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- Mumbai
Mumbai: ‘You are dirty, eat fish and meat’, Marathis clash with Gujaratis
Mumbai: Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers had a heated argument with non-Marathi speaking members of a housing society in suburban Ghatkopar after a Gujarati man allegedly called out their neighbour…
- News
States whose leaders fanning language row are on decline: Adityanath
Lucknow: Slamming language politics, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said learning different languages did not diminish the importance of a state and asserted that his government schools taught Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam,…
- Mumbai
Maha: D-mart employee slapped by MNS workers for speaking in Hindi
A D-Mart employee was allegedly slapped by Raj Thackray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers after he refused to speak in Marathi with a customer. The incident took place on Tuesday, March 25,…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra CM Naidu advocates learning multiple languages
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday emphasised that language is not for hating and called for avoiding “unnecessary politics” over languages. Describing Hindi as the ‘national language’, the…
- Andhra Pradesh
Pawan Kalyan delves in secularism, languages on Janasena formation day
Chitrada: Janasena founder Pawan Kalyan on Friday commemorated the 11th formation day of his party and asserted his credentials of a Sanatan champion and his party’s success against several odds. The Deputy…
- Education and Career
Minority commission’s proposal on Marathi in Urdu schools from 2025-26
Nagpur: The Maharashtra State Minority Commission’s proposal to mandatorily teach Marathi language from Class I in Urdu schools and regularisation of temporary Marathi teachers in such schools will come into effect from…
- India
DMK plans protests across TN against three language policy, delimitation
Chennai: The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu is set to launch statewide agitations against the three-language formula under the National Education Policy (NEP). The party has scheduled public meetings…
- Featured News
Resurgence of Marathi sentiment: Learn, speak, and respect it, people are told
Let us divide what Suresh Joshi, also known as Bhayyaji, a senior RSS leader said about Mumbai that kicked up a political storm in Maharashtra into two parts, thereby making some sense.…
- World
40 pc of global population lacks education in their language: UNESCO
New Delhi: Forty per cent of the global population does not have access to education in a language they speak or understand, according to UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring (GEM) team. Despite countries’…
- India
Punjabi made mandatory main subject in all Punjab schools, for all boards
Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Wednesday issued a notification of making Punjabi a mandatory main subject in all schools across the state, regardless of their educational board affiliation. The notification states that…
- Chennai
Tamil Nadu CM convenes all-party meet to discuss LS delimitation
Chennai: Amid the ongoing Hindi imposition row, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday said the state was “ready” for “another language war” and also announced convening an all-party meet…
- Bangalore
Maha-Karnataka language row: Family to withdraw POCSO case against conductor
Bengaluru: As the situation continued to be tense in the border areas of Karnataka and Maharashtra following the attack on the RTC bus conductor in Belagavi for allegedly not responding in Marathi,…
- Featured News
World Urdu Day: Hyderabad to celebrate its legacy amidst concerns of decline
Hyderabad: While Urdu has deep roots in Hyderabad’s culture, the observance of World Urdu Day on November 9 shines a special spotlight on this poetic language, sparking renewed interest and appreciation among the…
- Technology
Apple to support English (India) language with April software update
New Delhi: Apple Intelligence is quickly adding support for more languages and in April next year, English (India) will be supported along with several others, the company has announced. The tech giant…
- India
Classical language status to Marathi result of collective efforts: Raut
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday, October 4, welcomed the Centre’s decision to grant classical language status to Marathi, stressing that it was a result of collective efforts and…
