New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking direction to the Centre and the Delhi Government to declare the national song 'Vande Mataram', to be honoured equally with the national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana' and be give
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 3 (ANI): The first working day of Madhya Pradesh government will begin with the recitation of National Anthem and National Song, Chief Minister Kamal Nath has confirmed.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): With the BJP and Congress raising an alarm over the recital of 'Vande Mataram' in the first week of every month, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday made it clear that his government would give a new touch to the national song.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has said that reciting the national song, 'Vande Mataram' cannot validate one's patriotism.
Belgaum (Karnataka) [India], Apr. 28 (ANI): Commenting on Congress President Rahul Gandhi's alleged disrespect towards the National song, Vande Mataram, Union Minister Smriti Irani, on Saturday, said that his mind is too power-centric.
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Jan. 09 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and Samajwadi Party corporators on Monday clashed over the singing of the national song Vande Mataram during the first Board meeting.
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors registered a protest when Meerut Mayor Sunita Verma, a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader, allegedly kept sitting while the national song, Vande Maataram, was played at an official ceremony, on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], December 08 (ANI): After a mayor in Uttar Pradesh ruled that singing of national song, 'Vande Mataram', before local body meetings was not necessary, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday asked if not the motherland, should they salute Afzal Guru.
New Delhi [India], Oct. 31 (ANI): Veteran Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Tuesday criticised the Jaipur Mayor and Bharatiya Janata Party for imposing the 'diktat' of singing National Anthem on the staff of Jaipur Municipal Corporation.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], October 31 (ANI): Staff of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation has been directed by the administration to begin their day with the national anthem and end it off by singing the national song (Vande Mataram).
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 13 (ANI): Amid the intensifying debate over making singing the National Song compulsory, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said it is important to frame a law regarding 'Vande Mataram', instead of politicising the issue.
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): After the Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Shiksha Parishad (MSP) directed all madarsas affiliated to it to sing the national song and unfurl the national flag on August 15, the Congress deemed the move as "unconstitutional and despicable."