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Lok Sabha passes the Vande Mataram bill providing legal protection to the national song a day after it was passed by Rajya Sabha

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The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, providing legal protection to the national song Vande...
News Reports

Insult to Vande Mataram to be a criminal offence? Read what the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill says

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The Union Cabinet had earlier approved the proposal to amend the 1971 Act before it was listed for introduction in Parliament.
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Remember Chandan Gupta? How the Vande Mataram Bill in Parliament is necessary because of Islamist hatred for national symbols

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The Chandan Gupta murder case from 2018 shows how hostility to patriotic symbols can escalate into organised violence and murder.
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“If you want to live in this country, you must say Vande Mataram”: Suvendu Adhikari defends his government’s decision mandating recitation of the National...

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The recitation of full national song (Vande Mataram) during the morning assembly at all schools and madrasas has been made mandatory.
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West Bengal: CM Suvendu Adhikari issues order, makes it compulsory to sing Vande Mataram in all madrasas

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Notably, the state government has already issued a similar order directing all schools to sing Vande Mataram during morning prayers.
Government and Policy

After Bengal victory, PM Modi-led Union Cabinet gives ‘Vande Mataram’ status equal to national anthem

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The Modi Cabinet amends the National Honour Act to give Vande Mataram the same status and legal

Karnataka High Court rejects plea against Vande Mataram advisory for schools, notes it is optional, not compulsory

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The Karnataka High Court on Thursday, 9th April, dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) that challenged the Centre’s advisory on singing Vande Mataram in...
Crime

‘Alien and unfriendly to the Christian-majority population’: Nagaland People’s Front opposes recitation of Vande Mataram in educational institutions and Vidhan Sabha

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The NPF described the decision as incompatible with the special constitutional protections granted to the state under Article 371A, which aims to protect the religious and customary practices of the Naga people.
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Hindu organisation ‘Sanatan Sanstha’ debunks lies peddled by Congress party, highlights govt funding only for exhibition on Vande Mataram and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

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On Friday (20th February), the Hindu organisation 'Sanatan Sanstha' rubbished lies peddled by the Congress party about Union Ministry of Culture funding the "Sanatan...
Government and Policy

MHA issues detailed order mandating full 6-stanza rendition of Vande Mataram at official events

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The order dated 6th February 2026 marks a major shift from the Jawaharlal Nehru government’s adoption of the truncated version of Vande Mataram to the original 6-stanza version written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, which glorifies Maa Durga.
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