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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 7 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray strongly criticised the BJP on Monday, accusing the party of trying to divide Maharashtra and pushing an anti-Marathi narrative to create fear and political instability in the state. Speaking to reporters, Aaditya Thackeray said, '...This is exactly the BJP's mentality, which is anti-Maharashtra. We have asked everyone not to react to such crazy and dirty minds because they want to create fear and instability in Ma ...Read More >
Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gavai emphasized the importance of studying in one's mother tongue, highlighting its role in fostering conceptual understanding and strong values. During a visit to his alma mater, Chikitsak Samuh Shirodkar School, he credited his teachers and the school for shaping his life and career. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Gavai on Sunday stated that studying in one's mother tongue enhances conceptual understanding and instils strong values for life, as he reminis ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A day after celebrating government's rollback on "Hindi imposition," Shive Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday dismissed the controversy between Hindi vs Marathi in Maharashtra.Thackeray claimed that that the controversy is only on "biased media" and the issue was of "burden of three languages" on students."I think this controversy is only on biased media or social media. Otherwise, there is no Hindi vs Marathi in Maharashtra. The controversy was just about the burden of thr ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 6: Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai turned emotional on recalling the moment he fulfilled his father's dream by becoming a judge and also highlighted on Sunday the benefits of studying in his Marathi mother tongue, claiming that it helped him in better conceptual understanding. The CJI virtually held back his tears as he opened his heart at a lawyers' event in Maharashtra, saying, "I am happy my father's dream to see me become a judge has come true." The CJI, the first Buddhist to ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai turned emotional on recalling the moment he fulfilled his father's dream by becoming a judge and also highlighted on Sunday the benefits of studying in his Marathi mother tongue, claiming that it helped him in better conceptual understanding. The CJI virtually held back his tears as he opened his heart at a lawyers' event in Maharashtra, saying, "I am happy my father's dream to see me become a judge has come true." The CJI, t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday paid his tributes to Bharatiya Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary and said his vision of inclusive development reflects in the BJP-led Centre's policies. The railway minister paid a visit to the Sangh ideologue's statue in Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Park at Delhi Gate and placed flowers there. Also Read | Jharkhand: One Dead, 4 Injured As Tazia Touches High-Voltage Wire During Muharram Procession in ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday paid his tributes to Bharatiya Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary and said his vision of inclusive development reflects in the BJP-led Centre's policies. The railway minister paid a visit to the Sangh ideologue's statue in Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Park at Delhi Gate and placed flowers there. Vaishnaw said Mookerjee made a monumental contribution to shaping modern India. "Dr Mookerjee championed In ...Read More >
Nagpur/Riddhapur: In a landmark step for regional pride and linguistic scholarship, the world's first Marathi Language University commenced admissions for the 2025 academic session on July 1 in Riddhapur, a historic village in Amravati district. The event marked a significant cultural and academic development for Maharashtra and the broader Marathi-speaking community. Dr Avinash Awalgaonkar assumed office as the university's first vice-chancellor felicitated by Mahant Karanjekar Baba, the newly ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 5 (ANI): Five workers of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have been arrested in connection with the vandalism at entrepreneur Sushil Kedia's office in Worli, police said on Saturday. A case has been registered against them under Sections 223, 189(2), 189(3), 190, 191(2), 191(3), and 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. Also Read | Sharad Kelkar on Hindi-Marathi Conflict: 'All Indian Languages Are Beautiful, I'm Indian, First and Foremost'. Entrepr ...Read More >
Nagpur: The Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) has almost completed the Rs 132.49 crore phase 1 of the Tajbagh renovation and beautification project and is now awaiting Rs 95.87 crore to start phase 2 of the project. Under the first phase, NMRDA strengthened and beautified the main dargah, constructed a shopping complex, a choti dargah, shops, and other structures, including marble flooring. According to NMRDA sources, Phase 1 of the project received Rs 132.49 crore adminis ...Read More >
