Hindi Imposition

Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today launched a broadside against Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Karnataka's BJP leaders over Kannada not being used on a plaque unveiled at a Rapid Action Force unit's foundation stone-laying ceremony in Shivamogga district. The use of only English and Hindi on the panel was an "insult to the prid...

A DMK MP and NDA constituent PMK on Sunday criticised rail users in Tamil Nadu allegedly receiving train ticket confirmation SMS in Hindi, with the Parliamentarian lashing out at "Hindi imposition".

The Tamil Nadu government was firm on following two-language policy--of Tamil and English-- in the state and will not go back on it, Chief Minister E Palaniswami said on Wednesday.

DMK MP Kanimozhi has hit out at reports Ayush Ministry Secretary Rajesh Kotecha asked non-Hindi speaking yoga teachers and medical practitioners to exit a central government webinar if they did not speak or understand Hindi

The smoldering politics over language, fanned by the debate over the new education policy, found a new flashpoint on Sunday when DMK MP Kanimozhi shared a recent unpleasant experience at the airport. The Tuticorin MP said a security officer at the airport asked her if she was "an Indian" because she said she didn't know Hindi and asked the officer ...

Stepping up his attack against the Centre's new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, DMK President MK Stalin on Saturday said it was an attempt at "imposition" of Hindi and Sanskrit, and vowed to fight against it by joining hands with like-minded political parties and Chief Ministers of other states.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday urged people neither to oppose nor impose any language and pitched for learning as many languages as possible.

Against the backdrop of recent pitch by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to make Hindi a language of India's identity, DMK has argued that Tamil was more suited for it.

Amid a huge backlash over his comments on Hindi as a "unifying language", Home Minister Amit Shah said today that he had never asked for the imposition of Hindi over regional languages and added, "If some people want to do politics, it is their choice."

No language can be imposed as the concept of a common language was "unfortunately" not possible in the country, superstar Rajinikanth said today, joining the chorus of voices against Home Minister Amit Shah's comments last week about Hindi becoming a unifying language.

Upping the ante against "Hindi imposition," allegedly by the Centre, a high-level DMK meet on Monday announced protest demonstrations across Tamil Nadu on September 20 to condemn Home Minister Amit Shah's Hindi pitch.

Tamil Nadu politician MK Stalin has criticised Home Minister Amit Shah for claiming Hindi is "the one language marking (India's) identity globally", declaring "this is India, not Hindia" and warned the centre of another "language war" unless Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a clarification

JNUSU alleged on Monday that the varsity was trying to impose Hindi by making it a compulsory subject at the undergraduate BA and BTech courses.

They added that the "fallacy" of making Hindi a compulsory subject for BTech do not even demand much explanation.

An order issued to officials of the Southern Railway to communicate only in English or Hindi was struck down on Friday following a new controversy in Tamil Nadu less than two weeks after a widespread uproar over allegations of Hindi being imposed on South Indian states.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today launched a broadside against Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Karnataka's BJP leaders over Kannada not being used on a plaque unveiled at a Rapid Action Force unit's foundation stone-laying ceremony in Shivamogga district. The use of only English and Hindi on the panel was an "insult to the prid...

A DMK MP and NDA constituent PMK on Sunday criticised rail users in Tamil Nadu allegedly receiving train ticket confirmation SMS in Hindi, with the Parliamentarian lashing out at "Hindi imposition".

The Tamil Nadu government was firm on following two-language policy--of Tamil and English-- in the state and will not go back on it, Chief Minister E Palaniswami said on Wednesday.

DMK MP Kanimozhi has hit out at reports Ayush Ministry Secretary Rajesh Kotecha asked non-Hindi speaking yoga teachers and medical practitioners to exit a central government webinar if they did not speak or understand Hindi

The smoldering politics over language, fanned by the debate over the new education policy, found a new flashpoint on Sunday when DMK MP Kanimozhi shared a recent unpleasant experience at the airport. The Tuticorin MP said a security officer at the airport asked her if she was "an Indian" because she said she didn't know Hindi and asked the officer ...

Stepping up his attack against the Centre's new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, DMK President MK Stalin on Saturday said it was an attempt at "imposition" of Hindi and Sanskrit, and vowed to fight against it by joining hands with like-minded political parties and Chief Ministers of other states.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday urged people neither to oppose nor impose any language and pitched for learning as many languages as possible.

Against the backdrop of recent pitch by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to make Hindi a language of India's identity, DMK has argued that Tamil was more suited for it.

Amid a huge backlash over his comments on Hindi as a "unifying language", Home Minister Amit Shah said today that he had never asked for the imposition of Hindi over regional languages and added, "If some people want to do politics, it is their choice."

No language can be imposed as the concept of a common language was "unfortunately" not possible in the country, superstar Rajinikanth said today, joining the chorus of voices against Home Minister Amit Shah's comments last week about Hindi becoming a unifying language.

Upping the ante against "Hindi imposition," allegedly by the Centre, a high-level DMK meet on Monday announced protest demonstrations across Tamil Nadu on September 20 to condemn Home Minister Amit Shah's Hindi pitch.

Tamil Nadu politician MK Stalin has criticised Home Minister Amit Shah for claiming Hindi is "the one language marking (India's) identity globally", declaring "this is India, not Hindia" and warned the centre of another "language war" unless Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a clarification

JNUSU alleged on Monday that the varsity was trying to impose Hindi by making it a compulsory subject at the undergraduate BA and BTech courses.

They added that the "fallacy" of making Hindi a compulsory subject for BTech do not even demand much explanation.

An order issued to officials of the Southern Railway to communicate only in English or Hindi was struck down on Friday following a new controversy in Tamil Nadu less than two weeks after a widespread uproar over allegations of Hindi being imposed on South Indian states.