The National Education Policy, 2020, encourages students up to at least Class 5 to learn a regional language in addition to the local language or mother tongue and English. While the Central government asserts that the choice of the additional…
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Demanding linguistic equality is not chauvinism, says T.N. CM Stalin
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: M. Moorthy Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday (March 6, 2025) said the subject of mother tongue was like “a hornets’ nest” and it was dangerous to touch it. Recalling…
NEP will not impose Hindi in T.N., says Pradhan
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan | Photo Credit: PTI Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday (March 2, 2025) asserted that the New Education Policy would not impose Hindi on States and Tamil Nadu’s opposition had “political reasons” behind it.…
Governor Ravi slams ‘rigid’ two-language policy of T.N. govt.
R.N. Ravi. File | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Friday (February 28, 205) criticised the two-language policy followed by the State government, terming it “rigid.” Students in Tamil Nadu felt they were “hugely deprived” of…
T.N. CM Stalin endorses incidents of Hindi words being blackened
M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin on Wednesday (February 26, 2025), in a social media post, endorsed incidents of Hindi letters being blackened at various places, including railways…
DMK functionary, supporters booked for defacing name board at Pollachi
DMK functionary ‘Thendral’ Selvaraj defacing a sign board at Pollachi railway station on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Sunday booked a DMK functionary and four others for defacing the Hindi words on the…