Hindi signboards removed from Bengaluru metro

BENGALURU: Hindi signboards put up at the Bengaluru metro in Karnataka, have been removed a month after protests over the use of the language. The Bengaluru metro train now carries only Kannada and English texts. The move came days after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wrote a strongly-worded letter to the Centre on the use of Hindi in the metro. In his letter, Siddaramaiah appealed to the Centre to “respect cultural sentiments of the state. The cultural aspirations and sentiments of the people of Karnataka needs to be respected,” he had written.