'Vande Mataram' To Be Sung At Red Fort On I-Day For 1st Time. Here's Why

Defence Secretary R K Singh, addressing a press conference, said the plan to celebrate the success and contribution of youths during the event "predates" the students' protest at the Jantar Mantar.

Young students and members of Gen Z will get greater representation at the ceremony, with student achievers such as Olympiad medal winners to be seated on the ramparts of the Red Fort

PM Modi at the Red Fort during last year's Independence Day celebration. (File photo)NEW DELHI: Vande Mataram will be sung from the ramparts of the Red Fort for the first time during this year's Independence Day celebrations, which will be led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a statement by the defence min