Hindi

Why DMK and Tamil Nadu are seeing red over recommendations by Amit Shah-led language panel

A parliamentary committee headed by Amit Shah has recommended that Hindi be compulsorily made the medium of instruction in all technical and non-technical educational institutions. Meanwhile, MK Stalin, Siddaramaiah, and Pinarayi Vijayan have claimed that the language is being ‘imposed'

No intention of making Hindi alone national language: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi assured people in Karnataka that Hindi alone would not be made the national language and all regional languages were equal according to the Constitution

'Bharat and America sabse achhe dost': Trump coins India-US friendship slogan ahead of November mid-term polls

The new slogan is inspired by the phenomenal success of the 2016 slogan of Trump in Hindi 'Abki Baar Trump Sarkar', which had caught the imagination of the Indian-Americans then and had played a key part in his victories in some of the key swing states

Hindi is not competitor but friend of all regional languages: Amit Shah

'Hindi cannot be a competitor to any other language in the country. You must understand that Hindi is the friend of all the languages of the country,' Amit Shah said

DMK leader defends his casteist comment 'Hindi will reduce Tamils to status of 'shudras'

TKS Elangovan also claimed that Hindi-speaking states in the country were not developed, while those with vernacular languages as mother tongue were doing well

Anek director Anubhav Sinha: 'Hindi must be our national language, but it can’t be thrust on the whole nation'

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, director Anubhav Sinha talks about Anek garnering mixed responses, casting north eastern actors and other interesting things.

Over 80% of staff of seven offices under MHA have working knowledge of Hindi: Report

This comes after Home Minister Amit Shah said on 7 April that it was time to make the official language Hindi an important part of the unity of the country

Sanjay Raut bats for 'one country, one language', says Hindi is spoken across India and has acceptability

The remark comes in response to Tamil Nadu Education Minister K Ponmudy decrying any attempts of alleged imposition of Hindi and questioning claims that learning the language would fetch jobs on Friday

Tamil Nadu minister stirs row, says pani puri sellers speak hindi

Tamil Nadu higher education minister K Ponmudy later clarified that his comments on pani puri sellers did not amount to ‘profiling’

India contributes $800,000 towards efforts to continue to expand use of Hindi at United Nations

India has been partnering with the UN Department of Global Communications (DGC) since 2018 by providing an extra-budgetary contribution to mainstream and consolidate news and multimedia content of DGC in Hindi language