the national song Vande Mataram the same statutory protection as the national anthem Jana Gana Mana, making any insult or obstruction to its singing a punishable offence, has…
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Schools in Tripura to sing full version of Vande Mataram: CM
Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday, July 7, said the School Education department has made the singing of the full version of the national song ‘Vande Mataram‘, along with the…
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Row erupts after BJP MLA asks woman to chant ‘Vande Mataram’
Barrackpur BJP MLA Koustav Bagchi has come under criticism for insulting and harassing a Muslim woman during an event linked to the party’s Annapurna Yojana. The videos of the incident that surfaced…
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AIMPLB opposes ‘compulsory’ Vande Mataram in Bengal madrasas
New Delhi: Calling it a violation of fundamental rights, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has sought withdrawal of a West Bengal government’s order making recitation of all stanzas of…
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Full rendition of Vande Mataram at official events ‘unnecessary’: Tharoor
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has questioned the necessity of playing all five verses of Vande Mataram at the beginning and end of official events, labelling the practice “unnecessary and burdensome” for…
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BJP-led Bengal govt makes singing of Vande Mataram mandatory in all madrasas
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has made the singing of “Vande Mataram” at assembly prayers compulsory in all madrasas with immediate effect, according to an official order. The order by the Directorate…
- Hyderabad
Vande Matram cannot be treated on par with national anthem: Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday, May 7, objected to the Union Cabinet’s decision to grant “Vande Mataram” the same statutory protection as the national anthem “ Jana Gana Mana,” saying the…
- India
SC rejects plea against Home Ministry’s Vande Mataram order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 25, refused to entertain a plea against a home ministry circular on singing of the national song Vande Mataram at official events, saying that…
- Hyderabad
AIMIM leaders walk out of Telangana Assembly during Vande Mataram song
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leaders on Monday, March 16, walked out of the Telangana Assembly as the national song, Vande Mataram, began to be played. A video of the…
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AIMPLB terms govt’s order on Vande Mataram ‘unconstitutional’
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday, February 12, termed the Centre’s mandate of singing of all six stanzas of the national song Vande Mataram “unconstitutional”, and…
