NEW DELHI: Union cabinet on Thursday approved granting classical language status to Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and ...

However, the ballot papers in the U.S. presidential elections will have only four other languages apart from English. And guess what? Bengali represents the Indian languages in this list.

Kolkata: The National Library of India (NLI) is set to celebrate the recent recognition of Bengali as a classical language, a historic moment for the language and its rich literary tradition.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to declare Bengali a classical language. In her letter, the Bengal CM requested the ...

The Union cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, has approved classical language status for Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali, and Prakrit, recognizing their cultural and historical importance.