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  • Cabinet clears proposal to make insult to ‘Vande Mataram’ a punishable offence: Report

    Cabinet clears proposal to make insult to ‘Vande Mataram’ a punishable offence: Report

    Scroll Staff
    · May 06, 2026 · 05:11 pm
  • All six stanzas of Vande Mataram to be sung before national anthem, mandates Centre

    All six stanzas of Vande Mataram to be sung before national anthem, mandates Centre

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 11, 2026 · 01:47 pm
  • Rajasthan government to make 50,000 people sing national anthem to celebrate demonetisation: Report

    Rajasthan government to make 50,000 people sing national anthem to celebrate demonetisation: Report

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 04, 2017 · 01:06 pm
  • Watch: Look who still don’t know the correct words of the national song (and who does)

    Watch: Look who still don’t know the correct words of the national song (and who does)

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 03, 2017 · 01:00 pm
  • Refusing to sing Vande Mataram does not make you anti-national, says Union Minister Mukhtar Naqvi

    Refusing to sing Vande Mataram does not make you anti-national, says Union Minister Mukhtar Naqvi

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 30, 2017 · 01:32 pm
  • SC issues notice to Centre on plea that wants Vande Mataram made mandatory in schools, colleges

    SC issues notice to Centre on plea that wants Vande Mataram made mandatory in schools, colleges

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 18, 2017 · 02:31 pm
  • History revisited: 'Bande Mataram' was written as a song about Bengal – not India

    History revisited: 'Bande Mataram' was written as a song about Bengal – not India

    Garga Chatterjee
    · Mar 31, 2017 · 05:30 pm
  • Watch: Vande Mataram on recycled instruments and other versions of the modernised national song

    Watch: Vande Mataram on recycled instruments and other versions of the modernised national song

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 15, 2016 · 02:00 pm