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Woman told to speak in Marathi at Mumbai govt office; bystander defends her
A Muslim woman was allegedly asked to speak in Marathi by a municipal corporation official in Navi Mumbai, leading to a commotion at the office. The woman had come to the corporation…
- India
‘Anti-Marathi’ remarks: Auto driver thrashed by Sena (UBT) workers, video viral
Palghar: A video showing an auto-rickshaw driver being beaten up allegedly by Shiv Sena (UBT) workers in Maharashtra’s Palghar district for ‘anti-Marathi’ remarks has gone viral on social media, further fuelling controversy…
- Opinions
Language crisis: Maharashtra government is at the cleft end of a stick
If Hindi was to be taught in schools in Maharashtra schools at the primary level itself, then the state would most likely be required to appoint candidates from outside the state which…
- Mumbai
Drunk MNS leader’s son booked for threatening Rakhi Sawant’s friend
A woman in Mumbai has accused the son of a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader of crashing into her vehicle while allegedly driving under the influence late Sunday night, July 6, on…
- India
Nitesh Rane objects to `Hindus’ being targeted for not speaking in Marathi
Mumbai: BJP leader and Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane has taken exception to MNS supporters allegedly beating up a `Hindu man’ for not speaking in Marathi, and asked if “those who wear skull…
- Opinions
Hindi politics in the land of the Marathi manoos
The likelihood of the estranged political cousins, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, each leading a political party, coming together as associates in an electoral strategy or merging seems possible but it is Hindi…
- India
Language row: Raj, Uddhav issue joint invite for July 5 ‘victory’ rally in Mumbai
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS on Tuesday issued a joint public invitation for a rally in Mumbai on July 5 to celebrate “Marathi Vijay Diwas“, following the state government’s…
- India
Row over Hindi: Marathi literary body opposes three-language formula for Classes 1 to 5
Pune: The Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal, an apex Marathi literary body, on Wednesday opposed the Maharashtra government’s decision to adopt a three-language formula for Classes 1 to 5, and said the…
- India
Dismiss Shinde faction minister for insulting Marathi: Uddhav Thackeray’s Saamana
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena(UBT) in a scathing attack against the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena following its Minister Pratap Sarnaik’s statement that Hindi has become a dialect or a spoken language in Mumbai,…
- Opinions
Hindi brings Marathi back to the centrestage–What next?
More Marathi-speaking people know Hindi in Maharashtra than those in each southern Indian state, which opposes the “imposition” of Hindi. Probably, even more than all those states put together. With more migrants…
- India
Undermining Marathi will not be tolerated, says Supriya Sule
Pune: NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule on Saturday, April 19, said that undermining Marathi in the forceful implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in Maharashtra would not be tolerated. Sule’s…
- Mumbai
Mumbai: ‘You are dirty, eat fish and meat’, Marathis clash with Gujaratis
Mumbai: Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers had a heated argument with non-Marathi speaking members of a housing society in suburban Ghatkopar after a Gujarati man allegedly called out their neighbour…
- India
Ajit Pawar slams opposition to Hindi in schools
Pune: Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has criticised political parties for opposing the move to make Hindi a mandatory third language for students in classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English-medium…
- India
2 women with baby beaten for saying ‘excuse me’ instead of speaking Marathi
Thane: Two women, one of them carrying a baby in her arms, were on Tuesday, April 8, beaten up in Dombivli in the district for allegedly saying “excuse me” instead of speaking…
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Isn’t ‘Mumbai’ a mini-India? Will not the insistence on use of Marathi alone damage the State?
Though Maharashtra is officially a Marathi-speaking state, has a Marathi majority population, the state government does its business in that language, Marathi, suddenly took the centre stage. Of the three rival Senas,…
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