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 ...

So far, at all public functions, we only get to hear the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram. Some of the later parts of the ...

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

Upset over Centre’s directive that Vande Mataram be sung or played before Jana Gana Mana, TMC says RSS and other Hindutva outfits “never liked Tagore”; BJP hits back, says the move is aimed at restori ...

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 ...

The Union home ministry’s January 28 note, mandating playing or singing of all six stanzas of Vande Mataram, India’s national ...

Standing during the playing of Vande Mataram will be mandatory at official events — an honour so far reserved for the national anthem, composed by Rabindranath Tagore ...

According to the protocol rules issued by the Union Home Ministry all persons must stand when 'Vande Mataram' is played.

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.