A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine's Parliament on Thursday evening over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking regions of the country. ...
04:13 PM, May 25, 2012
HYDERABAD: Prof Sunaina Singh of the Department of English, Osmania University, has been appointed vice-chancellor of the English and Foreign Languages University (Eflu) and she will be taking charge on Monday. The Eflu has been facing a number of problems, including severe shortage of teaching staff, due to the absence of a regular vice-chancellor for the past two years.Incharge vice-chancellor Prof R Amritavalli confirmed Prof Sunaina Singhs appointment. We received...
08:53 AM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Three Tamil Nadu MPs from different parties on Sunday made a strong pitch for making Tamil one of the official languages and opposed any move to impose Hindi on the country. MPs M Thambidurai (AIADMK), TKS Elangovan (DMK) and Thol Thirumaavalavan (VCK) raised the demand while participating in the debate in Lok Sabha on the completion of 60 years of the first sitting of Parliament. Thambidurai said they...
01:29 AM, May 14, 2012
HYDERABAD: The search committee from the Ministry of Human Resource Development for the appointment of a regular vice- chancellor for the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), visited the campus here on Sunday. The three-member panel headed by Prof Narendra Jadhav, former vice-chancellor, University of Pune and member, Planning Commission and National Advisory Council, India, interacted with representatives of the administration, teachers, heads and deans of schools, non-teaching staff and...
10:33 AM, Mar 19, 2012
London: A lot of young people in Britain are being expected by their employers to return to the classroom for unlearning the kind of language they use. Bosses say increasing numbers of young recruits are unable to communicate with customers in formal English. Instead they use "text speak" and litter emails with abbreviations and obscure acronyms, the Daily Express reported on Friday. Senior business figures are urging the British government...
07:24 AM, Feb 25, 2012
Los Angeles: Britain's Kate Middleton and her sister Pippa have bumped Lady Gaga off the international fashion map. The wife of Prince William, now formally known as the Duchess of Cambridge, topped a fashion buzzword list for a second year running while outrageous pop star Lady Gaga disappeared from sight. The Global Language Monitor (GLM), which tracks print, electronic and social media for top words and phrases, said on Wednesday...
07:35 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Islamabad: Chinese will soon be taught in schools across Pakistan, said a minister. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said arrangements were being made for introducing Chinese language at school level across the country and this programme would soon be initiated. She added that steps were being taken to promote Chinese language among the people, reported Associated Press of Pakistan. "China is our trustworthy friend and always...
02:20 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Jammu: Veteran writer and poet Agnishekhar on Saturday turned down award for best book announced by Jammu and Kashmir government's State Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (SAACL) as a "protest against exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley". "I reject the Best Book Award carrying a cash reward of Rs 51,000, a memento and a shawl to be conferred on my fourth poetry collection 'Jawahar Tunnel' by the Academy...
08:30 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Chandigarh: One leader refers to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a "Pappu PM" while another talks of doing a "qattal-e-aam" (massacre) of party rebels. Punjab may be going without posters and flags to keep poll expenses in check but colourful language is in full flow. As campaigning for the Jan 30 elections to 117 assembly seats gets into its last phase, the tone of leaders is getting sharper. Addressing an...
01:37 PM, Jan 28, 2012
BANGALORE: The time has come for all Kannada writers and people to make it their duty to spread awareness against the closing or merger of Kannada schools, said renowned lexicographer and president of the 77th Kannada Sahitya Sammalana G Venkatasubbaiah (GV) on Sunday. The 99-year-old lexicographer was speaking to Express after being felicitated by Kannada Book Authority chairman and poet Siddalingaiah at the book fair organised at Ravindra Kalakshetra in...
09:03 AM, Jan 09, 2012
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Language, as one of the most pre-eminent expressions of human civilisation, has always been the source of unity and conflict in human history. There have ...
01:52 PM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: Internet firm Yahoo India's mail service is now available in eight Indian regional languages, including Hindi and Bengali, a move that will enhance the communication capabilities of online users. Apart from Hindi and Bengali, the latest version of Yahoo Mail now comes in languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Gujarati. "Yahoo India... announced the availability of the latest version of Yahoo Mail in eight new...
04:08 PM, Dec 08, 2011
BANGALORE: Nearly 70 per cent of the population in Bangalore is from other states. They all could unite and easily take over the capital, if they wish to and make Kannadigas a minority, alleged Kannada Development Authority chairman Mukyamantri Chandru. He was speaking at a function to celebrate 56th Kannada Rajyothsava, organised by Vanasri Kannada Ranga Kalavidara Sangha at Forest Department on Monday. Clearing the air that he is not...
08:24 AM, Nov 29, 2011
Bangalore: Karnataka, an attractive destination for engineering and medical education, is caught in a piquant situation -- dwindling student strength in Kannada-medium schools. Kannada is the mother tongue of the overwhelming majority of the state's 61 million population. But the number of Kannada-medium primary schools - Classes 1 to 5 - with single-digit enrolment is increasing by the year. Two reasons are given for the decreasing number of students in...
12:01 PM, Nov 10, 2011
BANGALORE: Meet M S Suresh Kumar fromSahakaranagar who is ever ready to extend his cooperation to promote Kannada. Kumar, a civil contractor, has been striving for the promotion of Kannada in his own little way. Kumar had embarked on a journey to promote Kannada in and around Sahakaranagar by launching a unique programme " Namagondu Kare Nimagondu Kannada Naamapalaka " in 2006. I had supplied Kannada name boards to 800...
08:12 AM, Nov 01, 2011
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