"Opposition has made a U-turn. This will not work. After half an hour, the Parliament proceedings will resume. The Defence Minister will open the debate. I urge everyone to listen to him. No Opposition party should speak the language of Pakistan," Rijiju told reporters.
"I request the opposition, especially the Congress, not to do anything to harm India's interests and not speak Pakistan's language. We have to be mindful. We have to maintain the dignity of the Indian armed forces," Rijiju told ANI.
Announced in the Union Budget 2025, the scheme aims to make digital textbooks available in Indian languages for students at both school and higher education levels. According to sources, the initiative will be implemented centrally and will cater to a wide array of academic disciplines an
Speaking at the conference, the secretary emphasised that India's language technology ecosystem is so diverse that it has the potential to lead global AI development, stating, "If you can do it in India, you can do it practically anywhere else in the world."
Addressing the 'Maha Nayak Samman' Awards on Thursday, CM Mamata Banerjee said, "Another Bhasha Andolan is needed to awaken everyone. People are being harassed for speaking Bengali in many places. Bengali is the fifth most spoken language in the world, and the second most spoken in Asia. Aro
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagannath Sarkar on Friday reacted to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's recent remarks, emphasising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to promoting the Bengali language.
Amid the ongoing language row in Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has asserted Marathi's primacy in the State, saying, 'Here, Marathi is spoken first, then Hindi."
Weighing in on the language row in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said there is nothing wrong with requesting someone to speak in Marathi. However, he added that his government will not tolerate manhandling anyone in the name of language.
According to a release, the decision was taken during the state cabinet meeting held in Dibrugarh on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state cabinet today has approved the launch of a new scheme, namely Chief Minister
Lok Sabha MP Arun Bharti lauded the Income Tax Bill, 2025, presented in Parliament, calling it a landmark step toward simplifying India's tax system. He said the bill reduces legal ambiguity, supports startups and MSMEs, and lessens compliance burdens through structural reforms and clear lan
With the aim of glorifying the classical status accorded to the Assamese language, the Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra Society here Tuesday formally handed over a collection of five ancient sanchipat manuscripts to Rashtrapati Bhavan library for preservation and display, said an official stat
Sharing a personal experience from his time as an MP in Tamil Nadu, the Maharashtra Governor said, "...one day I saw some people beating someone. When I asked them about the problem, they were speaking in Hindi. Then, the hotel owner told me that they don't speak Tamil, and people were beati