Language war: CPM’s Brittas protests Hindi responses from minister, replies in Malayalam | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In a language war of sorts, CPM deputy leader in Rajya Sabha John Brittas on Sunday raised objections to junior rail and food processing minister Ravneet Singh writing official responses to him in Hindi. “In a compelling gesture of protest”, Brittas has written to the minister in Malayalam.The minister in his written replies…

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Gujarati now third most-spoken Indian language in Canada | India News – Times of India

Ahmedabad:Gujarati is the third most-spoken language among Indian immigrants in Canada, following Punjabi and Hindi. According to data from Statistics Canada, around 87,900 Gujarati-speaking immigrants have settled in Canada since 1980, with a notable 26% of them arriving in the country between 2016 and 2021.During this latter period, Punjabi speakers constituted the largest linguistic group…

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‘I don’t know Hindi’: DMK Rajya Sabha MP responds in Tamil to Union minister’s letter | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: DMK leader and Rajya Sabha MP MM Abdulla responded to Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu’s Hindi letter, saying that he did not understand Hindi and requested that official communications be sent in English instead. The response by the DMK MP follows a letter from the Union minister of state for railways, dated October…

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‘Hindi must be made acceptable, not imposed’ – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said Hindi must be made acceptable, flexible and conversational, and stressed the need to promote it by strengthening all Indian regional languages and establishing their mutual congruence.Shah, while addressing the official language‘s diamond jubilee celebrations and the 4th Akhil Bharatiya Rajbhasha Sammelan here coinciding with Hindi Diwas,…

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‘Hindi must be made acceptable, not imposed’ | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said Hindi must be made acceptable, flexible and conversational, and stressed the need to promote it by strengthening all Indian regional languages and establishing their mutual congruence.Shah, while addressing the official language‘s diamond jubilee celebrations and the 4th Akhil Bharatiya Rajbhasha Sammelan here coinciding with Hindi Diwas,…

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