Give Vande Mataram equal status with National Anthem: JP NaddaRajya Sabha Leader JP Nadda called for Vande Mataram to be granted the same constitutional status as the National Anthem and National Flag....
11 Dec, 2025, 11.33 PM IST
PM tried to rewrite history in 'Vande Mataram' debate, BJP can't blot Nehru's legacy: CongressThe Congress party has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of attempting to rewrite history and politicize the Vande Mataram debate. Congr...
08 Dec, 2025, 04.20 PM IST
Vande Mataram row explained: What it means, its Anandamath novel link, were some stanzas removed and why it’s political againVande Mataram lyrics, meaning, and its novel origin: Parliament will hold a special discussion on Vande Mataram's 150th anniversary. Prime ...
08 Dec, 2025, 10.28 AM IST
Vande Mataram: How India found its voice through a 19th-century poem that became the national songVande Mataram Song History: Vande Mataram, penned by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the 1870s, went on to become a powerful anthem of India’s...
08 Dec, 2025, 10.14 AM IST
PM Modi to initiate debate on Vande Mataram in LS on Dec 8, Amit Shah in RS on Dec 9Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a Lok Sabha debate on the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram on December 8. Home Minister Amit Shah ...
05 Dec, 2025, 08.08 PM IST
'Vande Mataram': History of discontent over India's national songPrime Minister Modi highlighted that the omission of key stanzas from "Vande Mataram" in 1937 contributed to India's partition. The nationa...
08 Nov, 2025, 01.58 PM IST
Vande Mataram song's 150 years to be celebrated across India: GovtThe Union Cabinet has decided to celebrate 150 years of the national song, 'Vande Mataram', across India. Composed by Bankimchandra Chatter...
01 Oct, 2025, 03.58 PM IST
'Jana Gana Mana, Vande Mataram' have equal status: Centre to Delhi HCThe response of the Centre has been filed in a Public Internet Litigation (PIL) that prayed for parity of treatment between the National An...
05 Nov, 2022, 01.14 PM IST
Plea in HC for equal status to 'Vande Mataram' as that of national anthemIn October 2017, a PIL was filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to treat the national song at par with the national anthem.
22 Jul, 2019, 12.30 PM IST
India fully equipped to face any challenge: MoS PMO Jitendra Singh on Dokalam standoffThe MoS PMO was responding to a question about the recent 'threat' by China through its official media asking India to withdraw troops from...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.16 AM IST
Delhi High Court junks PIL to treat Vande Mataram on par with Jana Gana ManaA bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said that though it agreed with the petitioner's view, but it cannot...
17 Oct, 2017, 06.32 PM IST
BJP'S I-Day celebrations: Saffron Muslims in Bengal to join Vande Mataram chorus, but keep off Mata PujaWhile the BJP minority wing has agreed to join the Vande Mataram chorus, it will abstain from the Puja, as it goes against the Islamic prac...
15 Aug, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
Vande Mataram: A song in search of a nationIn its over 140-yrs history, the song has remained widely popular and has generated controversies. Here is a sample of all that has happene...
15 Aug, 2017, 07.22 AM IST
View: Nobody should be forced to sing Vande MataramThe Madras High Court has decreed that the singing of Vande Mataram should be made compulsory in schools, colleges and both government and ...
30 Jul, 2017, 11.36 AM IST
POKE ME: All-inclusive ultra-nationalism has been fabricated as the fifth wheel in the Hindutva rathIs it necessary to proclaim ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ as way of affirming loyalty to the country? Which ‘song’ should be given primacy? Jana Gan...
07 Apr, 2016, 10.05 PM IST
Vande Mataram' real national anthem: RSS leaderDays after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' remarks, a top functionary of the organisation has said that 'Vande Mataram' is t...
02 Apr, 2016, 01.02 PM IST
- Jamiat passes retrograde resolutions
Jamiat endorsed Darul Uloom edict against singing 'Vande Mataram'.
04 Nov, 2009, 04.41 AM IST