Bengaluru: With chief minister Siddaramaiah reaffirming his govt's commitment to a two-language policy in primary education, attention is back on the much-delayed State Education Policy (SEP) committee report. The panel is led by noted academician Sukhdev Thorat.After several missed deadlines, the panel was scheduled to submit its report in the second week of June. However, higher education minister MC Sudhakar said the committee will submit its final report later this month."The tenure of the T ...Read More >
Patna: Hundreds of students took out a procession from Patna College on Wednesday and staged a protest demanding domicile policy in the state govt jobs.The students, under the banner of Bihar Student Union, tried to jump the barricades near Dak Bungalow crossing with their intention to march to CM house. Police had to resort to mild force to disperse them. Six of the protesters, including two women, were detained.Later, a delegation led by their leader Dileep Kumar, met chief secretary Amrit Lal ...Read More >
In Maharashtra, some leaders are busy fighting about which languages kids should learn in school. But guess what? These fights aren't really helping students at all. First, the government said Hindi must be taught as a third language from Class 1 to 5. Then they changed their mind and said it's optional. Two famous politicians - Raj and Uddhav Thackeray - joined forces to protest. After all that drama, the government took it back and said, "Let's make a committee." But did any of this help kid ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jun 30 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday unveiled several projects, including a newly constructed stadium at a school in Assam's Golaghat district. Inaugurating the newly constructed stadium of the historic Golaghat Government Bezbaruah Higher Secondary School, Sarma said that the school occupies a distinguished place in Assam's educational landscape. Also Read | Who Is Anjali Vishwakarma? All About Woman IPS Who Got Into Heated Argument With BJP MLC Arun Patha ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jun 30 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday unveiled several projects, including a newly constructed stadium at a school in Assam's Golaghat district. Inaugurating the newly constructed stadium of the historic Golaghat Government Bezbaruah Higher Secondary School, Sarma said that the school occupies a distinguished place in Assam's educational landscape. "The school has, for generations, sustained the tradition of imparting education through the medium of the moth ...Read More >
Kullu: All eyes will be on the Dalai Lama when he turns 90 on July 6, as he may announce his successor that day. The year-long birthday celebration of the Tibetan spiritual leader will kick off on July 6 in Mcleodganj near Dharamshala, the headquarters of the Tibetan govt-in-exile, and conclude on July 5 next year.Many ministers in the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), including Penpa Tsering, Sikyong or the elected head of CTA, and deputy speaker Dolma Tsering, have said the Dalai Lama may ...Read More >
Pune: Several educators in the state on Sunday reiterated that govt's decision on the three-language policy announced earlier in June was taken in haste and without consultation with experts, leading to complete chaos that resulted in the resolution being revoked.Many asserted that the widespread opposition to the policy was not against the Hindi language, but its introduction from Std I.On Sunday, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the formation of a committee to suggest the way forward ...Read More >
Mumbai: With the opposition against the "imposition" of Hindi gaining momentum in Maharashtra, a government-appointed advisory committee has urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to roll back the decision to introduce the language in primary classes. The Language Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations to the government on matters related to the Marathi language, passed a resolution on Friday demanding that no third language, including Hindi, be taught before Class 5. The resolution wa ...Read More >
New Delhi: Days after facing criticism over his remarks on English, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said "Hindi is not a rival to any Indian language", but friends with all Indian languages and there should be no opposition to any foreign language in the country. Addressing the golden jubilee celebrations of the Central government's official language department, Shah also asked all the state governments to take the initiative to impart medical and engineering education in the local la ...Read More >
Kolkata: The political slugfest following the alleged gang rape of a law student inside a south Kolkata college continued on Saturday as Trinamool took pains to distance itself from the "misogynistic remarks" of its own netas, emphasising the "quick action taken against the accused". The opposition, however, questioned security for women at workplaces and educational institutes and "promised to stay on the roads"."The remarks by MP Kalyan Banerjee and MLA Madan Mitra concerning the heinous crime ...Read More >
