CHENNAI: School Education Minister KA Sengottaiyan on Saturday announced that action will be taken against those who were responsible for stating that Tamil language is younger than Sanskrit in Class ...

CHENNAI: The Centre’s new draft education policy has run into rough political weather in Tamil Nadu, underlining the need for an open-minded discussion between the Centre and the state to sort out the ...

Chennai: A circular by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) directing all schools to celebrate Sanskrit week in August by organising a range of Sanskrit based-programmes for students and ...

Tamil Nadu Public Works Minister EV Velu sparked a fresh political row on Friday after sharply criticising the Union government’s financial support for the Sanskrit language. Speaking at a public ...

Tamil isn’t just a language, it is an important identity of Tamil culture. The Sangam age literary work ‘Kalithogai’ has references to Lemuria continent, where it is mentioned as ‘Karodaiyaaru’. It ...

Chennai: A circular of the Central Board of Secondary Education to schools under it aimed at promoting Sanskrit and the political row it sparked in Tamil Nadu is nothing new as the State had opposed ...

The Centre’s emphasis on Sanskrit education and decision to introduce it as a medium of study from school level has found widespread favour and appreciation from many quarters. As an ancient language, ...

THOOTHUKUDI: Ulaga Thirukkural Peravai has urged the state government to replace the Sanskrit names of habitations, and temples with pure Tamil terminology. The Peravai also requested to conduct ...

Sharpening his attack on the Modi government on the language issue, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday said the largesse for Sanskrit and the pittance for Tamil and other south Indian ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday lamented that the Centre "sheds crocodile tears" for Tamil and other South Indian languages while it made hefty allocations for promoting ...

Tolkappiyam is not dependent on Sanskrit sources and a work that demanded not only vast knowledge but also a lot of thinking from its author, according to Alexander Dubyanskiy, veteran Tamil scholar ...

Tamil Nadu minister EV Velu questioned why the Sanskrit language receives heavy financial backing from the Centre Mimicking Sanskrit verses typically recited during Hindu wedding ceremonies, Tamil ...