New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to introduce the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament. The proposed legislation seeks to make insulting or obstructing the singing of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ a criminal offence by extending to it the same statutory protection that is currently accorded to the National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana.The Bill proposes to am…
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New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Every nation fights a battle for the imagination of its youth, and the same is happening in India also. But the real question is — what kind of future are young Indians being encouraged to dream of? Recently, a handwritten postcard carrying the words ‘Vande Mataram’ travelled into space aboard Skyroot’s Vikram-1 rocket. Asked why he had chosen that message, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this year marks the 150th anniversary of the national song and that Vande Matar…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to introduce the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the Rajya Sabha on Monday during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. The proposed legislation seeks to extend the same legal and statutory protection to the national song, Vande Mataram, that is currently accorded to the National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana.If enacted, the Bill will amend the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act to make insulting V…
Chennai, July 16 (IANS) Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram and Congress MP Karti Chidambaram have urged the DMK to maintain its opposition to the proposed Delimitation Bill, warning that any change in its stand would amount to a betrayal of its own principles. Their remarks come amid reports that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is preparing to reintroduce the proposed constitutional amendment on parliamentary delimitation during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, which is scheduled …
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) As National Conference (NC) President, Farooq Abdullah, reached out to INDIA bloc leaders and other political parties seeking support for the party’s proposed protest demanding the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the BJP on Friday termed the move an attempt to divert attention from the party’s failures and unfulfilled promises. The development comes days after J&K Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, intensified his demand for the restoration of s…
Jammu, July 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Nabin will begin his maiden visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Monday after becoming the party chief.The BJP sources said Nitin Nabin will hold organisational meetings in Jammu, interact with youth, pay obeisance at Raghunath Temple and the Shri Vaishno Devi Shrine during his visit.The party has planned to give Nitin Nabin a grand welcome at several locations after his arrival, including outside Jammu Airport, G.B. Pant Hospit…