New Delhi: Adding wind to the ongoing language row in Tamil Nadu, state BJP chief K Annamalai said the three-language policy under the National Education Policy (NEP) is the need of the hour. At a press conference where he launched a signature campaign to support the policy, he said that after the BJP came to … Read more
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has ramped up pressure on the centre in the ‘Hindi imposition’ row, claiming forced adoption of the language in other states had “destroyed 25 native north Indian languages in 100 years”. “The push for a ‘monolithic Hindi identity’ is what kills ancient languages. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were … Read more
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has said Telugu will be made mandatory for all schools, including those affiliated with the centre-administered CBSE, as part of a push to ensure students learn their mother tongue or, in case of students from outside the state, the regional language. The state also said the syllabus for Class IX and … Read more
Chennai: The battle between Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK and the BJP – over the centre’s three-language policy and the ‘imposition of Hindi’ – ramped up Tuesday after Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said “states that accept Hindi lose their mother tongue” and that his state is ready for a ‘language war’. Mr Stalin also doubled … Read more