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Mumbai: Intensifying a call given against the state government's decision on a three-language policy with Hindi, a dharna will be held at Azad Maidan on Sunday. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, MPCC president Harshwardhan Sapkal and leaders from the CPM and other parties are expected to join the agitation. Thackeray has instructed party workers to burn the government resolution (GR) mandating Hindi in state schools. A call for the agitation has been given by Marathi Abhyas Kendra. A copy ...Read More >
Guwahati, June 28: Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy reaffirmed the Central Government's full support to the mineral and coal-rich North Eastern states at a Mining Ministers' Conclave held here on Saturday. Addressing the gathering on the second day of the event, the Minister highlighted the Centre's commitment to strengthening mining infrastructure, fast-track project approvals, and promoting sustainable mining practices in the region. He stated that the development of the Nor ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 28 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday stepped up his attack on Maharashtra School Education Minister Dada Bhuse over the "imposition" of Hindi in the state schools as well as delay in Class 11 admission process. Addressing a press conference here, Thackeray said Bhuse should be divested of his portfolio for creating a "mess". He also said his party will continue to protest against the "imposition" of Hindi in Maharashtra and the three-language formula on stu ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): The government has proposed to make it mandatory for the two-wheeler manufacturers to provide two helmets at the time of vehicle purchase. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has proposed important changes to the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 to make this new rule into effect. Also Read | Bihar to Induct 21,391 New Constables Ahead of Assembly Elections 2025, CM Nitish Kumar to Distribute Appointment Letters on June 28. According to an official no ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government's push for a three-language policy in primary school education has witnessed intense resistance from the Opposition, which has now escalated with Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray preparing to hold a joint protest rally against the "imposition of Hindi" in the state on July 5. Here is a look at the genesis of language politics, and its fall-out. On April 16, the Devendra Fadnavis-led Mahayuti govern ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The possibility of the Thackeray cousins reuniting before the local body elections, tentatively scheduled after October, got a renewed spurt of energy with the chiefs of Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray respectively, announcing a joint protest rally on July 5 in Mumbai against the ruling Mahayuti government's "imposition of Hindi" in primary schools from the 2025-26 academic session, as part of the union government's move to impleme ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 27 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has asked his party workers to burn the government resolution (GR) on Hindi language in state schools on June 29, a day before the Maharashtra legislature's Monsoon Session is set to begin. Thackeray will be present when the copies of the GR are burnt in south Mumbai, said party vibhagpramukh (area chief) Santosh Shinde. On June 17, the Maharashtra government issued a GR making Hindi "generally" the third language, and not mandatory, ...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, Jun 27 (PTI) Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Friday said the policy of making Hindi compulsory from Class 1 in the state schools was approved during Uddhav Thackeray's tenure as the chief minister under the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. Talking to reporters, Samant, who is Minister for Marathi Language, also claimed that the present government has not imposed Hindi nor has it been made compulsory anywhere in the state. "The policy of making Hindi compulsory in Maharashtra sch ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mumbai BJP chief and Minister of Cultural Affairs Ashish Shelar on Friday said it was Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray's right to organise morchas, but the fact remains that Marathi is compulsory in Maharashtra, Hindi is optional, and it was because of the BJP that Marathi was accorded the Classical Language status. He was reacting to Shiv Sena(UBT) MP Sanjay Raut's statement that a single morcha against the imposition of Hindi as a third language in Marathi a ...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 >
Mumbai, Jun 27 (PTI) Estranged cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray will unite for the cause of the Marathi language, as their parties will stage a joint protest against the "imposition" Hindi and the state government's three-language formula for Classes 1-5. The protest on July 5 will bring Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on the same platform. Both leaders had asserted on Thursday that they would vehemently oppose the imposition ...Read More >
Mumbai: Cousins Raj and Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday reiterated their opposition to the Maharashtra government's recent decision to make Hindi the default third language in primary education, with their parties set to take part in separate protests against the move on July 6 and July 7, adding fuel to growing speculation that they're set to reunite after nearly two decades ahead of local body polls across the state. A week after the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti government issued an order ...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: The BJP-led Maharashtra government's efforts to convince the opposition on having Hindi as the third language for students have not borne fruits yet, underscoring the sensitivity of a matter that has naysayers within the state government itself. On Thursday, Maharashtra education minister Dada Bhuse met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray to convince him to drop his opposition to Hindi being made the third language for students of the first to the fifth grade. Thack ...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 >
Mumbai, Jun 26 (PTI) The Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Thursday said they will oppose all attempts to impose Hindi on students of the state and asserted it was an attempt by the ruling dispensation to foist "language emergency" and remove "Marathi-ness". Addressing separate press conferences, Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS president Raj Thackeray announced protests on July 7 and 5, respectively. The BJP is trying to impose "'language emergency" in the predominant ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 26 (PTI) Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Thursday said the BJP-led government in Maharashtra should not buckle under pressure from Uddhav and Raj Thackeray over the ongoing language row in the state. Athawale was speaking to media after Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) announced separate protests on July 5 and 7 against the state government's three-language policy in schools. The state government last week issued an order, ...Read More >
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