language policy

Bengaluru, March 30 Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R Ashoka, criticised the state government's decision on the third language in SSLC on Monday, alleging that it has adversely affected students and was driven by political motives.Addressing a press conference, he said the...

Bengaluru, March 30 – Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka criticised the Congress government on Monday for removing Hindi as a third language for Class 10 students, alleging that the move has harmed the future of students. He said the decision was not driven by love for Kannada but was purely...

Bengaluru, March 27 Karnataka Minister Madhu Bangarappa said on Friday that, starting this academic year, the government will replace the marks system for the third language in the SSLC (class 10) exam with a grading system that will not affect a student's overall results.He said that until...

Chennai, March 19 Actress Ranjana Nachiyar joined the ruling DMK in the presence of its president and Chief Minister M K Stalin here on Thursday.Ranjana stated that she left Vijay's TVK because it "disrespected" women."The TVK leadership is not approachable, and the party leaders don't seem...

Beijing, March 15 – China is increasingly restricting minority autonomy in education, language, and religion through both political campaigns and legal reforms. By codifying assimilation policies into law, Beijing is entering a new stage of frontier governance – one aimed not just at managing...

Chennai, March 12 Activists of the 'May 17 Movement' intensified their ongoing protest against what they termed as the imposition of Hindi on Thursday, by defacing Hindi letters on signboards at the Chromepet and Nungambakkam railway stations in Chennai.The protest marked the second day of the...

Mumbai, March 9 – Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of only feigning "Marathi love" during elections.Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis recently assured the Legislative Assembly that Marathi would remain mandatory across...

Mangaluru, March 4 A high-level committee constituted by the Karnataka government to study the framework adopted by Andhra Pradesh for recognizing Urdu as a second official language has submitted its report, backing the state's move to accord similar status to Tulu.The six-member panel, headed...

Chennai, March 4 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday strongly criticised the BJP government at the Centre, accusing it of "exceeding its limits" in promoting Hindi and condemning the move to name the entrance arch of the Tiruchirappalli railway divisional office in that language...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 3 – State BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday urged Kerala Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar to give assent to the proposed Malayalam Language Bill, describing it as a measure that would reinforce Kerala’s cultural identity and strengthen the self-respect of its...

Chennai, March 3 Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday thanked his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah for his warm response to Tamil Nadu's initiative on improving relations between the Union and states.In a social media post, Stalin said he deeply appreciated Siddaramaiah's "thoughtful...

Chennai, March 3 Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday thanked his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah for his warm response to Tamil Nadu's initiative on improving relations between the Union and State governments.In a social media post, Stalin said he deeply appreciated Siddaramaiah's...

Chennai, March 1 – DMK Deputy General Secretary and Thoothukudi Member of Parliament, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, is likely to contest the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections from the Thiruchendur constituency, party sources indicated on Saturday.If confirmed, this would mark her return to...

Mumbai, February 27 – The political confrontation between Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has intensified over the implementation of mandatory Hindi in Maharashtra schools.Speaking at an event on the occasion of Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din (Marathi...

Chennai, February 23 The high-level committee on Union-State relations, headed by Justice Kurian Joseph, met in Delhi to discuss Part II of the report, as well as the possibility of publishing Hindi and other Indian language versions of the first part of the report, which was presented in the...

Agartala, February 19 Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to inaugurate an official language conference at the Badharghat international fair ground in West Tripura district on Friday, a senior official said.Over 3,000 representatives from the eastern, north-eastern, and northern regions...

Chennai, February 18 The high-level committee on Union-State relations, headed by Justice Kurian Joseph, has recommended that governors should be appointed based on the names approved by the state legislative assembly.In its report, presented in the Assembly by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K...

New Delhi, February 17 The use of Hindi in artificial intelligence and mechanical devices, and its harmonization with regional languages, are among the key topics discussed in the 13th report of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee, officials said on Tuesday.The report, under the main...

Agartala, February 13 Thousands of students who speak Kokborok formed human chains across Tripura on Saturday to demand the adoption of the Roman script for the language.Kokborok, the second official language of the northeastern state, is the mother tongue of most of the 19 tribes.The...