Vande Mataram
- India
President address: Students architects of future, reforms underway
New Delhi: In a first, the full version of Vande Mataram, recently accorded the same legal protection as the national anthem, was played ahead of and after President Droupadi Murmu’s address to…
- India
Interrupt Vande Mataram singing and face jail as Bill becomes law
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday, August 11, gave assent to a Bill that criminalises intentional disruption or prevention of the singing of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’, giving it the…
- India
Vande Mataram to be sung at Red Fort this Independence Day
New Delhi: In a first, as the nation marks its 80th Independence Day on August 15, celebrations from the historic Red Fort here will also include a rendition of the National Song,…
- India
You can’t stay in India and insult its symbols: Adityanath
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday, August 9, that people living in India cannot continue to insult the country’s symbols, its great personalities, the national anthem, and the…
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Vande Mataram will not be sung in full in Kerala: Congress MP
Kasaragod: Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan on Sunday, August 9, said that the full version of Vande Mataram will not be sung in Kerala “in this lifetime”. Unnithan said that while he was…
- Hate Crime
Madrasa education develops terrorist-like mindset: UP Deputy CM Maurya
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya sparked controversy on Tuesday, August 4, when he claimed that individuals who receive education in madrasas “develop a terrorist-like mindset.” Speaking to reporters…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
