BJP to highlight Vande Mataram issue in GHMC polls

Last Updated: Monday, November 9, 2009, 21:38

BJP would make the Vande Mataram issue its poll plank in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections.

BJP to highlight Vande Mataram issue in GHMC polls

Last Updated: Monday, November 9, 2009, 19:16

BJP would highlight the Vande Mataram issue in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls, senior party leader Ch Vidyasagar Rao said here on Monday.

Shia cleric meets ex-RSS chief, approves `Vande Mataram`

Last Updated: Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:58

A leading Shia cleric has taken on India`s largest Islamic seminary and said that there was "nothing wrong" if a Muslim sings the national anthem `Vande Mataram`.

`Those opposed to Vande Mataram have no right to be in India`

Last Updated: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 22:47

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Sunday said people opposing Vande Mataram have no right to live in India as it was a patriotic song.

Muslim intelligentsia distances from `Vande Mataram` fatwa

Last Updated: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 12:06

Distancing itself from the `fatwa` against Muslims singing `Vande Mataram`, a section of the intelligentsia on Sunday said there was a need to educate the community about the actual meaning of the word `vande`.

Those who oppose Vande Mataram should go to Pak: Uddhav

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 21:44

Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray today hit out at the "Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind" for issuing fatwa against singing Vande Mataram saying that those who oppose the national song should go to Pakistan.

Jamiat`s opposition to Vande Mataram stirs political row

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 20:09

The call by a top Muslim body to members of the community not to recite `Vande Mataram` fuelled a political row on Wednesday with Shiv Sena saying those opposed to the national song should go to Pakistan.

Vande Mataram resolution evokes mixed reaction from Muslims

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 19:10

The Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind resolution on reciting Vande Mataram has evoked mixed reaction from Muslim leaders on Wednesday with one section voicing disapproval of raising a "dead issue".

Those who oppose Vande Mataram should go to Pakistan: Uddhav

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 19:05

Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday hit out at the Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind for issuing fatwa against singing Vande Mataram saying that those who oppose the national song should go to Pakistan.

VHP comes down heavily on fatwa against "Vande Mataram"

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 18:02

VHP on Wednesday lashed out at Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind for adopting a resolution asking Muslims not to recite `Vande Mataram`, and demanded a public apology from Union Home Minister.

No resolution against Vande Mataram passed before me: PC

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 16:34

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday contended that he was not present when the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind adopted a resolution at its 30th general session in Deoband on Tuesday asking Muslims not to recite `Vande Mataram`.