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YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy supports Hindi as a language for learning and teaching in schools and colleges, emphasizing that English should be the priority in primary education. He criticized Pawan Kalyan and Nara Lokesh for their double standards, recalling their previous opposition to English medium instruction in government schools. VIJAYAWADA: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said there is nothing wrong with learning and teaching Hindi in sc ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 17 (PTI) Amid reports of detention and harassment of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in several BJP-ruled states, prominent personalities from West Bengal on Thursday strongly condemned the incidents and urged the states to take immediate corrective measures. Speaking to PTI, Actor Riddhi Sen termed the incidents "unfortunate" and urged all political parties in Bengal to show solidarity. "Every political party from the state must think about the harassment of poor migrant laboure ...Read More >
Sitting in the safety of Delhi, away from Raj Thackeray's slap-happy goons, I admit ashamedly that although my formative years were spent largely in Mumbai, my Marathi remains rudimentary. I am not alone -- just 36 per cent of people in the city consider Marathi their mother tongue. Yet, once again, there is a move to exhibit Marathi chauvinism by compelling residents of this cosmopolitan, multi-cultural metropolis to speak the same language as the rest of the state. The champions of 'speak onl ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool on Saturday strongly protested Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's statement about the picking of Bengali as mother tongue in census documents and said it was BJP's agenda to brand Bengalis Bangladeshis, declare them stateless and dump them in detention camps. Sarma had said on Thursday that the number of people mentioning Bengali as their mother tongue would help quantify foreigners living in Assam. In response, Trinamool said, "It is disgraceful that people of a state in the Indi ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A physics lecturer from a private college in Dakshina Kannada and two of his friends have been arrested by Bengaluru police for allegedly blackmailing and raping a student.When the mental torture by the trio became intolerable, the girl narrated to her parents how she was being exploited. Subsequently, she went to Marathahalli police station along with her parents on July 5 and lodged a complaint seeking action against the perpetrators. Acting swiftly, the cops arrested the trio the f ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday accused Trinamool of portraying his govt's firm stance against illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi Muslims as anti-Bengali. He claimed TMC's alleged attempt was nothing but a desperate ploy to shield Muslim infiltrators from the neighbouring country.In a post on his X handle, Sarma said, "Assam has been waging a relentless war against illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi Muslims for several decades. The recent attempt by the @AITCofficial to disto ...Read More >
Assam government has cleared approximately 40,000 acres of encroached land ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said BJP govt reclaimed over 160 sq km of land from encroachers in 4 years * It was found during eviction drives that encroachers often own land elsewhere but settle illegally in Assam * Chief Minister Sarma warned demographic shifts in Upper Assam threaten indigenous Assamese identity Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Ass ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jul 15 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday alleged that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) was trying to "shield Muslim infiltrators from Bangladesh", and accused the opposition party of distorting his remarks on the Bengali-speaking population in the north eastern state. He asserted that all bona fide citizens of Assam, including Bengali-speaking people, support the government's uncompromising stand against illegal Muslim immigration from Bangladesh. "Assam has been ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 15 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday informed that a total of 1,19,548 bighas of land have been freed from encroachers in the ongoing eviction drive in the state. Assam CM said, "After we formed the government, so far 84,743 bighas of land in forest and national park areas have been freed from encroachers. A total of 1,19,548 bighas of land have been freed from encroachers." Also Read | Guwahati Shocker: Woman Kills Drunk Husband, Digs Pi ...Read More >
Union Home Minister Amit Shah praised the 11-year tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting significant developments in India, including financial inclusion, sanitation, and technological advancements. Shah emphasized Modi's efforts in cultural and educational sectors, and acknowledged the Bharat Vikas Parishad's contribution to India's growth and societal service. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 11-year rule, suggesting that future historia ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the 11-year rule of the Narendra Modi government will be written in golden letters as it has brought significant development in all spheres of life for the people of India. Addressing the 63rd foundation day programme of the Bharat Vikas Parishad, an NGO, Shah said Prime Minister Modi has promoted development and India's heritage together without any conflict. Also Read | Hyderabad Shocker: Man Finds Skeleton After He En ...Read More >
Puri (Odisha) [India], July 14 (ANI): Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand art at Puri beach on Sunday. He crafted a sand idol of Lord Shiva to mark the first Monday of the auspicious Sawan month. Sudarsan Pattnaik said, The entire nation is devotional for the first Shravan Somvaar. We have made Lord Shiv 6-feet high sculpture... In Puri Jagannath Dham, there is a temple of Lord Loknath, and here also, many devotees have arrived. As an artist, I am praying to God to bless us wi ...Read More >
Chennai: Preliminary investigations attribute the fire on the goods train near Tiruvallur to a possible spark from overhead electrical equipment (OHE) igniting fuel leaking from a derailed wagon.The incident paralysed services on the busy Chennai-Arakkonam route and left nearby residents engulfed in thick black smoke. The disruption left thousands of rail passengers stranded, many of whom were unable to get updates as railway helplines went unanswered for hours. The train carrying diesel from Ch ...Read More >
SHILLONG/TURA, July 13: The 211th birth anniversary of Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya was commemorated with enthusiasm and cultural gaiety in Shillong and Tura on Sunday. The celebration in Shillong took place at the Babu Mani Singh Auditorium (Gorkha Pathshala Hr. Sec. School). Cabinet Minister AL Hek was the chief guest, and the guest of honour was Assistant Director, IT, NEPA, Dr Arjun Chetry. Various traditional and cultural programmes were the highlights of the event. Winners of various lit ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - In India, the land of more than a thousand tongues, few things inflame passions more than language. Touching the hot button comes with political peril. Just ask the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. High-profile brawls have erupted recently over Mr Modi's push for the nationwide adoption of Hindi, the language of his power base in northern India and a symbol of his campaign to unify the country around the ideology of Hindu nationalism. Late in June, the government of Mah ...Read More >
