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BHUBANESWAR/BALASORE: The 20-year-old student in Odisha's Balasore who set herself ablaze on the campus on July 12 had informed college authorities that her HoD had sought sexual favours from her six months ago, probe revealed Friday."The student, in a meeting conducted on June 30 at the office of then principal -- who is now suspended -- told everyone that the HoD had sought sexual favours from her. However, the HoD denied the allegation," said the in-charge principal of the govt college, addin ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Friday hit back at BJP MP Nishikant Dubey controversial patak-patak ke maarenge remarks. In a counter-attack, Raj Thackeray said, A BJP MP said, Marathi logon ko hum yahan pe patak patak ke maarenge... You come to Mumbai. Mumbai ke samundar mein dubo dubo ke maarenge. Reacting to Dubey remarks, the MNS chief asserted that he will not compromise on matters related to the Marathi language and the ...Read More >
Thane, Jul 18 (PTI) A display board in Gujarati put outside a Gujarat BJP MLA's office in Seawoods area of Navi Mumbai was changed to Marathi after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) expressed strong objection and gave a 24-hour ultimatum. The MNS functionaries said it is a public relations officer of Virendrasinh Bahadursinh Jadeja, who represents Rapar assembly constituency in Gujarat. After complaints that the display board, which mentioned the MLA's name and constituency, was only in Gujarat ...Read More >
YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy supports Hindi as a language for learning and teaching in schools and colleges, emphasizing that English should be the priority in primary education. He criticized Pawan Kalyan and Nara Lokesh for their double standards, recalling their previous opposition to English medium instruction in government schools. VIJAYAWADA: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said there is nothing wrong with learning and teaching Hindi in sc ...Read More >
Three lawyers have requested the Maharashtra DGP to take legal action against MNS. This follows alleged attacks on non-Marathi speakers by party workers. The lawyers cited Raj Thackeray's speech as inciting violence. They want action under the National Security Act. They claim the attacks threaten national unity. MNS activists recently assaulted a shop owner. Three city-based lawyers wrote a letter to the Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) on Monday, seeking legal action against the M ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to file its response within three months regarding a petition challenging the mandatory inclusion of Kannada as a subject in CBSE and CISCE-affiliated schools across the state. The directive was issued by a division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice CM Joshi, during a hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by C Somashekar and other parents and teachers of students studying in CBSE a ...Read More >
Mumbai: A video has surfaced on social media said to be from Mumbai's Mira Road area showing a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) worker allegedly slapping a restaurant owner for not speaking in Marathi. As shown in the viral video three MNS workers confronted the owner of a local food shop, questioning why he wasn't using Marathi -- the state's official language. The restaurant owner calmly replied, "I didn't know Marathi was compulsory. Someone will have to teach me." This response reportedly ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The political row over the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's (MNS) recent targeting of Hindi-speaking individuals in Mumbai escalated on Monday, as Shiv Sena-UBT leader Anand Dubey lashed out at BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, calling those spreading "misconceptions" about the issue "fools". This sharp exchange followed BJP MP Dubey's blistering attack on MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena-UBT President Uddhav Thackeray over reports of MNS workers targeting Hindi speakers. ...Read More >
New Delhi: Sunil Ambekar and Anil Agarwal, leaders from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), held a joint press conference in New Delhi on Monday, where Ambekar emphasised on how the RSS firmly believes that all languages of the country are national languages. Commenting on the ongoing Hindi imposition row, the high-ranking Pracharak of the RSS said, "The Sangh, since its inception, is of the belief that all languages are the country's national languages." Talking in the context of the recent ...Read More >
Following Uddhav and Raj Thackeray's joint rally celebrating the government's reversal on Hindi language imposition, Congress leaders downplayed their claim. Prithviraj Chavan acknowledged the Thackerays' celebration but highlighted widespread opposition to the GRs.After Uddhav and Raj Thackeray hosted a joint rally claiming credit for the government's climbdown on the "imposition" of the Hindi language, the Congress reminded the cousins that the government's move was opposed by various sections ...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 >
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday sought to draw a clear line between Maharashtra's opposition to the Centre's language policy and Tamil Nadu's more hardline stance, a day after MK Stalin's supportive tweet over Thackerays' joint victory event. Raut said that while Tamil Nadu rejects Hindi entirely, Maharashtra's protest is specifically against imposition of Hindi as a third language in primary schools, and not the language itself."Our fight is not against Hindi, but against fo ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The BJD chief, Naveen Patnaik, on Saturday sought the personal intervention of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for the early and safe release of an Odisha resident allegedly abducted by militants in the West African country of Mali. Twenty-eight-year-old P Venkataramana is a resident of Patnaik's Assembly constituency Hinjili from where he has been elected for six consecutive terms since 2000. Taking to X, Patnaik said: "Concerned to know that P Venkataramana of Hinjilicut b ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 6 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on the Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said the "storm of protest" against "Hindi imposition" has transcended state boundaries as he hailed Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray for their "victory rally" after the Maharashtra government's rollback of the three-language policy in the state. In a harsh post on social media platform X on Saturday, Stalin said the language rights struggle, waged by the Dravida Munnetra ...Read More >
