Maharashtra Assembly clears bill making Marathi compulsory in school curriculum

It will be introduced in all schools, irrespective of the board they are affiliated to, from Class 1 to Class 10 from the coming academic year.

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· Feb 27, 2020 · 10:29 pm

Odisha publishes 21 bilingual tribal dictionaries to preserve and promote languages

They will be used in multilingual education at the elementary level in tribal-dominated districts, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

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· Nov 25, 2018 · 12:17 pm

‘Enforce Telugu,’ Venkaiah Naidu tells chief ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

The vice president said that the governments must make it compulsory for everyone who wants to work in the states to learn and speak its language.

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· Dec 16, 2017 · 12:47 pm

Venkaiah Naidu urges Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu to make Telugu compulsory for jobs in state

But the vice president was quick to add that he was not against other languages and only wanted people to be proficient in their mother tongue.

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· Oct 04, 2017 · 10:46 am

Why have Mumbai authorities sealed the office of an NGO promoting Urdu and Marathi literature?

The city's municipal corporation has declared Urdu Markaz to be 'non-educational' even though it runs English classes, a library and hosts literary meet-ups.

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· Sep 08, 2016 · 02:30 pm