Till now, there was no official protocol for Vande Mataram – unlike Jana Gana Mana, which has clearly defined rules on the tune, duration and singing.

Issuing the latest guidelines, the Home Ministry said that on all occasions when the National Song is sung, the official version shall be recited accompanied by mass singing.

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 ...

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 ...

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress has issued a whip through WhatsApp on Monday, instructing its councillors in the Kolkata ...

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

Notably, for the last few elections TMC has called BJP ‘outsiders’ and portrayed themselves as ‘custodian of Bengali pride’. Now ahead of the Assembly elections this notification of compulsory singing ...

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

Bangladesh Assistant High Commissioner Hasan Al Bashar Abul Ulayee paid tributes to martyrs on International Mother Language Day. The event in Tripura saw participation from locals, highlighting the ...

Inter-cultural ties had almost come to a halt during the transitional period between former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ...

Describing the Ol Chiki script as a “powerful symbol” of the Santhali identity, President Droupadi Murmu on Monday said efforts should be made to preserve and promote this century-old script.

The four Houses — Gunners, Magpies, Socceroos and Les Bleus — competed in relay races, track and field events and drill displays. The march past emerged as a highlight with Les Bleus winning the event ...