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GANDHINAGAR: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said there was no conflict between Hindi and other Indian languages, and stressed that it should not just serve as a spoken tongue but must also become a language of science, technology, the judiciary, and police. Addressing the inaugural session of the 5th Akhil Bharatiya Rajbhasha Sammelan, Shah said Indians must preserve their languages and make them "immortal", urging parents to speak to children in their mother tongue. "There is no conf ...Read More >
Gandhinagar, Sep 14 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said there was no conflict between Hindi and other Indian languages, and stressed that it should not just serve as a spoken tongue but must also become a language of science, technology, the judiciary, and police. Addressing the inaugural session of the 5th Akhil Bharatiya Rajbhasha Sammelan, Shah said Indians must preserve their languages and make them "immortal", urging parents to speak to children in their mother tongue. "The ...Read More >
Gorakhpur: On the eve of Hindi Diwas, the department of Hindi at Maharana Pratap Mahavidyalaya, Jungle Dhusad, organised a special lecture session on Saturday.Delivering the keynote address, Prof Rajesh Mall from the department of Hindi of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University urged the inclusion of regional literature in Hindi curricula to strengthen cultural understanding. He underlined the historical significance of Sept 14, 1949, when the Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi as the official ...Read More >
Lucknow: The facility for the registration of vintage motor vehicles is now available in UP. The state govt is preparing a detailed standard operating procedure (SOP) for vintage vehicles' registration in the state. Until the final SOP is approved by govt, registrations will be done as per notification of the Union ministry of road transport and highway (MoRTH).Transport commissioner, UP, Brajesh Narain Singh said, "Vintage registration is not for daily or commercial use. It is meant to preserve ...Read More >
New Delhi: Amid chaos over Delhi police allegedly referring to Bengali as Bangladeshi language in a communication note, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader on Monday morning hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, suggesting that she be booked under National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly inciting linguistic conflict. He argued that her reaction to the entire issue was "misplaced and dangerously inflammatory", while adding that Delhi Police's letter does not describe Bangla as ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 4 (ANI): Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan made strong remarks on the necessity of education while addressing a gathering at the Agaram Foundation event in Chennai. Education is the only weapon that can break the chains of dictatorship and Sanatan, the Rajya Sabha MP said on Sunday. Kamal Haasan added, Dont take anything else in your hands, only education. We cannot win without it, because the majority can make you lose. Majority Fools (Moo ...Read More >
New Delhi: Amid chaos over Delhi police allegedly referring to Bengali as Bangladeshi language in a communication note, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader on Monday morning hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, suggesting that she be booked under National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly inciting linguistic conflict. He argued that her reaction to the entire issue was "misplaced and dangerously inflammatory", while adding that Delhi Police's letter does not describe Bangla as ...Read More >
Digha (West Bengal) [India], August 4 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari predicted on Sunday that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is going to 'lose' the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections and slammed her for allegedly supporting 'Bangladeshi Muslims' and 'infiltrators'. His remarks came during a 'Hindu Yatra' organised to protest against the alleged atrocities against the Hindus in the State. 'Hindus are being tortured in Bengal. The Puri te ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 3 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday alleged that Delhi Police has referred to Bangla as 'Bangladeshi language' and termed it a 'calculated attempt' by the BJP to undermine the cultural identity and 'equate West Bengal with Bangladesh for narrow political propaganda.' He also sought a public apology from the Delhi Police, the BJP, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Banerjee shared the letter on X and wrote, 'For months now, Beng ...Read More >
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee hit out at Delhi Police on Sunday over a notice issued to Banga Bhawan in the national capital seeking help to translate "Bangladeshi language" for an ongoing trial. The trial relates to eight suspected illegal immigrants from Bangladesh who had been arrested by Lodhi Colony police.The CM called the notice, "Scandalous, insulting, anti-national, unconstitutional," and called upon all sections of society to rise in protest against the repeated "insult and humiliation" ...Read More >
Digha (West Bengal) [India], August 4 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari predicted on Sunday that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is going to lose the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections and slammed her for allegedly supporting Bangladeshi Muslims and infiltrators. His remarks came during a Hindu Yatra organised to protest against the alleged atrocities against the Hindus in the State. Hindus are being tortured in Bengal. The Puri temple was ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 3 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday alleged that Delhi Police has referred to Bangla as Bangladeshi language and termed it a calculated attempt by the BJP to undermine the cultural identity and equate West Bengal with Bangladesh for narrow political propaganda. He also sought a public apology from the Delhi Police, the BJP, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Banerjee shared the letter on X and wrote, For months now, Bengali-spe ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 3 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamta Banerjee on Sunday lashed out at the Delhi Police for referring to the Bengali language as "Bangladeshi national language" in a purported letter, alleging that it was "insulting, anti-national and unconstitutional". Party national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee, who also shared the letter on X, echoed his party chief's sentiment and alleged that it was a calculated attempt by the BJP to "defame Bengal". BJP's sta ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) The government has notified a new framework for the edible oil industry, imposing stricter registration and reporting requirements on producers to enhance transparency and oversight, according to an official release. The 2025 Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (VOPPA) Regulation Order, notified on August 1 by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, amends the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 20 ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, on Sunday, condemned the BJP after a letter from Delhi Police referred to Bengali as a "Bangladeshi language". Both described the issue of such language by the Delhi Police as "anti-national" and "unconstitutional". In a social media post, the Chief Minister said the move was an insult to Bengali-speaking people in the country. She also urged Bengalis natio ...Read More >
