Mumbai to impose double property tax for non-Marathi signboardsBMC in Mumbai enforces Marathi signboards for shops, aligning with rules and Supreme Court directive. Compliance drive resulted in fines, h...
08 Apr, 2024, 09.42 PM IST
Sanskrit should be made official language: senior BJP leader Subramanian SwamyHe said Hindi, Urdu, Marathi and Nepali languages use the Devanagari script as all these languages originated from Sanskrit. All literature...
09 Dec, 2021, 12.54 PM IST
BharatPe moves Delhi HC seeking cancellation of PhonePe’s trademarks for ‘Pe’The latest development is another sign of growing tension between the two firms over the last few years over the usage of the word 'Pe'
26 Oct, 2021, 04.46 PM IST
The country is celebrating Hindi Diwas today. Know its significanceOn this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi in Devanagari script as an official language in India.
14 Sep, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
Internet servers may be ready by June to enable full website name in 9 Indian scriptsAt present, website name can be booked in several non-English scripts including Mandarin, Arabic, Russian, Devanagari etc.
01 Apr, 2019, 04.00 PM IST
Internet domain names in Indian languages soon"Work is on for nine Indian scripts - Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Tamil and Telugu. These scripts a...
12 Aug, 2018, 12.20 PM IST
Papers in Devanagari script, Urdu dialect keep many out of NRCSeveral people said they were told by the officers during the document scanning process that the documents were difficult to decipher becau...
10 Aug, 2018, 07.50 AM IST
RBI releases limited edition coins to mark 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh JiThe circumference of the coin will be 44 millimetres, and a coin will be made up of Quaternary Alloy- Silver (50 per cent), Copper (40 per ...
27 Mar, 2018, 10.11 AM IST
Sushma Swaraj shares notes of Geeta, the girl who returned from PakistanIn Pakistan, she stayed with the Karachi-based Edhi Foundation. Since her return home, she is being taken care of by an institution for hea...
20 Dec, 2017, 10.16 PM IST
Scheme initiated for preservation of dialects, languages: GovernmentThis scheme aims at protection, preservation and documentation of all mother tongues/languages of India which are spoken by less than 10,00...
25 Jul, 2017, 09.37 PM IST
HC seeks clarification over Devanagri numerals on Rs 2000 noteMadras HC sought clarification from the government over the Devanagari form of numeral printed on the new Rs 2000 currency on a PIL petitio...
22 Nov, 2016, 10.33 PM IST
Plea in High Court seeks to declare Hindi as national languageThe plea also sought a direction to the government to make Hindi a compulsory subject for all the children aged six to 14 years throughout ...
18 Sep, 2016, 01.32 PM IST
Now, get your email address in HindiA few hundred IDs have been created till now on .bharat domain, which is available in Devanagari script. Anyone interested in Hindi script ...
23 Aug, 2016, 08.06 PM IST
An Android app that lets users learn the Modi scriptThe Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) will be launching an Android app that lets users learn the Modi script.
08 Apr, 2016, 02.49 AM IST
Government launches .bharat domain name in devanagari scriptIndividuals of companies who are interested in owning a website with domain name in Hindi language would be able to book the name in Hindi ...
27 Aug, 2014, 07.18 PM IST
- Twitter now in Hindi
This means users can now choose to read instructions on the micro-blogging site in the national language.
15 Sep, 2011, 11.14 AM IST
- Language war hots up in Goa
With Goa assembly elections scheduled for early next year, the issue of according official language status to Marathi is gaining momentum.
10 Aug, 2006, 01.55 AM IST