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Attacks on RTC drivers in Maha: Bandh evokes mixed response in K'taka; activists slam cops' high-handedness
Bengaluru, March 22: The Karnataka bandh, called on Saturday to condemn the attack on RTC drivers for not speaking Marathi in Belagavi and Maharashtra, evoked a mixed response across the state. Thousands of Kannada activists staged protests at district headquarters, and police detained hundreds of them.
Let us roar like wildfire: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin slams Hindi imposition
Chennai, March 6: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin took to social media website X to evoke the spirit of the 1967 Tamil language protests, urging Tamil Nadu to rise against what he called the imposition of Hindi.
TN students deprived due to two language policy: Guv R.N. Ravi
Chennai, Feb 28: Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has criticised the state's rigid two-language policy, stating that it puts students at a disadvantage compared to their peers in neighbouring states.
Punjabi made mandatory main subject in all schools of Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 26: The Punjab government on Wednesday issued a notification of making Punjabi a mandatory main subject in all schools across the state, regardless of their educational board affiliation.
We will never accept that: Tamil Nadu Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin rejects three language policy
Chennai, February 21: Following Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's assurance, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Friday reiterated DMK's stand and said that the state will never accept the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the three-language policy.
Maharashtra govt makes speaking Marathi compulsory in govt offices
Mumbai, February 3: The Maharashtra government on Sunday issued an order to enforce the use of Marathi in government offices. All employees in government, semi-government offices, corporations and other government-related offices have been instructed to use Marathi with all the visitors in their offices except visitors from out of India and from other non-Marathi speaking states.