Mumbai: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai on Saturday assured that efforts are underway to increase the strength of judges in the Bombay High Court, which is currently functioning with less than 70% of its sanctioned strength. Speaking at a felicitation function organised by the Bombay High Court, CJI Gavai said, "As on July 1, the High Court is functioning with 65 judges as against its sanctioned strength of 94." He added that the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court has ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 6 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on the Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said the 'storm of protest' against 'Hindi imposition' has transcended state boundaries as he hailed Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray for their 'victory rally' after the Maharashtra government's rollback of the three-language policy in the state. In a harsh post on social media platform X on Saturday, Stalin said the language rights struggle, waged by the Dravida Munnetra ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 5: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said he and MNS head Raj Thackeray have come together to stay united as the cousins shared a political stage for the first time after two decades on the issue of Marathi identity and "imposition" of the Hindi language. Addressing a "victory" rally in Worli here to celebrate the rollback of the Hindi language GRs (resolutions) by the BJP-led government, Uddhav hinted at contesting the upcoming civic elections together. "We have co ...Read More >
Nagpur: After withdrawing two government resolutions (GRs) introducing Hindi as a third language from Class 1 in state schools which triggered a high-pitched political slugfest, the Maharashtra govt announced October 3 as Abhijat Marathi Bhasha Din (Classical Marathi Language Day), countering the symbolic reunion of Uddhav and Raj Thackeray at a Mumbai rally on Saturday. Marathi Bhasha Din will be followed by a week-long statewide celebration recognising Marathi's ancient literary heritage.Polit ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 5 (PTI) The war against the imposition of Hindi being waged by the DMK and people of Tamil Nadu has transcended borders and is now raging like a whirlwind in Maharashtra, Chief Minister M K Stalin claimed on Saturday. The BJP, which was conducting itself "illegally and anarchically" by saying that it would allocate funds only if Hindi was taught as a third language in Tamil Nadu schools, has retreated for the second time, fearing a popular uprising in Maharashtra, where it was ruli ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 5 (PTI) The war against the imposition of Hindi being waged by the DMK and people of Tamil Nadu has transcended borders and is now raging like a whirlwind in Maharashtra, Chief Minister M K Stalin claimed on Saturday. The BJP, which was conducting itself "illegally and anarchically" by saying that it would allocate funds only if Hindi was taught as a third language in Tamil Nadu schools, has retreated for the second time, fearing a popular uprising in Maharashtra, where it was ruli ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 5 (ANI): Following Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray addressing a joint rally at Worli Dome in Mumbai on Saturday, Union Minister Chirag Paswan said that they were not coming together for language, but for their selfish motives and to recover their lost base. Chirag Paswan said, 'They are not coming together for language, but for their selfish motives. They are coming together to recover their lost base. B ...Read More >
New Delhi: In what could become a defining moment for Maharashtra's shifting political landscape, rival brothers Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray reunited on-stage on Saturday after two decades, declaring their unity over the cause of the Marathi language, and hinting at something much larger in the making. The rally, officially termed a "victory rally", held at the NSCI Dome in Worli, was billed as a celebration of the Maharashtra government's rollback of its contentious three-language formu ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Centre has asked states to take strict action on manufacturers and retailers selling sub-standard helmets to ensure the safety of two-wheeler riders. "The Department of Consumer Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) appeal to consumers across the country to use only BIS-certified helmets," an official statement said on Saturday.The department also called for strict enforcement against the manufacture or sale of helmets without BIS certification, it added. "With over 2 ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 5: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said he and MNS head Raj Thackeray have come together to stay united as the cousins shared a political stage for the first time after two decades on the issue of Marathi identity and "imposition" of the Hindi language. Addressing a "victory" rally in Worli here to celebrate the rollback of the Hindi language GRs (resolutions) by the BJP-led government, Uddhav hinted at contesting the upcoming civic elections together. "We have c ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 5 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said he and MNS head Raj Thackeray have come together to stay united as the cousins shared a political stage for the first time after two decades on the issue of Marathi identity and "imposition" of the Hindi language. Addressing a "victory" rally in Worli here to celebrate the rollback of the Hindi language GRs (resolutions) by the BJP-led government, Uddhav hinted at contesting the upcoming civic elections together. "We h ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 5 (ANI): Following Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray addressing a joint rally at Worli Dome in Mumbai on Saturday, Union Minister Chirag Paswan said that they were not coming together for language, but for their selfish motives and to recover their lost base. Chirag Paswan said, "They are not coming together for language, but for their selfish motives. They are coming together to recover their lost base. B ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a disturbing escalation of language politics, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), led by Raj Thackeray, has once again resorted to violence and intimidation, this time targeting the Mumbai office of entrepreneur Sushil Kedia. The vandalism, reportedly carried out by MNS workers, stems from Kedia's earlier statement that he would not learn Marathi, a stance that has ignited a fresh wave of controversy in the state's already fraught linguistic landscape. The founder of a Mumbai-b ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 5: In a landmark moment for Maharashtra politics, Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray will reunite publicly after two decades at the 'Awaj Marathicha' rally in Worli today. Once divided by a bitter power struggle, the Thackeray cousins are joining forces to protest the now-reversed decision to make Hindi a mandatory third language in state primary schools. Their shared platform signals not just cultural solidarity, but also a potential political realignment ahead of upcoming local bo ...Read More >
Jalandhar: While Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal recently alleged a secretive understanding between the Congress and the BJP in Gujarat -- calling it a "hidden romance" -- the Congress in Punjab has been bracketing AAP with RSS-BJP for over two years or accusing the Punjab chief minister of following the Centre's line on different issues.Even as the parties held a seat-sharing arrangement in Delhi, Haryana, and Gujarat, Punjab Congress leaders usually called AAP the 'B te ...Read More >
Mumbai: Hooliganism under the guise of Marathi pride will not be tolerated in the state, CM Fadnavis warned on Friday. He said police had registered an FIR and taken action in the Mira Road incident where a businessman was beaten up by MNS workers for not knowing Marathi.Speaking to the media, Fadnavis said beating up someone over language was wrong. "We are Marathi and are proud of the language. Insisting that a person speak in Marathi is not wrong, but beating up a businessman because he does ...Read More >
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