IntroductionBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote “Vande Mataram” in 1876 as a poem in his novel “Anandamath.” It was later set to music by Rabindranath Tagore in 1896.The Government of India has issued ...

Before Claressa Shields threw a single punch, Kelly Price delivered a surprise anthem switch that instantly transformed a championship fight into a national cultural moment. The atmosphere was already ...

Last week, at the Women’s Asian Cup in Australia, the Iranian women’s football team did something small, but symbolically ...

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 ...

Several members of the Iranian women’s soccer team have been granted asylum in Australia after refusing to sing Iran’s national anthem.

The T20 World Cup final began memorably as Kavita Krishnamurthy performed the national anthem at Narendra Modi Stadium, ...

Speaker Sharingain Longkumer has confirmed that the House has referred the Ministry of Home Affairs’ directive on the recital of “Vande Mataram” to its Select Committee, following heated deliberations ...

The Nagaland Joint Christian Forum has rejected the Ministry of Home Affairs directive on Vande Mataram, calling it an ...

Concern has grown for team after one critic called them 'wartime traitors' for failing to salute during the Iranian anthem.

Two San Bernardino County spellers are on their way to repeat appearances in the national spelling bee. Shrey Parikh, an eighth grader at Day Creek Intermediate School in Rancho Cucamonga, will make ...

Iran's possible withdrawal would test FIFA's ability to keep the World Cup insulated from geopolitics. With Iran signaling it may boycott the event, the field for the sport's biggest tournament now ...

A book launch was held at the National Civil Rights Museum to mark the release of late civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson's memoir.