Constitution Day: Who were members of drafting committee of India's ConstitutionIndia celebrates Constitution Day. The day honors the experts who shaped India's Constitution. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar led the drafting committee...
26 Nov, 2024, 02.13 PM IST
Marathi, Bengali, and other languages receive 'classical' status: What it means and the benefits explainedThe Union Cabinet has granted classical language status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali, aiming to preserve these language...
04 Oct, 2024, 01.25 PM IST
Important for Marathi, other languages to have elite language status: NCP-SCP chief Sharad PawarFollowing the centre's decision to include Marathi and four other languages as the "classical language" category on Thursday, Nation Congre...
04 Oct, 2024, 11.59 AM IST
BJP minority wing to finetune its Pasmanda outreach at office bearers' training camp to be held July-endDifferent internal organisational communities will be formed in States, particularly where the BJP is in power to understand the problems f...
10 Jul, 2022, 09.13 PM IST
Academicians and artistes to advise government on Parliament decorThe culture ministry has constituted an advisory committee of around 30 experts from the fields of arts, architecture, academics, science a...
18 Jun, 2022, 12.21 AM IST
Yet to examine clause 6 panel’s report: Assam government in AssemblyState’s parliamentary affairs minister Chandra Mohan Patowary, while replying to a question from Nazira MLA Debabrata Saikia, said the proc...
29 Dec, 2020, 11.37 PM IST
Health, economy priorities for Indian American voters, but foreign policy making a subtle difference: ExpertsIndian Americans continue to strongly favour the Democratic Party, with little indication of a shift towards the Republican Party. Seventy-...
02 Nov, 2020, 11.39 PM IST
The forgotten founders of IndiaMany of our republic’s founders are national icons. But beyond the inner circle, there were hundreds of others.
26 Jan, 2020, 10.34 AM IST
Manifesto versus manifesto: What BJP and Congress say on major issuesHere are some of the prominent promises made by each party on major issues.
10 Apr, 2019, 08.28 PM IST
Wider consensus on citizenship bill to be taken up before implementing it: Sarbananda SonowalCongress failed to implement Clause 6 of Assam Accord, said Sonowal.
10 Apr, 2019, 11.33 AM IST
Government sets up panel to implement clause 6 of Assam AccordThe committee will submit its report within six months. After the Assam agitation of 1979-1985, the Assam Accord was signed on August 15, 1...
07 Jan, 2019, 09.16 AM IST
Proposal to recognise Marathi as classical language being pursued: Devendra FadnavisThe proposal was placed before a committee of linguistic experts, which approved it, and now it is under the consideration of the cultural ...
17 Feb, 2018, 05.37 PM IST
Classical language status to Marathi under 'active consideration': GovernmentCulture Minister Mahesh Sharma has said the Committee of Linguistic Experts has recommended grant of classical status to Marathi language w...
01 Jan, 2018, 10.22 PM IST
Why Carnatic music is in a crisis of context and curationAIR, India’s long standing state run radio service, has a rich history of supporting classical music and has a well-established ‘grading’ s...
04 Jun, 2017, 12.24 AM IST
Have discussed with J&K on minority issue: Centre to Supreme CourtA bench, comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, granted time to the NDA government till J...
01 May, 2017, 10.43 PM IST
Madras High Court upholds classical tag for Kannada, Odia, TeluguBased on petition, the Madras High Court had stayed any benefits for the languages till it was disposed of.
16 Aug, 2016, 10.41 AM IST
Richard Rahul Verma & Nadir Patel: PIOs appointed to head diplomatic missions in India by US & CanadaConsidering that the US and Canada have very large numbers of Indian immigrants, the significance of Washington DC and Ottawa appointing fo...
25 Jan, 2015, 02.32 AM IST