By ordering the mandatory inclusion of all six stanzas of Vande Mataram into the national song, insisting that it be performed before the country’s secular national anthem, the government has ...

The home ministry order 'suggests' that schools make 'adequate provisions in their programmes' to popularise the song.

A controversy has erupted following the Indian government's directive mandating the singing of all six stanzas of Vande Mataram at official events alongside the national anthem. The Jamiat ...

Academicians argued that the Constituent Assembly adopted only the first two stanzas as the national song ...

The ministry has also clarified the sequence to be followed when both national symbols are presented together: ‘Vande Mataram’ is to be sung before the National Anthem. The guidance further stresses ...

Originally written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in highly Sanskritised Bengali, Vande Mataram was composed in the 1870s ...

Vande Mataram and Jana Gana Mana played a powerful role in inspiring national sentiment during the freedom struggle.

The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday mandated the singing of Vande Mataram before the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, at all ...

The Union Home Ministry has issued new guidelines regarding 'Vande Mataram', including requiring all persons to stand when it is played and that it be played immediately after the national anthem, i.e ...

The National Song must be played during the unfurling of the Tricolour, the arrival and departure of the President at formal state functions, and before and after the President addresses, among others ...

MHA order states that when both national song and anthem are played together, Vande Mataram will be played first, with ...

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