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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 12 (ANI): Department of Official Language under the Ministry of Home Affairs organised 'Dakshin Samvad' in Hyderabad as part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations. The event became a vivid testimony to linguistic harmony, the multilingual consciousness of the nation, and the continuous progress of the Hindi language. In her welcome address, Secretary of the Department of Official Language, Anshuli Arya, said in a press note, 'Today's celebration - 'Dakshin Samv ...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 >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 12 (ANI): Department of Official Language under the Ministry of Home Affairs organised Dakshin Samvad in Hyderabad as part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations. The event became a vivid testimony to linguistic harmony, the multilingual consciousness of the nation, and the continuous progress of the Hindi language. In her welcome address, Secretary of the Department of Official Language, Anshuli Arya, said in a press note, Today celebration - Dakshin Samvad - i ...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 >
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 >
Vijayawada: P V N Madhav took charge as the new state BJP president at the party's state office in Vijayawada on Wednesday in the presence of state and district leaders. Speaking on the occasion, Madhav vowed to strengthen the party with integrity and vision, stating, "I accept this responsibility with utmost respect and seriousness." He paid floral tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar and legendary Telugu poet Viswanatha Satyanarayana, acknowledging the latter's contributions to promoting Telugu as the ...Read More >
Mumbai: A video has surfaced on social media said to be from Mumbai's Mira Road area showing a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) worker allegedly slapping a restaurant owner for not speaking in Marathi. As shown in the viral video three MNS workers confronted the owner of a local food shop, questioning why he wasn't using Marathi -- the state's official language. The restaurant owner calmly replied, "I didn't know Marathi was compulsory. Someone will have to teach me." This response reportedly ...Read More >
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday responded to BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's controversial comments that sparked a row across the state, clarifying that the remarks were not aimed at the Marathi community but at certain organisations that, according to Dubey, triggered the controversy. "Whatever Nishikant Dubey has said, he has not said it for the common Marathi people, but for those organisations which have fuelled this controversy," said Fadnavis. However, the Chief ...Read More >
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Two prominent leaders on Sunday resigned from the Leh Apex Body (LAB), which along with the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) is engaged in talks with the Centre over its four-point agenda, including statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. Leh, Jul 6 (PTI) Two prominent leaders on Sunday resigned from the Leh Apex Body (LAB), which along with the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) is engaged in talks wi ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The political row over the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's (MNS) recent targeting of Hindi-speaking individuals in Mumbai escalated on Monday, as Shiv Sena-UBT leader Anand Dubey lashed out at BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, calling those spreading "misconceptions" about the issue "fools". This sharp exchange followed BJP MP Dubey's blistering attack on MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena-UBT President Uddhav Thackeray over reports of MNS workers targeting Hindi speakers. ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister and Republican Party of India (RPI) leader Ramdas Athawale on Sunday strongly criticized Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and his party workers over their recent stance on the Hindi language and the violent incidents targeting Hindi-speaking citizens in Mumbai. Athawale called for an immediate end to "gundagardi" (hooliganism) and warned that such actions would damage Mumbai's cosmopolitan status. Reacting to the ongoing con ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday sought to draw a clear line between Maharashtra's opposition to the Centre's language policy and Tamil Nadu's more hardline stance, a day after MK Stalin's supportive tweet over Thackerays' joint victory event. Raut said that while Tamil Nadu rejects Hindi entirely, Maharashtra's protest is specifically against imposition of Hindi as a third language in primary schools, and not the language itself."Our fight is not against Hindi, but against fo ...Read More >
Jalandhar: While Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal recently alleged a secretive understanding between the Congress and the BJP in Gujarat -- calling it a "hidden romance" -- the Congress in Punjab has been bracketing AAP with RSS-BJP for over two years or accusing the Punjab chief minister of following the Centre's line on different issues.Even as the parties held a seat-sharing arrangement in Delhi, Haryana, and Gujarat, Punjab Congress leaders usually called AAP the 'B te ...Read More >
The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi says that India has over 2,500 registered political parties. Addressing the Ghanaian Parliament on Thursday in Accra, the Prime Minister said: "I repeat, 2,500 political parties. According to the report by Daily Graphic, the unexpected revelation was met with laughter from Ghanaian lawmakers, including Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin, who later echoed the figure, prompting another round of chuckles from both Members of Parliament and the visiting ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK on Friday (July 4, 2025) alleged that the BJP-led Centre is "lying" that funds provided to the State is more under its regime than during the Congress party's dispensation. The Dravidian party's official organ Murasoli in its editorial on the DMK's "Oraniyil Tamil Nadu" (Tamil Nadu as a single team) membership enrolment campaign said the party had always been reinventing itself and that is the reason for it being still young, though it has crossed the milestone of 75 yea ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 4 (PTI) Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK on Friday alleged that the BJP-led Centre is "lying" that funds provided to the state is more under its regime than during the Congress party's dispensation. The Dravidian party's official organ "Murasoli" in its editorial on the DMK's "Oraniyil Tamil Nadu" (Tamil Nadu as a single team) membership enrolment campaign said the party had always been reinventing itself and that is the reason for it being still young, though it has crossed the milestone o ...Read More >
