Bengaluru: In yet another step towards Kannada promotion, the State Government will make use of Kannada language at all levels with effect from Jan.1, 2023. Addressing presspersons here recently, Kannada and Culture Minister V. Sunil Kumar said that the Government will enact a Legislation in this regard after holding a debate on the issue during…
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday urged all non-Kannadiga residents of Karnataka to wholeheartedly embrace local language Kannada. He was addressing the State Kannada Rajyotsava event at Kanteerava Stadium yesterday morning, during which 67 achievers from different fields and 10 organisations working for social causes, including Mysuru’s Ramakrishna Ashram, were presented the coveted State…
Bengaluru: All the professional courses including engineering will also be taught in Kannada across the State starting from this academic year and translation works of the curriculum has begun, said Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. Speaking at the webinar organised by All Languages Faculty Association of Karnataka University on the…
Mysore/Mysuru: A five-day workshop began at the Educational Technology Unit (ETU) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, on Feb.22 towards finalisation of the course material for 12-week Basic Online Course on Kannada. The course, proposed to be hosted on SWAYAM platform of the Ministry of Education, has been designed to teach Kannada for…
For over half a century (54 years to be accurate), the incessant toil and hard work of a group of Kannada grammarians and linguists saw the publication of what is probably the most comprehensive Kannada dictionary till date — a tome which runs to about 9,000 pages. The man who led this herculean effort was…
Mysore/Mysuru: Everyday, all of us receive many ‘Words of Wisdom’ as WhatsApp messages on mobile phones. Most of the time, we would just quickly leaf through them and move on with our daily lives. But this retired school teacher, from the past 15 years, has been penning such beautiful Kannada quotes, walking down every day…
Mysuru: A two-day seminar on e-Kannada organised by Kannada Development Authority (KDA) and Department this morning at the premises of Administrative Training Institute here. About 30 Kannada software experts from across the State are participating in the seminar where resource persons would speak on various topics pertaining to Kannada software. Inaugurating the programme writer T.V….
Mysuru: Expressing concern that the love for English among parents are depriving their wards from learning Kannada, noted writer Dr. Vijayalakshmi Balekundri said that it was really unfortunate that Kannada is being neglected by Kannadigas alone. She was speaking after inaugurating ‘Sahityayaana Roopaka, Gangothri Kavigoshti (Poets’ Meet) and Dr. Ha.Ma. Nayak Endowment Prize Distribution programme…
November 1st was Karnataka Rajyotsava, our State’s birthday. It was on this day in 1956 that all Kannada-speaking provinces were brought together and named Mysore or Mysore State under the States Reorganisation Act. Then on November 1, 1973, it was renamed as Karnataka. Every year to mark this day, our leaders after hoisting the yellow-red…
Mysuru: Members of the District Kannada Implementation Committee visited several Government offices yesterday to find out the status of Kannada implementation. The members first visited Vijaya Bank City Head Office on D. Devaraj Urs Road and reviewed the progress made in Kannada implementation by scrutinising Bank application forms, correspondence letters, Kannada notifications etc. They directed…
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