New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- Officials and employees of the Union Sports Ministry and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) came together on Friday morning for a special mass singing of the national song 'Vande Mataram' at the SAI Headquarters in New Delhi.

The event was held in the presence of Minister of State for Sports Raksha Khadse and senior officials from the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and the Sports Authority of India, as part of the nationwide inaugural celebration marking 150 years of the iconic song written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, according to a release from SAI.

The event marked the online telecast of the inaugural ceremony led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, where PM Mod...