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  BHU's Sanskrit Professor Feroz Khan resigns, joins Arts Faculty after month-long students' protest

  India | December 10, 2019 17:40 IST

  Banaras Hindu University (BHU) students end their month-long protest, on Tuesday after Dr Feroz Khan resigned from Faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan as assistant professor on Monday night. Khan, who was facing protests for his appointment as an assistant professor in the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), has joined Sanskrit department of Arts faculty in the University.

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  BHU professor attacked for supporting Muslim colleague

  India | December 10, 2019 10:22 IST

  "I was sitting in a classroom when some students barged in and started abusing me in foul language. They asked me to stop supporting a Muslim's appointment to the faculty.

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  After students now ex-faculty object to BHU Muslim Professor

  India | November 25, 2019 10:56 IST

  "The Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vigyan department should not be tinkered with as the appointment of any non-Hindu is against the established norms and tradition of the department,"

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  BHU's Muslim professor in Sanskrit gets AMU support

  India | November 19, 2019 10:29 IST

  Vice president of the students' union Hamza Sufyan said: "The professor was appointed according to the UGC guidelines and discriminating him on the basis of religion reflects the mentality of the environment these students are exposed to."  

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  Lady Gaga tweets in Sanskrit, netizens can't keep calm

  Celebrities | October 21, 2019 9:29 IST

  The Sanskrit mantra, shared by Lady Gaga, encompasses the feeling of love and happiness towards the world. In simple words, it translates to "May all beings everywhere be free and happy".

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  Sanskrit unifies Bharat, promote it: RSS leaders to PM Modi

  India | July 16, 2019 9:31 IST

  RSS backed organisation Samskrita Bharati has said that Sanskrit was the unifying language of India which must be promoted by the Narendra Modi-led government at all levels across India. 

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  HRD Ministry advises Sanskrit teaching universities to adopt villages

  Education | July 05, 2019 8:53 IST

  In another reply to Lok Sabha earlier, the Minister had said that over 800 posts of teachers of the total 1,748 are lying vacant in Sanskrit universities and institutions funded by central and state governments. 

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  Over 800 posts of teachers vacant in Sanskrit universities: HRD minister

  Education | June 24, 2019 14:23 IST

  Ramesh Pokhriyal said the government has launched a special drive to fill up vacancies and is currently engaging guest and part time faculty to meet the shortage.

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  Few takers for Sanskrit as a subject in UP

  India | June 18, 2019 11:05 IST

  More than 40 per cent seats for Sanskrit and Hindi at graduation level in the Lucknow University have been left vacant.

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  'Sanskrit being prioritised over other Chairs at JNU'

  Education | February 19, 2018 12:30 IST

  Not all languages have been prioritised as much as Sanskrit at the JNU. Last year, the Academic Council approved the conversion of the Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies into a full-fledged School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies.

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  Muslim soldier of Sanskrit: Meet Hayat Ullah, who was titled ‘Chaturvedi’ for his knowledge of four Vedas

  Life | September 08, 2017 12:54 IST

  From a very young age, Hayat Ullah Chaturvedi was fond of Sanskrit.

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  Karunanidhi gives veiled threat to Centre on Sanskrit

  Politics | June 14, 2016 10:42 IST

  Chennai: In a veiled caution to the Centre, DMK patriarch Karunanidhi today said "no one should become responsible for a big stir" against Sanskrit on the lines of massive agitations against Hindi held in the

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  India's only Sanskrit daily Sudharma’s survival in danger, newspaper appeals for donation

  India | June 12, 2016 14:02 IST

  Sudharma, India’s only Sanskrit language newspaper, which is set to celebrate its 46th anniversary next month, is struggling for survival due to severe financial crunch.

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  Sanskrit scholar Trilochan Mishra passes away in Odisha

  India | March 10, 2016 14:49 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Former Vice Chancellor of Jagannath Sanskrit University Trilochan Mishra passed away at his residence in Sahid Nagar here on Wednesday night. He was 92 and was suffering from old-age related ailments. Trilochan Mishra started

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  HRD Minister Smriti Irani calls for simplifying Sanskrit

  Politics | September 30, 2015 19:20 IST

  New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani today made a strong pitch for promotion of Sanskrit and making it a language of the masses by simplifying it in schools and holding more research in the discipline.The

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  Watch: Irish children recite shlokas in Sanskrit, PM Modi spellbound

  Mouthful | September 24, 2015 22:24 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi got a pleasant surprise at the community reception in Dublin during his nearly five-hour stopover in Ireland en route to the US.At the function, PM Modi was left mesmerized

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  Promote Sanskrit in schools: Himachal governor

  Politics | September 05, 2015 18:38 IST

  Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat on Saturday advocated the need to promote Sanskrit by teaching it till class 12 in all schools."Sanskrit is the epitome of our culture and the rich literature of the country

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  Sanskrit most useful for science, technology: Rajnath Singh

  Politics | August 23, 2015 18:18 IST

  Lucknow: Advocating the promotion of Sanskrit, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said even foreign scholars have considered it to be one of the most scientific of languages."There is no other language which provides answers

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  Rajasthan government transfers 40 Urdu teachers to teach Sanskrit

  India | July 01, 2015 19:20 IST

  Bundi:  The Rajasthan government has transferred about 40 Urdu teachers to the post of Sanskrit teachers in its schools, drawing sharp criticism.The Department of Secondary Education, however, has admitted that transfers were made by mistake