The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed that ‘Vande Mataram’ will be sung before the national anthem, ‘Jana Gana Mana’, at all government events. India has marked 150 years of its ...

As per the new guidelines dated 6, 2026, Vande Mataram will now be sung before the national anthem, a break from an years long practice. It also mandates that the song will be sung in all official ...

New guidelines issued states new directives for national song and national anthem. One of the directives states the inclusion ...

Altered footage of Russian President Vladimir Putin apparently revering India's national anthem has ricocheted among Indian social media users as several world leaders gathered in a recent summit in ...

In 1950, the Constituent Assembly placed Jana Gana Mana at the heart of the Republic and limited Vande Mataram’s official role. Revisiting that balance today raises deeper questions about India’s ...

Discover which six stanzas of ‘Vande Mataram’ will be played before the national anthem of India here. Find out about the significance and history behind this new centre's guidelines below.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a detailed notification directing that that India's National Song, Vande ...

National Anthem: When the national anthem is played in schools, colleges, or theaters, standing up shows respect. But if ...

The Central Government directs that ‘Vande Mataram’ be played before the National Anthem in schools and government programmes as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations. Check full details here.

In a controversial development from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, four students of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda have been expelled after two of them sang India’s national anthem during a university youth ...

Even beyond changing the constitution, the central battle against modern India being waged by the BJP is against constitutional symbols – as they embody what the nation stands for and who it belongs ...