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Amid row over Hindi, BJP leader advocates Tamil as national language
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 20 (ANI): As the controversy over Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks refuses to die down, BJP leader Pon Radhakrishnan on Friday advocated Tamil as the national language.
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Ang Lee believes 'Gemini Man' is 'full of potential'
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 19 (ANI): Filmmaker Ang Lee who directed the Will Smith starrer 'Gemini Man' believes that the upcoming film has a new language and is "full of potential" as it will show realistic CG humans ever created in Hollywood.
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DMK won't hold protest on Sept 20, will continue to oppose Hindi impositio
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 18 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (DMK) chief MK Stalin on Wednesday announced that the party has postponed its protest scheduled for September 20 against Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement on the Hindi language after the latter issued a clarificat
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Hindi is not the unifying force of India, says Karti Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 18 (ANI): Slamming Union Home Minister Amit Shah's Hindi language pitch, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Wednesday said that Hindi is not the unifying force of India.
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Never asked to impose Hindi over regional languages: Shah
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 18 (ANI): Amid controversy over his call to culturally unify India with Hindi as its national language, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday issued a clarification stating he had only requested people to learn it as their second language and not to impose it ove
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TN Congress should join DMK protest against Hindi's imposition: P Chidamba
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 18 (ANI): Amid controversy over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's call to culturally unify India with Hindi as its national language, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, currently lodged in Tihar jail, on Wednesday urged Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) presid
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Southern states will not accept imposition of Hindi: Rajnikanth
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 18 (ANI): Amid controversy over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's call to culturally unify India with Hindi as its national language, Veteran actor and politician Rajnikanth on Wednesday said that none of the southern states will accept imposition of Hindi an
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New LinkedIn tool lets you flaunt your skills to potential employers
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
California [USA], Sept 17 (ANI): Professional networking site LinkedIn introduced today a new tool that allows users to project their skillsets for potential employers.
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Nepal PM wishes Modi on his 69th birthday in three languages
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 17 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 69th birthday in three different languages - English, Hindi and Gujarati.
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India's many languages are not it's weakness, says Rahul, BJP hits back
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 16 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday listed all 22 languages in the Eighth Schedule of Constitution besides English and said that 'India's many languages were not its weakness.'
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DMK announces protest over 'imposition' of Hindi, Yeddyurappa says all off
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 16 (ANI): The row over remarks of Home Minister Amit Shah to culturally unify India with Hindi as its national language continued on Monday with the DMK announcing a state-wide protest in Tamil Nadu on September 20 against the "imposition" of Hindi.
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Battle against Hindi imposition will be bigger than jallikattu protest: Ka
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 16 (ANI): Actor turned politician and head of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Kamal Hassan on Monday said that any imposition of Hindi will lead to a battle that will be exponentially bigger than the 'jallikattu' protest.
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