Tag: Hindi

Bhartruhari Mahtab, Vice-Chairman of the Official Language Parliamentary Committee, spoke exclusively with IANS that the Chief Ministers of both the states are giving statements on misleading news and that the committee would not do anything like this.

Hindi Diwas is observed every year on September 14.

Along with two official languages namely Hindi (Devanagari Script), and English, India also have recognised 22 other languages as scheduled languages.

In a statement, the UN said that India has been making continuous efforts to expand the use of Hindi in the world body.

The proposal for Hindi to be one of the measures for national integration is flawed because it seeks to fight a non-existent problem and also undermines the very idea of India.

Bollywood actor Devgn and Sudeep engaged in a 'brotherly argument' on Twitter on the topic of whether Hindi is a national language or not.

When probed about a Kannada film becoming a pan-Indian hit, Sudeep told media, "You said that a pan India film was made in Kannada. I'd like to make a small correction. Hindi is no more a national language."

Odisha is the first state, which has been declared as a separate province on linguistic basis

Bhubaneswar: Questioning the reason behind sending official communication to non-Hindi speaking people in Hindi, BJD MP from Dhenkanal Tathagata Satpathy on Saturday posted a thread of twitter messages saying that he replied in Odia, to a letter sent by Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Hindi. He further stated on social media, “Why are Union […]

Puri: With preparation for Bahuda Jatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings have reached final stage in Puri, OTV is all geared up to bring all the actions live for its viewers from Puri. WATCH LIVE HINDI WATCH LIVE ODIA While, people just can tune into OTV channel for the live telecast of the annual […]

New Delhi: State-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Friday bagged the “Rajbhasha Kirti” award for outstanding performance in implementing the Official Language Policy during 2017-18, the bank said. The award, under the category of ‘Nationalised Banks and Financial Institutions in Region A’, was presented by Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu to PNB Chief Executive and […]

New Delhi: If Hindi speakers learn other Indian languages, it will help generate interest for Hindi language among non-Hindi speakers, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Thursday. Kovind’s observation came as he gave away the Rajbhasha Awards on the occasion of Hindi Diwas at a function here. He also launched the “Lila” mobile app in the […]

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha, who has completed seven years of her journey in Hindi filmdom, says all the love and affection from her fans make her feel that she can go on for the next seven decades to come. Sonakshi, who is the daughter of veteran actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha, completed her seven […]

Mumbai: Sridevi will be celebrating her 50 years in films and to mark the occasion the veteran actress has decided to dub her upcoming film “MOM” in four languages- Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. The movie, which also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Akshaye Khanna, marks Sridevi’s 300th film. “Sridevi has decided to dub the film […]

Rajan Iqbal, a bookseller at the New Delhi Railway Station, vividly remembers "those days" when Hindi pulp fiction books were his stall's bestsellers. Today, he struggles to sell even a single copy in a day and blames the internet for "killing the reading habit and diminishing the business of pocket books"