Hindi spoken largely in public life, learning it will benefit students: MinisterDada Bhuse, Maharashtra's school education minister, supports Hindi as a third language. He says it aids communication and higher education...
18 Jun, 2025, 01.03 PM IST
BJP imposing Hindi to finish off regional language, culture; govt should roll back decision: Congress' SapkalMaharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal criticized the BJP for allegedly imposing Hindi and endangering regional languages and c...
18 Apr, 2025, 06.39 PM IST
Hindi mandatory 3rd language for Classes 1-5 in Maharashtra; MNS slams moveThe Maharashtra government's decision to mandate Hindi as a third language for students in Classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English-medium sch...
17 Apr, 2025, 06.30 PM IST
Ajay Devgn vs Sudeep: Kangana weighs in on the row, says denying Hindi as national language is denying the ConstitutionRanaut, however, added that Sanskrit should be the national language.
30 Apr, 2022, 10.05 AM IST
Maharashtra Assembly passes bill to make Marathi language mandatory in official works of local authoritiesState minister Subhash Desai said the introduction of the bill was necessitated as the Maharashtra Official Language Act, 1964 did not make...
24 Mar, 2022, 01.23 PM IST
FMCG companies should label products in local languages: Ram Vilas Paswaan'We cultivated this notion that English is pool of knowledge and native ones are no good.
10 Oct, 2018, 11.20 AM IST
Packaged products should be labelled in Hindi, regional languages: Ram Vilas PaswanThe government, however, does not plan to make this exercise mandatory FMCG firms, and that the industry must adopt it voluntarily.
09 Oct, 2018, 07.30 PM IST
CBSE notifies marking scheme for class 10, 12 examinationsThe board had announced that once again the examination will be mandatory for class 10 students and will be re-introduced in 2018 academic ...
11 Dec, 2017, 09.56 PM IST
BCCI seeking 'Hindi speaking' head coach for Indian teamBCCI president Anurag Thakur had announced on May 22 that the Board will advertise to fill the vacant position but it finally put out the i...
01 Jun, 2016, 09.39 PM IST
India's 911-like emergency number '112' to be active from January 1The service will also be accessible even through those SIMs and landlines whose outgoing call facility has been stopped or temporarily susp...
08 May, 2016, 03.52 PM IST
India's single emergency number '112' to be active from January 1The service will also be accessible even through those SIMs and landlines whose outgoing call facility has been stopped or temporarily susp...
08 May, 2016, 11.36 AM IST
DoT to make mandatory for mobiles to support local languagesDoT is likely to come out with regulations in 3-4 months that will make it mandatory for mobile phones to support Hindi and at least one re...
15 Feb, 2016, 02.31 PM IST
UGC retracts on Hindi circularThe University Grants Commission will now issue a revised circular on the subject tomorrow, UGC Chairman Ved Prakash said today.
18 Sep, 2014, 11.26 PM IST
Non-Hindi speaking states like Tamil Nadu protest over governemnt's move to use Hindi for social networking websitesDMK leader M K Stalin had on Thursday taunted the government by asking it whether it fit into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mantra of bett...
21 Jun, 2014, 03.00 AM IST
Ensure that English is used on social media: Jaya to ModiPeople located in "Region C" shall be approached with English by Govt of India with regard to public information, J Jayalalithaa said.
20 Jun, 2014, 02.01 PM IST
Home Ministry asks bureaucrats to use Hindi on social networking sitesModi has been tweeting in Hindi from his personal Twitter handle but the PMO’s official twitter handle is still to post a tweet in Hindi.
17 Jun, 2014, 08.48 AM IST
- Foreign flavour for desi flights?
Foreign air hostesses may soon start serving passengers in business and first-class sections.
17 Jul, 2007, 02.40 AM IST