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  BJP rules out 'imposing' Hindi in Karnataka amid protests

  India | September 16, 2019 16:05 IST

  "We are not against Hindi but certainly against its imposition on our people, majority of whose mother tongue is Kannada, followed by Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi across the state," Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told reporters at Mysuru on Sunday.  

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  Ensure that English is used on social media: Jayalalithaa to Modi

  Politics | June 20, 2014 16:03 IST

  Chennai: Terming the Centre's move on use of Hindi as being “against letter and spirit” of the law, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to suitably modify the instructions

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  Home minister moves to assuage fears on 'imposition of Hindi'

  India | June 20, 2014 9:29 IST

  Chennai: The BJP-led government moved to assuage upset feelings over a directive asking central government employees to use Hindi while posting tweets or messages on social media after DMK Thursday opposed such a move, terming