Thane: Kendriya Vidyalaya in Kolshet region in Thane will now provide Marathi language classes after receiving continuous advocacy by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). Historically, the school offered instruction only in Hindi and English, ignoring Marathi for many years. The MNS General Secretary Sandeep Pachange notified education officials regarding this matter, pushing for the incorporation of Marathi. On June 26, the principal communicated this update in a letter to the education autho ...Read More >
Kohima: Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma asserted that NPP can become the voice the northeast has waited for if party workers remain rooted, practical and connected.He lamented that the region has long lacked a unified political voice and is often under-represented in national decision-making. The NPP president also emphasised that while his party holds a national status, its core strength and commitment remain rooted in the northeast.Addressing Nagaland NPP leaders and functionaries, the party nati ...Read More >
New Delhi: Days after facing criticism over his remarks on English, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said "Hindi is not a rival to any Indian language", but friends with all Indian languages and there should be no opposition to any foreign language in the country. Addressing the golden jubilee celebrations of the Central government's official language department, Shah also asked all the state governments to take the initiative to impart medical and engineering education in the local la ...Read More >
Kohima, Jun 28 (PTI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma asserted that his party NPP can become the voice the Northeast has waited for if party workers remain rooted, practical and connected. He lamented that the region has long lacked a unified political voice and is often underrepresented in national decision-making. The National People's Party (NPP) president also emphasised that while his party holds a national status, its core strength and commitment remain rooted in the Northeast. ...Read More >
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Mumbai, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar, President of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi and grandson of the chief architect of India's Constitution, Dr B.R Ambedkar, on Saturday dismissed as "jumla" a call by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to review the words "Socialist" and "Secular" in the Constitution's Preamble. He dismissed it as merely a tactic for the upcoming BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. While addressing an event in New Delhi on Thursday, RSS Ge ...Read More >
A Bengaluru resident's social media post about his interaction with a plumber from Odisha has gone viral for all the right reasons, drawing praise for the worker's effort to speak Kannada and for the professionalism displayed. In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), the user described how a plumber booked via Urban Company impressed him with both his punctuality and his ability to converse in beginner-level Kannada. The plumber, originally from Odisha, reportedly mentioned that he had been wo ...Read More >
New Delhi: Alleging "blatant misuse" of agencies to defame its leaders, AAP on Thursday questioned why the first information report filed against former Delhi ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendar Jain was being kept under wraps and "selective" press notes were being leaked to the media.Bharadwaj, who is Delhi AAP convener, alleged that only two former ministers were named in the case without any reasonable cause while all the officers of the health and public works departments, who were act ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a firm push to uphold Kannada as the language of governance, the state has made it mandatory for all govt departments to extensively use Kannada in official administration. The directive, issued by chief secretary Shalini Rajneesh, warns of disciplinary action against officials failing to comply.The circular, released Tuesday, comes in the wake of repeated complaints by the Kannada Development Authority (KDA) over non-compliance with earlier instructions. It reiterates that all off ...Read More >
New Delhi: Days after facing criticism over his remarks on English, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said "Hindi is not a rival to any Indian language", but friends with all Indian languages and there should be no opposition to any foreign language in the country. Addressing the golden jubilee celebrations of the Central government's official language department, Shah also asked all the state governments to take the initiative to impart medical and engineering education in the local la ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Hindi was a "friend to all Indian languages", adding that there should be "no opposition" to any foreign tongues. This comes as several political parties have criticised the Centre over three-language policy, accusing it of Hindi imposition."I sincerely believe that Hindi can't be opposed ('virodhi') to any Indian language. Hindi is a friend ('sakhi') of all Indian languages," Amit Shah said. Shah was addressing the golden jubilee ce ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Centre on Tuesday announced new reservation and domicile policies for Ladakh, reserving 85% jobs for locals and one-third of the total number of seats in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils for women. Both Kargil Democratic Alliance (KBL) and Apex Body Leh (ABL), which are fighting for implementation of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution in the Union Territory (UT), statehood, a separate public service commission and two Lok Sabha seats for Ladakh, welcomed the not ...Read More >
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