Is DMK listening? Hindi has migrated to Tamil NaduTamil Nadu's economic boom is seeing more Hindi spoken by locals. This trend challenges the DMK's long-standing opposition to Hindi. Migran...
14 Apr, 2026, 12.58 AM IST
Who is Vikash Ramkissoon, Delhi School of Economics MCom graduate and Guyanese minister whose Hindi-speaking video went viral?A Guyanese minister has become a social media sensation. Vikash Ramkissoon, Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture, stunned parliament...
11 Feb, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman rebukes TMC MP for objecting to her Hindi speech during cess bill debate in Lok SabhaUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman strongly objected to TMC MP Saugata Roy's remarks about her speaking in Hindi. Sitharaman pointed...
04 Dec, 2025, 06.30 PM IST
Congress leader Chidambaram dubs Dharmendra Pradhan's language policy pitch for Tamil Nadu as arroganceSenior Congress leader P Chidambaram criticizes Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's demand for Tamil Nadu to implement the three-...
17 Feb, 2025, 07.23 PM IST
Parliamentary panel suggests Hindi, local languages as medium of instruction in technical, non-technical institutionsAccording to the BJD leader, Hindi is used completely in technical organisations such as the ISRO and DRDO, as well as the Ministry of Home...
09 Oct, 2022, 07.37 PM IST
All regional languages must be promoted: Amit ShahAmit Shah said all Indian regional languages complement and complete Hindi and all regional languages must be promoted and encouraged.
14 Sep, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
Congress didn't support BJP on Citizenship Bill: Himanta Biswa SarmaSpeaking at election rallies in Ratabari on Tuesday Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Let congress now say that it will support the Citizenship am...
15 Oct, 2019, 10.26 PM IST
Supreme Court's no to plea to make Hindi compulsory in class I to VIIIThe bench, which also comprised Justices D Y Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, said the people speaking other languages may also start as...
04 May, 2017, 05.57 PM IST
Govt not imposing Hindi but promoting it: Kiren RijijuDMK leader M K Stalin has accused the Centre of trying to relegate people who don't speak Hindi, to second-class citizens and of pushing th...
24 Apr, 2017, 05.37 PM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee okays call for all speeches to be in HindiThe decision comes six years after the committee made 117 recommendations on how to make Hindi more popular and extensive Centre state deli...
17 Apr, 2017, 08.17 AM IST
PIL in Supreme Court to make Hindi compulsory in class I-VIII in countryPublic servants and judges of higher judiciary, who have studied regional languages, find it difficult to read, write and speak Hindi while...
14 Apr, 2017, 05.04 PM IST
Withdraw new notes having Devanagari numerals, demands DMKRaising the issue during Zero Hour, Tiruchi Siva (DMK) said new currency notes have Devanagari numerals printed on them in contravention of...
08 Feb, 2017, 01.35 PM IST
Odisha Assembly "ban" on Hindi shocking: Shiv Sena"PM Narendra Modi has given Hindi a place of pride. He also addressed Bhutan Parliament in Hindi," an editorial in "Saamana" said.
20 Jun, 2014, 04.52 PM IST
Trinamool Congress criticises Mulayam's comment on English ban in ParliamentTMC criticised Mulayam Singh Yadav for seeking a ban on English address in Parliament saying his remarks are worrying.
18 Nov, 2013, 01.25 PM IST
Mulayam Singh seeks ban on English in ParliamentAlthough Akhilesh speaks to Hindi and English news channels in Hindi, he has spoken in English in the past, the last time in January this y...
18 Nov, 2013, 06.07 AM IST
Mulayam Singh Yadav demands ban on English in ParliamentSamajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav said people living in different regions should try to promote Hindi apart from their regional l...
17 Nov, 2013, 03.02 PM IST
Suu Kyi, Meira Kumar discuss Indo-Myanmar tiesMyanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in Parliament to exchange views on bilateral ties and ...
15 Nov, 2012, 04.32 PM IST