Vande Mataram

India@75: Remembering Gorkha contributions to Independence Movement

The sacrifices and contributions of the Indian Gorkha community towards our freedom struggle and nation building is immense

President's address ahead of 73rd Independence Day: Ram Nath Kovind says better days await J&K, hails India's scientific achievements

President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the nation on the eve of India's 73rd Independence Day, where he assured the residents of Jammu and Kashmir that the abrogation of Article 370 will ensure better access to education, reservations, public information

President address on 73rd Independence Day Updates: Ram Nath Kovind says India has reached pinnacle of innovation with Chandrayaan, Mangalyaan

President address to nation on 73rd Independence Day Updates | On the eve of the 73rd Independence Day, President Ram Nath Kovind today addressed the nation. The address was broadcast from 7 pm on All India Radio and DD in Hindi followed by English

BJP leader demands equal status for Vande Mataram and National Anthem, files plea in Delhi High Court

A plea was filed in the Delhi HC seeking directions to the Centre to frame a policy to equally propagate the national anthem and the national song — 'Vande Mataram'.

In LS, Azam Khan slams Centre over violence against Muslims; Owaisi says lynchings won't let India become $5 trillion economy

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Monday hit out at the government in Lok Sabha on the issue of attacks on members of the minority community over recital of Vande Mataram, while AIMIM's Assaduddin Owaisi warned that alleged lynchings would prevent India from becoming a $5 trillion economy.

India and the Indian: At the heart of resistance to Vande Mataram is the context of its writer's opinions, writes Pragya Singh

Demands that Indian Muslims should chant Vande Mataram put them in exactly the same situation as Indians who'd be asked to consider awarding Rudyard Kipling, the man who wrote The White Man’s Burden, a poem advocating racial superiority as the justification for colonialism.

Firstpost Editor's Picks: China's Taliban shuffle, Chennai water crisis, Vande Mataram; today's must-read stories

China’s growing political and diplomatic profile at the international level requires it to assume a more assertive role.

Delhi Talks: It's becoming increasingly hard to say 'Vande Mataram' to what India has become today, says dancer Geeta Chandran

Bharatnatyam dancer Geeta Chandran was drawn into a controversy recently when she opted out of a campaign supporting Narendra Modi. Chandran’s name had figured in the list of 907 artistes who had pitched for Modi to counter an earlier campaign urging people to 'vote hatred out of power'.

On Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's death anniversary, a look at his views on Hindu society, colonial India

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's ideas on contemporary Hindu society and culture reveal a curious mix of liberalism and conservatism.

Start-of-month Vande Mataram ritual resumes at Madhya Pradesh secretariat; 'new rendition' has a marching police band

Going the extra mile on Friday, the Madhya Pradesh chief minister led a one kilometre road procession from Shourya Smarak war memorial to Mantralaya where people sung Vande Mataram in the secretariat's park. A police band struck up patriotic songs as well at the venue