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TN Reveals BJP’s Disdain for State Languages and Agenda to Enforce Sanskrit and Hindi: MK Stalin

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1 year ago

March 1, 2025

Tamil Nadu sets an example for other states in safeguarding their mother tongues by recognizing dominant languages and devising a plan to resist them, said Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin, who pledged to end Hindi imposition and protect the Tamil language. The 72-year-old Chief Minister made this commitment after honoring the memories of Dravidian leaders, including rationalist reformer ‘Periyar’ EV Ramasamy, DMK founder CN Anna Durai (Anna), and his father, DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi (Kalaignar).

Stalin criticized the BJP-led Union Government’s claim that the three-language formula in the National Education Policy (NEP) was intended to support state languages, labeling it an outright deception. He pointed to the recent decisions by the Punjab and Telangana governments to make Punjabi and Telugu compulsory in schools as evidence of the central government’s hypocrisy. “These actions reflect how other states are following Tamil Nadu’s lead,” he noted in a message to party supporters, marking his fifth letter against Hindi imposition under the NEP.

He described the BJP’s language policy as having a covert agenda aimed at undermining regional languages while promoting Sanskrit and Hindi. “Tamil Nadu was the pioneer in mandating Tamil as a mandatory subject up to the 10th grade in all schools, including CBSE institutions, via legislation passed by the then Karunanidhi Government more than 20 years ago, a move that has withstood legal examination,” he emphasized, referencing the CBSE’s initial exclusion of state languages in their draft examination pattern, which was revised only after protests from Punjab.

Reflecting on the anti-Hindi protests of 1965, Stalin named the martyrs who made the ultimate sacrifice and highlighted the leaders who were imprisoned during that struggle. He noted that the DMK government under Anna established a two-language policy in the state assembly in 1968 to protect future generations.

Hence, Tamil Nadu and its people have consistently led the charge in defending regional languages against hegemonic pressures, he reiterated. He underscored that Anna’s two-language policy and the DMK’s stance against Hindi imposition serve as a crucial defense for Tamils against the BJP’s ongoing attempts to enforce Hindi.

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Pickup Vehicle Crashes Into Divider, Two Killed Including Child

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2 hours ago

March 5, 2026

Namma Kudla

Uttar Pradesh: A tragic road accident took place in Uttar Pradesh when a pickup vehicle lost control and crashed into a road divider.

The driver and a three-year-old girl died on the spot due to the impact of the crash. Nine passengers who were travelling in the vehicle sustained injuries. They were rushed to the district hospital for treatment.

Reports said the victims were travelling to their native village to celebrate the Holi festival. A video showing the horrifying scene of the accident has gone viral on social media.

Preliminary reports suggest that overspeeding may have led to the accident. Police have started an investigation into the incident.

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Five from Karnataka Killed in Car–Container Collision in Andhra Pradesh

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1 day ago

March 4, 2026

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Andhra Pradesh: Five people from Karnataka were killed on the spot after the car they were travelling in rammed into a container truck from behind in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district on Tuesday.

The accident occurred near Gangavaram in Palamaneru while the victims were on their way to Tirupati temple from Bengaluru. According to police, the car crashed into the rear of a container vehicle with great force, leaving the vehicle completely mangled.

The deceased have been identified as Mohandas (71), Nagaraj (61), Kusuma (61), Jayanti (59), and Pooja (33). All of them were residents of Rajajinagar in Bengaluru.

Preliminary reports suggest that the impact of the collision was so severe that all five occupants died at the scene. Police have registered a case at the Palamaneru police station and further investigation is underway.

More details are awaited.

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Woman Kills Ex-Lover Over Blackmail in Ballia

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3 days ago

March 2, 2026

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Uttar Pradesh: A married woman allegedly killed her former lover in Ballia after he blackmailed her with private videos, police said.

According to police, the victim was identified as Pankaj Gupta, a resident of Azamgarh. He was reportedly in a relationship with the woman from a nearby village.

Police said the woman wanted to end the relationship. However, Gupta allegedly began blackmailing her using obscene videos and harassed her repeatedly.

Unable to bear the threats, the woman informed her brother and sister-in-law. The trio allegedly planned the murder during a wedding function on February 5.

On February 7, they allegedly called Gupta to the village on a pretext. He was strangled to death, police said. The accused then poured acid on his face to hide his identity and tried to destroy evidence.

An unidentified body with a disfigured face was found on February 10. The crime was later solved during the investigation.

Police have arrested three accused, including the woman, and sent them to judicial custody. Efforts are on to arrest other suspects involved in the case.