The South Africa government wants to phase out Indian languages from the school curriculum for want of sufficient enrollment.
BJP's total silence on Delhi statehood is intriguing.
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'No country or society ever prospered or remained secure by marginalising more than one-sixth of its own,' warns Shekhar Gupta.
'In his demise, the world of Telugu language and literature has lost a bright star. The void caused by his loss can never be filled.'
On the one side there is a strong 'chowkidar', on the other, a line of tainted people, the prime minister said.
Pak military officers were involved in the attack on the Indian Consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif in which assailants attempted to storm the mission building.
Indian cricketers, especially Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, are extremely popular in Pakistan.
She will be visiting her ancestral home in Makan Bagh in Mingora, her school besides inaugurating a girls school in Shangla district.
'Not afraid to look Muslim, not shy of flaunting her nationalism.' 'With a willingness to fight carrying the Constitution, the Flag, the Anthem, Ambedkar, Gandhi and the chant of 'Hindustan Zindabad',' notes Shekhar Gupta.
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Shiv Sena legislators on Monday occupied opposition benches as the special three-day session of Maharashtra assembly began here during which Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will seek a trust vote as mandated by Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao when he stakes claim to form the government
US-based Tegic Communications will launch the Hindi version of its upgraded T9 text input software for instant mobile messages in the Indian market in April.
Imam said it was his right to use the red beacon.
I was flogged about 500 in 3 days, they cut my back with blades and removed nails from my hands and feet," said Shahbaz Taseer of the ordeal he endured.
'If this is how the audience likes me, I will continue doing it.'
'I went away from the industry because all the people I enjoyed working with, like Manmohan Desai and Prakash Mehra, are no more.' 'They left this world and went away, so I lost interest in my work.'
Sukanya Verma celebrates 25 years of Bollywood images.
'India serves itself poorly with its latter-day discovery of Pakistan as an instrument in domestic politics,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
Sushma Swaraj's suave moves helped Narendra Modi pull off a diplomatic coup, helping regain her standing.
"If the big country makes a concession of say one hundred rupees, the smaller one can make a concession of a rupee and a half," the Pakistani prime minister told BBC's listeners.
Tamil writer S Balasubramanian and Marathi playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar are also among the 22 litterateurs selected.
Muhammad Usman, a suspected bomb-maker for the Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, had set out from the capital of the self-declared Islamic State caliphate in Raqqa, Syria, six weeks before the Paris attacks along with Algerian-born Adel Haddadi, the report said, citing investigation documents.
"Partying late night in half attire, blindly following western culture, has never been our culture," he said.
The Hindi-speaking concertgoers reportedly staged a walkout.
The actress will be see in Aparna Sen's Bengali film Arshinagar.
Mohammad Sajjad salutes the memory of Mushirul Hasan -- historian, thinker, academic, institution builder, -- who passed into the ages this week.
After the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the eight-member South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation could soon have an anthem after an Indian diplomat in Kathmandu penned a song for the grouping to foster deeper regional consciousness.
Maulana Masood Azhar was allowed to preach extremist ideology at several British mosques during a month-long visit to UK in 1993 on the invitation of Islamist scholars
The Bollywood actress looked glamorous as she walked down the ramp for Rohit Bal's spectacular show.
Congress on Sunday distanced itself from the comment of Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, on the controversy sparked by party vice-president Rahul Gandhi's remarks on ISI getting in touch with Muzaffarnagar riot-hit youth.
'If you start from a position of compromise, you end up getting nothing.' Shabana Azmi explains.
Noman Badar alias Falahi, 30, was chief editor of an Urdu magazine published by SIMI and an authorised signatory to operate the outfits bank accounts.
They will now be called Khaddam-ul-Islam and Jamiat-ul-Ansar respectively.
He beat Jnanpith award winner Mahashweta Devi.
'I have tried to draw the UN's attention to the very obvious attempt of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convert a secular India into a theocratic Hindu State.'
