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Tamil Nadu Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin warned that the state is prepared for a “language war” if the Union government attempts to impose Hindi. Speaking at the Southern Rising Summit, he accused the Centre of weakening federalism and economically penalising performing state
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India’s Constitution prevents imposition of any language; freedom of speech must include the right to speak one’s language — or refuse another
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A language-related dispute in Navi Mumbai escalated into violence when four college students allegedly assaulted a classmate, Suraj Pawar, for insisting on communication in Marathi in a WhatsApp group.
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The episode, centred on the “Rerise of Regional Politics”, drew overwhelming response for its tone, content and honesty, with many calling it ‘a rare, civilised political conversation’
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The Fadnavis government had issued a GR on April 16, making Hindi a compulsory third language for students in classes 1 to 5 studying in English and Marathi medium schools. Amid backlash, the government issued an amended GR on June 17 making Hindi an optional language.
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Addressing a public gathering in Rameswaram after inaugurating the New Pamban Railway Bridge, the Prime Minister remarked that although he regularly receives letters from Tamil Nadu leaders but none of them are signed in Tamil.
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In the run-up to the Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, the DMK is carrying out a "fresh make-up to an old drama" to escape opposition among people to its rule and the alleged corruption and dictatorial attitude of Stalin's family, the BJP leader told reporters.
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The incident occurred after a heated exchange between police officers and BJP supporters. The campaign was organised to rally support for the controversial three-language policy under the National Education Policy (NEP)
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Says Union Minister replied to State's plea for Rs 2,152 crore funds for education department by asking Tamil Nadu not to do politics in education
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BJP-led Central governments attempts to impose Hindi on non-Hindi-speaking States would be met with resistance and rules, said K Kavitha
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The issue cropped up after signage 'Sahyog' in Hindi and the same words in Tamil and English came up at the Tiruppur railway station.
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Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (now Bharat Rashtra Samithi) has strongly opposed the recommendation of a Parliamentary panel that the medium of instruction in technical and non-technical higher educational institutes like IITs and Central universities should be Hindi. Stating that the recommendation was unconstitutional, party working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao demanded that […]
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Mumbai: Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn, who is gearing up for the release of his film ‘Runway 34’, publicly replied to Kannada superstar Kiccha Sudeep’s opinion on Hindi not being the national language of India, on Wednesday. The, ‘Singham’ actor took to his Twitter and tagged Sudeep as he tweeted, “Brother, if Hindi is not our […]
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New Delhi: The Congress is gearing up to oppose any move to implement Hindi in the non-speaking states after a controversy erupted since Union Home MInister Amit Shah said that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative language to English. The Congress said that the BJP is testing the waters by creating an issue and […]
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Chennai: After A.R. Rahman, multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj has responded strongly to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent remarks that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English. Quoting a media report that had Shah’s statement — “People from different states should speak in Hindi, not English” — as its headline, Raj said on […]