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claims that Rajbanshis and Matuas face torture in other states. She alleges Bengali speakers are unfairly targeted and labeled as foreigners. Banerjee criticizes the central government's policies regarding Bengali-speaking people. She questions the deletion of names from voter lists based on caste and religion. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that Rajbanshis and Matuas were subjected to torture and harassment in other sta ...Read More >
Kolkata: Persecution for speaking in one's mother tongue was both "discriminatory and unconstitutional", CM Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday, stressing that she stood by the "people of Assam who are fighting for dignity of their language, identity and democratic rights".Banerjee, referring to Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's recent comment that "writing Bengali as mother tongue will help quantify foreigners", posted on X: "The second most spoken language in the country, Bangla, is also the second ...Read More >
Bhopal, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's seven-day foreign visits to Dubai and Spain concluded on Saturday, and he is scheduled to return to New Delhi on Sunday, government officials said. Talking to media in Barcelona in Spain on Saturday, Chief Minister Yadav said that his visit has been successful as various memorandums of understanding were signed with investors to increase production, employment opportunity and farmers' income in the state. Speaking at ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has hit back at his West Bengal counterpart, Mamata Banerjee, following her social media allegations that BJP is pursuing a divisive agenda in Assam. Sarma clarified that his administration's stance targets "unchecked" Muslim infiltration from across the border, not its own citizens. In response to Banerjee's claims that the Assam govt is threatening Bengali-speaking residents for asserting their linguistic identity, Sarma accused her of jeopardizing Bengal ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actor Harshvardhan Rane, who was last seen in 'The Miranda Brothers', is heaping praise on the recently released film 'Saiyaara', and its team. On Saturday, the actor took to the Stories section of his Instagram, and penned a special note for the film and its makers after it witnessed a stellar opening day. He wrote, "Another melodious example of a love story shattering all myths and formulas of the industry. Honest heart wrenching love story wins again in 2025 ...Read More >
Guwahati, July 19: This time fight being seen between two chief ministers of neighbouring states over speaking languages. The war of words between Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee intensified on Saturday, with Banerjee accusing the BJP-led Assam government of pursuing a divisive agenda centred around language, identity, and the targeting of Bengali-speaking citizens in the name of eviction and other tools. The political tension, which h ...Read More >
Patna, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major action against corruption, the State Vigilance Unit (SVU) on Saturday arrested Sub-Inspector Putul Kumari, the SHO of the Women's Police Station in Samastipur, for accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000. Her driver was also arrested in the case. The arrest has created a stir within the police department. According to an official, Putul Kumari was caught red-handed while taking the bribe from Rajiv Ranjan, a resident of Chhatauna village under Mufassil police ...Read More >
Guwahati: Bogged down by charges of pursuing a divisive agenda over language and religion, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday took his counterpart in West Bengal Mamta Banerjee head on social media and asserted that they do not divide people by language or religion. Mr Sarma accused Ms Banerjee of compromising Bengal's future to remain in power. Responding to a social media post of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee wherein she alleged that the divisive agenda of the B ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi launched a scathing attack on the Gandhi family on Saturday, accusing them of shielding each other in corruption cases and questioning the constitutional propriety of Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi's recent tweet defending his brother-in-law Robert Vadra. Speaking to the media in New Delhi, Trivedi took a sharp dig at LoP Gandhi, saying, "He stood in support of his 'hardworking farmer' brother- ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 19 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the latter's remarks that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was indulging in a divisive agenda, and said that the fight was against "unchecked" Muslim infiltration from across the border and not with the citizens. "We are not fighting our own people. We are fearlessly resisting the ongoing, unchecked Muslim infiltration from across the bo ...Read More >
Guwahati, July 19: The war of words between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma intensified on Saturday, with Banerjee accusing the BJP-led Assam government of pursuing a divisive agenda centred around language, identity, and the targeting of Bengali-speaking citizens. The political tension, which had been simmering over the issuance of a Foreigners' Tribunal notice to a resident of West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, spilled into the public d ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR/BALASORE: The 20-year-old student in Odisha's Balasore who set herself ablaze on the campus on July 12 had informed college authorities that her HoD had sought sexual favours from her six months ago, probe revealed Friday."The student, in a meeting conducted on June 30 at the office of then principal -- who is now suspended -- told everyone that the HoD had sought sexual favours from her. However, the HoD denied the allegation," said the in-charge principal of the govt college, addin ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Friday hit back at BJP MP Nishikant Dubey controversial patak-patak ke maarenge remarks. In a counter-attack, Raj Thackeray said, A BJP MP said, Marathi logon ko hum yahan pe patak patak ke maarenge... You come to Mumbai. Mumbai ke samundar mein dubo dubo ke maarenge. Reacting to Dubey remarks, the MNS chief asserted that he will not compromise on matters related to the Marathi language and the ...Read More >
"Every political party from the state must think about the harassment of poor migrant labourers, who went out in search of livelihood and possess valid documents," Sen said. Echoing Sen, actor Ushashi Chakraborty said if someone from our state, who has shifted elsewhere for bread and butter, is harassed or punished just for speaking in Bengali, it is the most shocking and unfortunate thing. "All political parties should unite in voicing protest against such discrimination towards Bengalis," sh ...Read More >
Thane, Jul 18 (PTI) A display board in Gujarati put outside a Gujarat BJP MLA's office in Seawoods area of Navi Mumbai was changed to Marathi after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) expressed strong objection and gave a 24-hour ultimatum. The MNS functionaries said it is a public relations officer of Virendrasinh Bahadursinh Jadeja, who represents Rapar assembly constituency in Gujarat. After complaints that the display board, which mentioned the MLA's name and constituency, was only in Gujarat ...Read More >
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