Hindi Imposition

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’

Let's not divide people further: Sonu Nigam on 'Hindi national language' row

'We aware that Tamil is the world's oldest language? There is a debate between Sanskrit and Tamil. But people say Tamil is the oldest language in the entire world,' the singer said

Ajay Devgn, Kichcha Sudeep engage in Twitter debate over 'Hindi no more national language' comment

"Hindi is no more our national language," Kannada star Sudeep said at a film launch event last week when he was asked how he viewed the record-breaking pan-India success of the film "KGF: Chapter 2"

Amit Shah's Hindi remark triggers 'imposition' debate: Understanding India's history of language politics

Home Minister Amit Shah's statement that 'Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages' invited the fury of Opposition leaders, as well as artistes such as AR Rahman and Prakash Raj. They called it an assault on India's pluralism

'Will not allow': DMK hits out at Centre over Hindi 'imposition'

The ruling party's mouthpiece 'Murasoli' in its edition on Sunday carried a well-known slogan of late Karunanidhi against Hindi being foisted on people and captioned the write-up as 'Warning to the Union government'

'Hindi imposition unaccaptable,' says AIADMK; AR Rahman's tweet sparks debate

Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages, has been met with a backlash in Tamil Nadu

Zomato sacks, reinstates employee who asked Tamil Nadu customer to 'learn Hindi'; pleads for tolerance in country

The company’s co-founder Deepinder Goyal took to Twitter saying that “an ignorant mistake” became a national issue, adding that “ the level of tolerance and chill in our country needs to be way higher”

AYUSH secretary asked participants of virtual meet to leave if they didn't know Hindi, alleges DMK

The episode "exposed" the BJP-led government's agenda of imposing Hindi through its officials, the DMK's MK Stalin alleged

'CISF official asked me if I am Indian because I did not know Hindi', alleges DMK MP Kanimozhi

The incident is understood to have taken place when Kanimozhi was at the Chennai international airport to take a flight to Delhi

Tamil Nadu CM should reconsider his views on three-language formula, says BJP

The BJP asked if the lawmakers from TN, who opposed the three-language policy, would surrender the 10 Kendriya Vidyalaya seats allotted under the quota for Members of Parliament