Hindi Language

"Now Tamil Echoing In US": PM's Praise In Chennai After Row Over Hindi

India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday September 30, 2019

Tamil language echoes across America, PM Modi claimed in Chennai today, adding to references to the nation's linguistic diversity made in the past week, which included quoting from an ancient Tamil poet at the United Nations General Assembly

"Our Reliance On English...": PM Modi's Pitch To Foreign Firms

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday September 25, 2019

Pitching India to foreign investors, PM Modi today reminded global business leaders the country was comfortable with the English language, even as Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted about "unifying" India with Hindi

"Tamil Can Also Become National Language": BJP Leader Amid Row Over Hindi

India News | ANI | Friday September 20, 2019

Home Minister Amit Shah had triggered a political row when he had said that only Hindi could unite the country.

Idea That Hindi Language Can Alone Unite India Dangerous: P Chidambaram

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 18, 2019

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is lodged in Tihar Jail, on Wednesday said the idea that Hindi alone can unite the people of the country is a dangerous trend.

Amazon Alexa Voice Assistant Gets Hindi, Hinglish Support in India, Now Available on Echo and Bose Smart Speakers

Gadgets 360 Staff With Inputs From IANS | Wednesday September 18, 2019

Amazon has added the support for Hindi language as well as Hinglish to its voice assistant Alexa. Starting today, the Amazon Echo lineup users in the country will be able to set up Hindi as their default language.

Tamil Nadu Congress To Show Black Flags To Amit Shah For His Hindi Pitch

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 18, 2019

The Congress in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday announced it would hold a black flag demonstration against Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his future visit to the state in protest against his Hindi pitch.

Eminent Bengali Personalities Issue Statement To "Resist" Amid Hindi Row

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 16, 2019

Over 50 eminent Bengali personalities from different walks of life have called upon the people of West Bengal to give "due respect to all languages" and "resist attempt to impose just one".

"No Shah, Sultan ...": Kamal Haasan's Swipe At Home Minister On Hindi Row

India News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday September 16, 2019

Actor-politician Kamal Haasan today joined a growing chorus of voices uniting against Amit Shah after the Home Minister, on Saturday, re-ignited the controversial debate over Hindi becoming the national language

"Have To Use Translator": Puducherry Governor Kiran Bedi On Hindi Row

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday September 16, 2019

Puducherry Governor Kiran Bedi on Sunday waded into the row over Hindi as a national language, urging people from the southern states to learn the language in order to connect with the Government of India

Congress's Counter To Amit Shah's "Hindi As National Language" Pitch

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 15, 2019

Hours after Union minister Amit Shah's Hindi language pitch, the Congress on Saturday said the three-language formula should not be tinkered with and controversies must not be stirred up on "emotive" issues settled by Constitution-makers.

Amit Shah's Statement "Smacks Of Attack On Diversity," Says Left

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 14, 2019

The CPI on Saturday lashed out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his comments on expanding Hindi language to other parts of the country saying it was an "attack" on India's federal structure and diversity.

"This Is India, Not Hindia": MK Stalin On Amit Shah's Hindi Diwas Tweet

India News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Saturday September 14, 2019

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

On Hindi Diwas, Amit Shah Appeals For Hindi As India's National Language

India News | Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Saturday September 14, 2019

On Hindi Diwas today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah made an appeal to unify India with the country's most widely-spoken language - Hindi. While he said Hindi is the language which has the ability to unify the nation, he also emphasised that India is a country of many languages and each language has its own significance.

Flipkart Unveils Hindi Language Support, Aimed at Next 200 Million Customers Coming Online

Gadgets 360 Staff With Inputs From ANI | Wednesday September 4, 2019

Flipkart has announced the introduction of Hindi interface on its platform to make it more engaging for the next 200 million customers coming online.

BJP's Tejasvi Surya Slams Kannada Group For Vandalising Hindi Banners

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Monday August 19, 2019

Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya has hit out at a group of Kannada activists who allegedly vandalised Hindi banners put up for a Jain function in the Karnataka capital two days ago, claiming that such incidents only serve to defame "genuine" lovers of the regional language.