Odia on Thursday became the sixth language of the country to get “classical language’’ status after the Union Cabinet conceded a long-pending demand for putting it in the same league as Sanskrit, ...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, Feb. 20: Odia today became the sixth language in India to get classical status following approval of the Union cabinet. The linguistic committee of the Sahitya Akademi had ...

Union ministers of petroleum and natural gas M Veerappa Moily and culture minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch on Sunday assured that Odia will be accorded the classical status soon and insisted that the ...

Today is the first anniversary of the government recognizing Odia as the sixth classical language of India. Today is the first anniversary of the government recognizing Odia as the sixth classical ...

Odia may soon get the status of a classical language with the Union Cabinet expected to clear the proposal moved by the culture ministry. NEW DELHI: Odia may soon get the status of a classical ...

Following demands, the Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval for putting Odia in the list of classical language. There were demands that since Odia, one of the oldest languages, has no ...

State Government is ready with a 500-page report on its demand for classical status to Odia language. The report, compiled by an 11-member committee constituted by the Government comprising eminent ...

Special centres set up for the promotion of Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia after they were designated classical languages are demanding autonomy in their functioning in order to better carry out ...

Bhubaneswar, June 18: The state government wants Odia to be the next Indian language to join the exclusive “classical” club of Tamil, Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam. By the end of this month, ...

Odia on Thursday became the sixth Indian language of the country to get ‘classical language’ status. The Union Cabinet approved the long-pending demand of Odisha for according the classical tag to ...