NEW DELHI: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president and actor Kamal Hassan on Saturday said that no one should be forced to learn another language. At one event, Hassan said, “I will learn whatever languages I need to learn, but my mother tongue will always be Tamil. I know 6 languages, still trying to learn more….
MIRA/BHAYANDaR: MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Friday said if Hindi was made mandatory for Classes 1 to 5 in schools in Maharashtra, his party will “shut down schools”. Speaking at a rally in Mira Bhayandar, he referred to CM Devendra Fadnavis’s latest reported statement that the three-language policy will be implemented in the state. Earlier…
NEW DELHI: “What Balasaheb Thackeray could not do, chief minister Fadnavis has managed to do.” This is what Raj Thackeray said as he shared the stage with his estranged cousin Uddhav Thackeray after almost twenty years.This came after both parties – MNS and Shiv Sena (UBT) – took credit for compelling the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra…
Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) boss Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday claimed that the attempt made by the Mahayuti government to “impose Hindi” on Marathi manoos has been defeated after it withdrew the two orders on the implementation of the three-language policy, in Classes 1 to 5 in…
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday clarified that his party is not opposed to the Hindi language, but stands firmly against its “imposition”, especially in schools across Maharashtra.Thackeray made the remarks while speaking to reporters after participating in a protest event in south Mumbai, where…
Rupee Symbol: तमिलनाडु और केंद्र के बीच राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति के तीन-भाषीय फार्मूले पर विवाद इतना बढ़ गया कि डीएमके सरकार ने बजट के लिए अपने लोगो में से रुपये के देवनागरी सिंबल ‘₹’ को हटाकर तमिल अक्षर ‘ரூ’ का इस्तेमाल कर डाला. हालांकि मजेदार बात यह हुई कि उन्होंने जो सिंबल हटाया, वह वास्तव…
Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan NEW DELHI: The Modi govt and DMK clashed on the first day of the resumed Budget session, with the latter questioning the govt over the three-language policy and education minister Dharmendra Pradhan accusing the Tamil Nadu govt and the governing party of going back on their commitment to sign the MoU…
Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin (right) CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin came down hard on Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday for calling DMK MPs “uncivilised”.Taking to X, Stalin said, “Dharmendra Pradhan, who thinks he is a king and speaks with arrogance, should mind his words….
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing debate over the three-language policy in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin has once again taken a strong stand against the BJP-led central government. On Thursday, he used a famous quote to target the Centre’s stance on…
Union Government committed to implementing NEP: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan CHENNAI: As Tamil Nadu stepped up its opposition to the National Education Policy, with the ruling DMK and its allies announcing a protest on February 18, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday dismissed the state government’s opposition as “politics” and said the Centre is…