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Akali Dal gives zero hour notice in RS over inclusion of Punjabi as offici
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Akali Dal MP Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa has given zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over the demand to declare the Punjabi language as the sixth official language of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Centre has no proposal to amend Official Languages Act: MHA
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai on Wednesday clarified that the Central government has no proposal to amend the Official Languages Act to include Scheduled languages other than Hindi and English as its official languages as
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Films Division to stream films on Rajbhasha on 'Hindi Diwas-2020'
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 13 (ANI): Films Division is all set to mark the celebration of 'Hindi Diwas' tomorrow by streaming well-researched documentaries leading to the historic occasion of the adoption of Hindi as an official language of the Union of India on 14th September 1
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Union Cabinet approves J-K Official Languages Bill, 2020
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): Union Cabinet has approved the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill 2020 in which five languages Urdu, Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi and English will be official languages, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar. The Bill will be introduced in Parliament so
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Special thrust to be given to respective official language: Vice President
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday emphasised the need for giving special thrust to the concerned official language by every state government.
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PIL in J-K HC seeks to declare Hindi as official language of Union Territo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) has been moved in Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking directions to declare Hindi as the official language of the Union Territory claiming that the people of Jammu have been a victim of the language barrier.
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Dept of Official Language trying to increase progressing use of Hindi in G
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that the Department of Official Language is trying to increase the progressing use of Hindi in Central Government works.
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DMK urges PM Modi to make Tamil an official language
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Tamil as "one of the most ancient living languages", DMK chief MK Stalin on Tuesday urged him to take "all necessary steps" to make it one of the official languages of the country.
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Activists demand Western Odisha as separate state with 'Kosli' as official
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 26 (ANI): Activists from Western Odisha demanded a separate state for the region with the constitutional status to their mother language 'Kosli'.
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DMK announces protest over 'imposition' of Hindi, Yeddyurappa says all off
Updated : 6 years, 5 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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Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam inaugurates Club House of RMK Chola
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, [India] Sept 10, (ANI/NewsVoir): Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu O Panneerselvam inaugurated on Monday the Club House of RMK Chola Gardens, the largest residential township and the first gated-community in Thiruverkadu, in the presence of P Benjamin, Minister for Rur
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AP: YL Prasad takes charge as Chairman of state Official Language Commissi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Former Rajya Sabha MP Dr Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad took charge as the Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Official Language Commission in Secretariat here on Monday.
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