Pune: Amid the call for a joint protest march by the Thackeray cousins on July 5 against the state govt over the alleged "imposition" of the Hindi language from Class 1, Mahayuti partner, deputy CM and NCP chief Ajit Pawar on Saturday said that he is also not in favour of making Hindi compulsory from Class 1.Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS workers have started a campaign to gather crowds for the rally. Along with social media posts, the parties are also putting up posters of the march, and in one of the ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Mysuru Dasara is set to run for 11 days this year -- a rare extension driven by celestial alignment and cultural planning -- with the inaugural ceremony on Sept 22 and the grand Jamboo Savari taking place on Oct 2, coinciding with Vijayadashami and Gandhi Jayanti.Chairing a high-level meeting at Vidhana Soudha Friday, chief minister Siddaramaiah said, "Mysuru Dasara in 2025 will be celebrated for 11 days, due to a unique astronomical occurrence -- the Panchami tithi (fifth lunar day) ...Read More >
PUNE: Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar Saturday said he is not in favour of making Hindi compulsory from Class I, amid calls for a protest march by the estranged Thackeray cousins against the state govt's April 16 decision to introduce Hindi as the possible third language in govt schools from Class I."I made my stand on Hindi clear in Mumbai a few days ago. There is no opposition to Marathi being the compulsory language from Standard I, as it is the mother tongue of Maharashtra. Now, the trend o ...Read More >
Pune: The state education department has set a target for students from Std II to V to achieve at least 75% learning competency under Nipun Bharat programme. But teachers are facing difficulties meeting the June 30 target. Govt schools across the state have been provided with specific action plans for first language and mathematics subjects for students in these grades. Teachers are directed to evaluate students' competencies and submit reports through Vidya Samiksha Kendra by Monday. Schools re ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 27 (PTI) Estranged cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray will unite for the cause of the Marathi language, in a joint morcha in Mumbai on July 5 against the "imposition" of Hindi and the state government's three-language formula for Classes 1 to 5. The Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) on Friday said it will support the protest march, with Pawar asserting that the people of Maharashtra are not anti-Hindi, but it is not right to impose the language on young students. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav ...Read More >
Mumbai: NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) president Sharad Pawar on Friday threw his weight behind Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray in their protest against the Maharashtra government's controversial move to make Hindi a compulsory third language for students in Classes 1 to 5. Pawar said the people of Maharashtra are not anti-Hindi, but stated that forcing the language on young children is inappropriate and undermines the importance of the mother tongue. Speaking to reporters, Pawar said, "At the pr ...Read More >
Kolhapur, June 27: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Friday said that the people of Maharashtra are not anti-Hindi, but it is not right to impose the language on young students in Class 1-4. Speaking to reporters here, he said 55 per cent of the country's population speaks Hindi, and one cannot ignore it. A language row erupted in Maharashtra after the state government last week issued an amended order stating Hindi will "generally" be taught as the third language to students in Marathi and Eng ...Read More >
Mumbai: Facing strong opposition from educationists, political parties and civil society groups, the Maharashtra government has softened its stance on its controversial decision to make Hindi the default third language in state board schools from Class 1. On a day when cousins Raj and Uddhav Thackeray both attacked the state government over the decision, school education minister Dada Bhuse on Thursday assured that Hindi would not be imposed. He added that the emphasis while teaching the third ...Read More >
Mumbai: Maharashtra's state government's push to introduce Hindi as a optional third language in schools from Classes 1 to 5 has sparked strong political backlash, with both Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) announcing mass protests against the move. Shiv Sena (UBT) will hold a rally from Hutatma Chowk to Azad Maidan on July 7, while MNS, led by Raj Thackeray, will march from Girgaon Chowpatty to Azad Maidan on the July 5. The opposition fro ...Read More >
New Delhi: Days after facing criticism over his remarks on English, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said "Hindi is not a rival to any Indian language", but friends with all Indian languages and there should be no opposition to any foreign language in the country. Addressing the golden jubilee celebrations of the Central government's official language department, Shah also asked all the state governments to take the initiative to impart medical and engineering education in the local la ...Read More >
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