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  'Only first two couplets will be sung': Kerala minister rejects full Vande Mataram rendition

  India | Aug 09, 2026, 02:26 PM IST

  Kerala will continue its existing practice of singing only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram at state government programmes, Health Minister K Muraleedharan said. Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan also opposed the full rendition amid a political row over Centre's directions.

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  Congress leaders spar over closed Kerala bars

  National | Aug 19, 2014, 12:34 PM IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Factionalism surfaced in Kerala's ruling Congress as party leaders from rival camps engaged in a spat Monday over the fate of 418 closed bars in the state.State unit vice president M.M.Hassan told reporters that