Hindi
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Hindi can't be imposed on others, says filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan
India | Feb 22, 2016, 07:40 AM ISTMumbai: National-award-winning filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan says Hindi is a beautiful language, but it should be counted as a regional language and should not be imposed on others. Gopalakrishnan, 74, played a major role in revolutionising Malayalam
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Centre asks officials to use Hindi for official correspondence
National | Jan 24, 2016, 11:25 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a bid to promote usage of Hindi, the Narendra Modi government has directed senior officials to use simple, spoken Hindi for official correspondence.According to a report published by The Economic Times, secretary
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Modi, Shah targeted because they are from Hindi medium: Chetan Bhagat
National | Oct 31, 2015, 07:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: Noted author Chetan Bhagat on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah have come under attack from historians, scientists and artists because they do not belong to the
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Hindi a link between ancient civilisation & modernity: Pranab Mukherjee
India | Sep 14, 2015, 04:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today described Hindi as a link between the country's ancient civilisation and modern progress and hoped that it will soon get recognition as the official language of the United Nations.Addressing
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Foreign nationals from 40 countries attending hindi conference
India | Sep 11, 2015, 06:50 PM ISTBhopal: Representatives of at least 40 foreign countries including China, Japan, Poland, Italy and Sweden are taking part in the ongoing Hindi Conference in Bhopal.The three-day tenth World Hindi Conference was inaugurated by Prime Minister
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I learnt Hindi language while selling tea: PM Modi
National | Sep 10, 2015, 09:11 PM ISTBhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he did not know the Hindi language but learnt it in his childhood when he used to sell tea. "Though my mother tongue is not Hindi but
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Authors attended Hindi sammelan only to drink, eat: VK Singh
National | Sep 09, 2015, 01:39 PM ISTBhopal: A day ahead of World Hindi Conference, Minister of State External Affairs and former army chief General VK Singh has sparked a fresh row.The minisiter has said that earlier writers and authors attended such
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Twitter-like Hindi networking site 'Mooshak' launched
Sep 08, 2015, 10:42 PM ISTBhopal: Ahead of the commencement of World Hindi Conference in Bhopal, a Hindi networking site 'Mooshak' envisaged on the lines of popular English social media platform Twitter was launched today.This new networking site is targeted
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Hindi's importance to increase with India's prosperity: PM Modi
National | Jul 07, 2015, 01:59 PM ISTTashkent: Holding that popularity of language was linked with financial might of any country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that importance of Hindi was set to increase with India marching rapidly towards economic prosperity. In
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Hindi, 3 Indian languages find place in Dubai driving tests
World | Jun 14, 2015, 08:12 PM ISTDubai: Four Indian languages including Hindi can be chosen while appearing for driving tests here in the UAE from September.Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali, Chinese, Russian and Persian languages can be opted by aspiring drivers besides
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Journalists allege misbehaviour by ASI, demand action
India | Jun 12, 2015, 08:42 AM ISTFaridabad: Angry over alleged misbehaviour by an ASI of Faridabad police with a reporter of a Hindi daily over coverage of situation in riot-hit Atali village, journalists' association yesterday submitted a memorandum demanding strict action
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US University to offer Hindi language course
World | May 10, 2015, 02:45 PM ISTWashington: The University of Montana in the US is offering its students a chance to learn Hindi language during the next academic year and a Fulbright instructor from India will teach the subject. Gaurav Mishra, a
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Mauritius nurtured Hindi with love: PM Modi
World | Mar 12, 2015, 02:40 PM ISTPort Louis: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Mauritius has over the years nurtured the Hindi language with great love and care as he officially launched the construction of the World Hindi Secretariat building in Port
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Hindi should be an official language in UN: Nepal vice-prez
World | Jan 12, 2015, 05:57 PM ISTKathmandu: Nepal's Vice President Parmananda Jha, who had got into trouble for taking oath of office in Hindi, today suggested that the language be added to the list of six official languages in the United
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Maithili among 5 languages spoken during oath taking
National | Jan 06, 2015, 04:03 PM ISTRanchi : Hindi, Maithili, Bengali, Santhali and English were the languages spoken in Jharkhand assembly when the newly elected MLAs took oath on the first day of the inaugural session.Chief Minister Raghubar Das, the first
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GANIT is the new name of National Mathematics Day
India | Dec 22, 2014, 02:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: National Mathematics Day will now be known as GANIT (mathematics). The day is celebrated on December 22 every year in order to mark the anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan.GANIT stands as an acronym for
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Delhi University bungles on Hindi question paper, re-examination on Dec 5
India | Dec 03, 2014, 07:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: After a goof up over the questions for a B.Com examination, Delhi University has bungled on the paper for a Hindi test, which was today rescheduled even as varsity authorities came under a
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Hindi a symbol of social and cultural unity of India: President Pranab Mukherjee
India | Nov 15, 2014, 05:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: Describing Hindi as the symbol of social and cultural unity of India, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said the language has a significant role in connecting the government and the people."In a vast
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Tamil Nadu government directs universities not to implement UGC circular
India | Sep 18, 2014, 02:17 PM ISTChennai: Maintaining its opposition to "imposition" of Hindi in the state, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday directed two universities not to implement the UGC circular and said the decision taken by the previous UPA
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PM Narendra Modi to speak in Hindi in the UN General Assembly
India | Sep 14, 2014, 01:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York in Hindi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday.Addressing a function organised on the occasion of Hindi