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Gandhinagar, Sep 14 (IANS) On the occasion of Hindi Diwas, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that Hindi should not just be a medium of communication and official work but also the cornerstone of technology, science, justice and police administration.

Addressing the Fifth All India Official Language Conference, HM Shah said, “When all the work is done in Indian languages, it automatically promotes a connect with the masses.”

He said Hindi should not just be limited to use as a language for official work and a medium of communication, but its scope should be widened. “Hindi should be the language of science, technology, law and justice and police.”

The Home Minister also invited Chief Ministers of all states to write to the Union Home Ministry in their mother tongue and promised that he would reply in their language itself.

He hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling for the use of technology for promoting regional languages.

“With the establishment of the Bharatiya Bhasha Anubhag (Indian Languages Section), the Department of Official Language has now become a complete department,” he said.

He reiterated that Hindi is not a competitor of other Indian languages but their friend and highlighted the Sarthi software for translation, which integrates Hindi with other Indian languages by translating other languages to Hindi and vice versa.

“The biggest example of cohesion between Hindi and other languages is Gujarat. Gujarat’s mother tongue is Gujarati, but the state has become a glowing example of co-existence and collective growth of Gujarati and Hindi.”

He said scholars from the state, including Dayanand Saraswati, Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel, have accepted Hindi and promoted it.

“These leaders had the foresight to unite Indian languages and promote Hindi in all the states. This has gone a long way in increasing the pan-nation reach of students from the state,” he said, highlighting that students in Gujarat study both Gujarati and Hindi.

He said Hindi has linguistically united the nation by playing an unprecedented role in promoting public communication and debate.

HM Shah said that Shivaji Maharaj had stressed on three crucial points: ‘Swaraj, Swadharm and Swabhasha’. “These three elements are linked to the country’s self-respect. A country cannot aspire to be independent unless it has its own language of communication,” he said.

He also urged parents to encourage their children to acquire knowledge in their mother tongue. “Children lose their learning capacity by 30 per cent if they are made to acquire knowledge in any other language,” he said.

He also hailed Sanskrit as the source of Indian knowledge and credited Hindi for taking this knowledge to every house and individual.

Earlier in a video message on X, HM Shah said that in the last decade, under the leadership of PM Modi, a golden era of renaissance for Indian languages and culture has emerged.

Whether it is the platform of the United Nations, the G-20 summit, or addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, PM Modi has enhanced the pride of Indian languages by communicating in Hindi and other Indian languages, he said.

In the ‘Amrit Kaal’ of independence, PM Modi has taken the ‘Panch Pran’ (five pledges) to free the country from the symbols of slavery, in which languages have a significant role. We must adopt Indian languages as the medium of communication and interaction, he said.

The official language, Hindi, has completed 76 glorious years. The Department of Official Language, having completed 50 golden years of its establishment, has done remarkable work in making Hindi the language of the masses and public consciousness, HM Shah said.

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New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Former Delhi Minister and BJP legislator from Gandhi Nagar, Arvinder Singh Lovely, on Tuesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his understanding of the country’s history, sentiments and recognising the Sikh Gurus’ sacrifices.

In an emotional video statement, the five-time Sikh legislator said, “I have been in politics for a long time, but PM Modi is the first head of the government who has given due recognition to the sacrifices made by Sikh Gurus.”

Be it the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur or the tales of valour and sacrifices of Guru Gobind Singh and his sons, PM Modi laces his speeches with details of Sikh heritage and history.

“My reason to make this video is that during the NDA’s meeting, attended by leaders from across the country, PM Modi today mentioned ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ – associated with the sacrifice by sons of Guru Gobind Singh,” he said.

Lovely said he was touched by PM Modi’s call to mothers to share with their children the tale of sacrifices made by the young children of the Guru, an occasion which is observed as ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ on December 26.

“It is for the first time since Independence that a PM has truly recognised the sacrifices made by the Sikh community. I want to thank him for sharing the country’s real history with people,” he said.

The ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ honours the bravery of two young Sikh warriors who refused to renounce their faith despite extreme pressure and chose martyrdom over conversion.

Lovely’s comments came a day after Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with her Cabinet Ministers, visited the holy city of Amritsar and offered prayers for the well-being of city residents.

“It is by Guru’s great grace that we have been allowed to serve the people of Delhi,” she said, as she bowed her head at Sri Harmandir Sahib and expressed gratitude at Darbar Sahib on Monday.

The Chief Minister said she believes that it was solely by Guru’s blessings that her government successfully organised the three-day ‘Gurmat Samagam’ last month at the historic Red Fort lawns, commemorating the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the statement said.

Earlier, the Delhi government declared a public holiday on November 25 to commemorate the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru, whose unparalleled sacrifice for the protection of faith and human dignity is being remembered across the nation with deep reverence.

The Delhi government, which had earlier listed November 25 as a restricted holiday, upgraded it to a full public holiday to allow citizens to participate in commemorative events and pay homage to Guru Tegh Bahadur’s legacy.

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Bhopal, Aug 20 (IANS) Young female advocate Archana Tiwari, who was recovered from Kathmandu in Nepal late on Tuesday, had planned her mysterious disappearance along with her two- three friends.

She de-boarded at Itarsi railway station and then went to Shujalpur in Shajapur district and lived there for two days. She later moved to Hyderabad and then to Jodhpur. Further, she reached New Delhi and then went to Nepal. Interestingly, one of her male friends, Tejendra Singh, who helped her in her mysterious plan, is in Tihar Central Jail in New Delhi, according to Bhopal Railway SP Rahul Kumar Lodha.

“Archana Tiwari made this plan to avoid her marriage. She assumed that if she remained missing for a few days, her family would stop talking about her marriage, and then she would be back to her life again. However, extensive media coverage made her talk to her family and disclose her current location,” Lodha told IANS.

A police official said that Tejendra Singh, who has a criminal background, was arrested by Delhi Police two to three days ago in connection with another case, and he was sent to Tihar Central Jail. Another male friend, who was part of this entire conspiracy – Saransh Jain, has been arrested by the Bhopal Police. In fact, Saransh’s arrest disclosed the entire plan. Saransh, who works in a private firm in Indore, was known to Archana for the last several years.

According to Lodha, Archana had been “under intense pressure from her family to abandon her studies and marry a Patwari.” Babita Kataria, a woman GRP cop, who recovered Archana Tiwari at the India-Nepal border (Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh), said that she was alone in Nepal. “First, we went to New Delhi and then Nepal. She was alone there,” Kataria, who is posted in Gwalior, said.

The case drew widespread attention after Archana’s bag—containing Rakshabandhan gifts—was found abandoned at Umaria station. Her last known communication was a call to her aunt on August 7, after which her phone went silent. Archana has been handed over to her family.

However, there are several questions that remain unanswered. Police said that further investigation is underway.

–IANS

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