Further escalating the row with the NDA-led Centre, the DMK government in Tamil Nadu on Thursday released the logo for its budget for the year 2025-26, which replaced the Indian Rupee symbol with a Tamil letter. TN Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu is scheduled to table the budget for 2025-26 on Friday. Watch to know more!

Tamil Nadu: Amid massive language row with centre DMK replaces rupee symbol in budget

Tamil Nadu replaces rupee symbol in state budget amid massive language row with centre

A major political clash has erupted between the BJP and DMK over the issue of Hindi imposition in Tamil Nadu. Union Minister accused the DMK of ruining students' futures, while Chief Minister Stalin fired back, calling it an act of "entitled bigots." The debate has intensified in Parliament, fueling tensions between the two parties.

BJP vs DMK: Heated clash over Hindi imposition in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu will not tolerate 'Hindi colonialism' replacing British colonialism, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Friday and accused Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan of provoking the state by threatening it to accept Hindi imposition. Watch to know more!

MK Stalin Says NEP To ‘Destroy’ Tamil Nadu's Education, Slams BJP As Row Heats Up

Tamil Nadu Vs Centre: DMK, BJP Face-Off Over NEP, Hindi In Parliament

Kamal Haasan backed MK Stalin’s stand in the ongoing language controversy and accused the Centre of attempting to turn India into “Hindia" by “imposing" Hindi on the non-Hindi-speaking states. Watch this report for more details!

Kamal Hassan backs Stalin on delimitation, says 'They want to create Hindia'

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has accused the central government of imposing Hindi, reigniting the language debate. He urged people to resist linguistic dominance, calling it a "language war." Meanwhile, Home Minister Amit Shah acknowledged Tamil as one of the oldest languages and apologized for not being able to speak it.

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin accuses centre of Hindi imposition in language row

On his 60th birthday, producer Anand Pandit gave a speech referencing a Salim Javed dialogue from the film Trishul. He also discussed how Hindi cinema had inspired him to pursue his dreams in Mumbai.

Film music has popularised Hindi all over the world, says Anand Pandit

Kuwait on Monday (Apr 22) started its first-ever Hindi language radio broadcast. The Hindi programme will be available on Kuwait radio on frequencies FM 93.3 and AM 96.

Kuwait launches first-ever Hindi language radio programme, India lauds the move

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma baby boy Akaay Meaning: Star couple Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli have announced the arrival of their second child — a baby boy. Keeping with the trend, the celebrity couple chose a rather unique name for their bundle of joy: 'Akaay'.

Decoding Akaay: The meaning of Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli’s newborn son’s name

Ahead of the 2024 general elections in India, the unity efforts of the opposition I.N.D.I.A. Alliance seem to be already coming under strain. The challenges became evident at a recent meeting of the bloc in New Delhi, when the Chief Minister of the state of Bihar Nitish Kumar lost his cool with DMK leader T.R. Baalu who asked for an English translation of his Hindi speech.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar snaps at DMK leader over Hindi speech | Race to Power

Today is Hindi Divas, Hindi is written in Devnagari's script. The script is phonetic. So, Hindi unlike English is pronounced as it is written there are no silent words in India. Watch this report to know more.

Hindi Diwas 2023: A special day devoted to the language

OpenAI's ChatGPT, can now respond in Hindi and other Indian languages via the Bing Search feature, available to ChatGPT Plus users. The integration is currently in beta and will be expanded soon.

OpenAI's ChatGPT now speaks Hindi, Assamese and Bangla

A 14-year-old Hindu girl was kidnapped, forcibly converted into Islam and married off to an older man by her tutor in Pakistan's Sindh province. Such cases have become endemic in Sindh. When will Pakistan's government take action? Molly Gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas: Abduct-and-convert cases rising in Pakistan

English and Hindi are without a doubt the most widely spoken languages, and Indian films are the second most popular worldwide after Hollywood productions. The sequel to 'Avatar' (2009), the all-time highest-grossing film, is currently running in theatres.

Did you know James Cameron's 'Avatar' films are subconsciously linked to India?

In just a few days 'Vikram Vedha' will hit the theatres and fans will get to see Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan share screen space, once again, after almost two decades. Promotions for the film are going on in full swing and recently, both the stars along with the director duo Pushkar-Gayathri reached Gurugram to talk about their Hindi debut movie and answer some pressing questions.

'Vikram Vedha' director Gayathri shares memorable BTS moment from her Hindi debut film's set

The Indian National Congress (INC) is poised to name former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar as a national spokesperson, as part of the reshuffle of its communications staff and concentration on Hindi.

India: Congress may choose Kanhaiya Kumar as national spokesperson amid focus on Hindi

A cafe in Islamabad, Pakistan has faced the wrath of the internet for cracking a joke on an employee which they thought was funny, but the internet disagreed. Owner of Cannolis cafe in Islamabad was recorded making fun of one of her employees for not being able to speak English fluently.

Pakistan: #BoycottCannoli trends on Twitter after owners mock employee for bad English

Afghanistan has appointed a new envoy to India, Farid Mamundzay who has called India a "generous neighbour" who has "stood with us in difficult times and have shared their bread with us.

New Afghan envoy to India calls India a 'generous neighbour'; tweets in Hindi

The head of state of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei has opened an official Twitter account in Hindi. The new account, which has Iran’s supreme leader bio written in Devanagari.

Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei creates official Hindi Twitter account

A Global Trend: The rising might of Indian Diaspora.

Conservative friends of India campaign release Video

Lithuanian Foriegn Secretary Laimonas Talat Kelpsa is in India and speaks in Hindi. Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal Lithuanian Foriegn Secretary said Hindi and Lithuanian have many common word and similar sounding words. Infact his name Laimonas means Laxman, the FS informed. Both languages have approximately 1500 common words, this depite miles of difference between Lithuania in North Europe and India in South Asia. Here is the full interview.

Lithuania's Hindi Speaking Foreign Secy says Hindi is key to future

Tamil people are not opposed to Hindi and students in schools and colleges should have the option to study Hindi, said Shiv Sena`s state unit chief Radhakrishnan on Sunday.

Tamils are not opposed to Hindi: Shiv Sena

Rajinikanth has joined the league of celebrities and politicians that have voiced their opinion on the comments made by Home Minister Amit Shah on Hindi being a unifying language.

States in North and South will oppose Hindi imposition: Rajinikanth

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