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 ...

The Union home ministry’s January 28 note, mandating playing or singing of all six stanzas of Vande Mataram, India’s national song, before Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem, on some specific occasio ...

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.

Party president Mallikarjun Kharge remarked that it was ironic for those claiming to champion nationalism to question others’ ...

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 ...

The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday issued new rules mandating that the national song, 'Vande Mataram', be played before the national anthem, 'Jana Gana Mana', at all government events and in schools ...

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