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Not a realistic request: Tharoor on making Sanskrit as official language
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday did not agree with National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) chairman Nand Kumar Sai over his request to make Sanskrit as an official language and stated that 'his advice is not realistic.'
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Sanskrit should be made official language: NCST chairman
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Nand Kumar Sai, the chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) on Thursday said that Sanskrit should be made the official language of the country and he will speak to Human Resource and Development (HRD) Ministry regarding the same
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Hindi is an option and not an imposition as per 3-language policy: TN BJP
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jun 6 (ANI): Tamil Nadu BJP president Tamilisai Soundararajan asserted on Thursday that Hindi will be an option and not an imposition according to the central government's three-language policy.
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Palaniswami requests PM to make Tamil an optional language in states acros
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): In the midst of a controversy over Hindi being part of a three-language formula, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include Tamil as an optional language in curriculum across India.
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No decision has been taken on three-language norm: Union Minister Gowda
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 3 (ANI): No decision has been taken on the implementation of the three-language norm in school teaching, said Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Sadananda Gowda here on Monday.
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Centre revises draft education policy amid swelling protest in south over
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 3 (ANI): Under attack from parties in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the Centre on Monday revised its new Draft National Education Policy, which recommended Hindi learning mandatory in schools of non-Hindi speaking states, and suggested a three-language formula without na
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AR Rahman welcomes new changes in the education policy
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jun 3 (ANI): Music director A R Rahman on Monday welcomed the changes made to the draft National Education Policy saying the alteration will enable students to choose any language they want to study.
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Amid uproar over "Hindi imposition", Centre alters draft education policy
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 3 (ANI): After many states alleging imposition of Hindi, the Centre on Monday made changes to the new Draft National Education Policy, making the language optional.
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Hindi not our mother tongue, don't enforce it on us: MNS
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jun 3 (ANI): Joining ranks with the recent protests over the pan-India three language formula proposed in the draft National Education Policy 2019, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Sunday spoke against enforcement of Hindi asserting that it is not their mother tong
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One language should not be imposed on others: HD Kumaraswamy on 3-langua
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 2 (ANI): After a controversy broke out over three-language norm, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday said that one language should not be imposed on others.
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No language will be imposed, says Foreign Minister Jaishankar
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said the Central government "respects all languages" and "no language will be imposed," while stating that all stakeholders - general public and state governments - would be consulted before taking a final call on th
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Regional languages will die if three-language policy is adopted: Senior Co
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 2 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Peter Alphonse on Sunday said that the regional languages in most of the non-Hindi speaking states will "die" if the three-language formula is implemented by the Central government.
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