MUMBAI : Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday posted a video on X purportedly showing the state's social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat of the Shiv Sena sitting in a room along with a partially opened bag containing what look like bundles of currency notes. Shirsat, however, rubbished the claim, saying the bag only contained clothes.The allegation came a day after it emerged that Shirsat had received a notice from the income tax department seeking an explanation for increase in his financia ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A million Tibetan children and adolescents have been forcibly lodged in Chinese administration-run boarding schools in occupied Tibet, with at least 1 lakh of them being preschoolers in the 4-6 age group, according to a report released here on Friday by the Tibetan Action Institute (TAI).The report recounts statements of parents of some of these children over how they are constantly subjected to abuse, neglect, indoctrination and "identity erasure" in a vast network of boarding school ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): A Two-Day Offline National Workshop on 'Best Practices for Teaching English to Deaf Students Using Indian Sign Language (ISL)', was organized by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), on July 10th - 11th in New Delhi, according to an official statement from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. ISLRTC is an autonomous body under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Union Ministry of Social Justice an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): A Two-Day Offline National Workshop on Best Practices for Teaching English to Deaf Students Using Indian Sign Language (ISL), was organized by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), on July 10th - 11th in New Delhi, according to an official statement from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. ISLRTC is an autonomous body under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Union Ministry of Social Justice and ...Read More >
Hyderabad: While some oppose Hindi for political reasons, the people of India have accepted it wholeheartedly. Any opposition to Hindi is a barrier to national progress, said Union minister G. Kishan Reddy. He was addressing a gathering at the Dakshin Samvad event at GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday. Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, speaking from the same stage, questioned the resistance to Hindi in parts of the country. "If we can learn German or Japanese fo ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, 10 Jul: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has said that Hindi is the binding language in his state where each tribe speaks its own dialect and language. Hindi has been in the school curriculum ever since education came to Arunachal Pradesh and there is no problem in learning it, Khandu told PTI Videos in an interview. There is so much diversity in Arunachal that 26 major tribes and over 100 sub-tribes speak their own languages and dialects, the chief minister said. "If I ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jul 10 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said writing Bengali as the mother tongue in census documents will quantify the number of foreigners living in the state. His comments came in reaction to a statement by All BTC Minority Students' Union (ABMSU) leader Mainuddin Ali, who threatened that all Bengali-speaking Muslims would stop writing Assamese as their mother tongue in the census, thereby making the people speaking the state language as minority. Also Re ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jul 10 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said writing Bengali as the mother tongue in census documents will quantify the number of foreigners living in the state. His comments came in reaction to a statement by All BTC Minority Students' Union (ABMSU) leader Mainuddin Ali, who threatened that all Bengali-speaking Muslims would stop writing Assamese as their mother tongue in the census, thereby making the people speaking the state language as minority. "Langua ...Read More >
Guwahati: A minority student leader in Assam stirred a hornet's nest with remarks that Bengal-origin Muslims would list Bengali, and not Assamese, as their mother tongue in public documents. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who played his part in securing the classical language status for the Assamese, said language cannot become a tool for "blackmail." "Assamese language is permanent in Assam, as state and official language," he said. "Nobody is affected by the threats ahead of every cens ...Read More >
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: The TMC Wednesday alleged that the BJP government in Odisha has illegally detained Bengali-speaking migrant workers on the pretext of identifying unauthorised immigrants, despite the labourers possessing 'valid documents'. The ruling party of West Bengal demanded their immediate release and warned of a larger political movement if such 'targeted harassment' continues. A senior Odisha Police officer, however, said the detained people lack valid documents to establish their r ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 10 (ANI): A large-scale state-level mock exercise simulating flood and landslide scenarios was successfully conducted across Tripura with special emphasis on West Tripura District by the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) under the supervision of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Vishal Kumar, District Magistrate (DM) of West Tripura, addressed the media following the drill, and highlighted that rescue operations were carried out simu ...Read More >
Kolkata: Six Birbhum residents, including three minors, who worked as ragpickers in Delhi, were labelled 'Bangladeshi' and nabbed by police on June 18 and pushed into Bangladesh by BSF on June 26, two habeas corpus petitions filed in Calcutta High Court alleged. HC was likely to take up the petitions on Friday, Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP and state migrant workers' welfare board chairperson Samirul Islam said. The pleas said two families of migrant workers were picked up by Delhi Police during an " ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday said it will reach out to everyone in the society through a series of programmes, including more than one lakh 'Hindu sammelans', planned during its centenary year to foster social integration in the country. The RSS will complete 100 years of its foundation this Vijayadashmi, which falls on October 2. Also Read | Himachal Pradesh Rains: Mandi BJP MP Kangna Ranaut Visits Disaster-Hit Areas in Her Lok Sabha Constituency Afte ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday said it will reach out to everyone in the society through a series of programmes, including more than one lakh 'Hindu sammelans', planned during its centenary year to foster social integration in the country. The RSS will complete 100 years of its foundation this Vijayadashmi, which falls on October 2. Addressing a press conference on the outcome of a three-day meeting of the RSS pracharaks, which concluded on Sunday, the o ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionaries Sunil Ambekar and Anil Agarwal addressed a joint press conference on Monday, where they spoke at length about the organisation's initiatives in Manipur, its position on constitutional values, language, and its centenary-year roadmap for nationwide outreach and social transformation. On the ongoing ethnic tensions in Manipur, Ambekar stated that RSS volunteers were working actively on the ground to support ...Read More >
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