Hindi Row

PM Modi In US Celebrates India's Linguistic Diversity, Days After Hindi Row

India News | Edited by Aditya Sharma | Monday September 23, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a huge gathering of Indian Americans in Houston, Texas, made a point of highlighting India's linguistic diversity, and calling it "the identity of our liberal and democratic society".

PM Deserves Respect When He Represents India Abroad: Shashi Tharoor

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 22, 2019

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is a strong critic of the Modi-led government, on Sunday said the prime minister deserves respect when he visits foreign countries as India's representative, but when he is in the country, people have the right to question him.

"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.

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

On Odia vs Hindi Row, Union Ministers Take A Dig At Naveen Patnaik

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 23, 2017

Two Union Ministers - Prakash Javadekar and Narendra Singh Tomar, on Tuesday suggested to Tathagat Satpathy, parliamentarian of Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to take steps so that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik speaks in Odia language.