The Union government has approved the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Marathi at Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute in Pune, clearing the way for central funding.…
Four app-based cab drivers have moved the Bombay High Court against Maharashtra's rule making working knowledge of Marathi compulsory for taxi, auto and app-based cab drivers. The petition, Mohd. Kasim Ahmad v.…
The Bombay High Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation on August 26 challenging the Maharashtra government's rule requiring commercial drivers to have a working knowledge of Marathi. Four cab drivers have…
Professor Yasmin Shaikh, the renowned Marathi grammarian and linguist, died due to age-related ailments in Pune on Monday. She was 101. Born Jerusha Ruben into a Jewish family in Pune, she married…
Maharashtra RTOs issued notices to 331 autorickshaw and taxi drivers on Monday for lacking working knowledge of Marathi, including 139 in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Telangana Today reports. The checks covered 4,807…
The Maharashtra transport department's crackdown on Marathi proficiency for auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers continued for a second day across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), with 722 of 3,942 drivers failing the test…
The 100-day deadline given to taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers in Maharashtra to learn Marathi has expired. The state government had made knowledge of Marathi mandatory for drivers, offering the period to avoid…
Mumbai’s new mandate requiring taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers to pass a Marathi language test has drawn criticism for fixing the wrong problem. The rule, enforced by the Maharashtra government, forces all new…
Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik announced on Wednesday that a drive will begin on Thursday against auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers who lack a "working knowledge" of Marathi. Notices will first be issued,…
Nearly 25,000 autorickshaw drivers in Maharashtra remain uncertified under the state's Marathi language training programme, data released on Sunday shows. The Times of India reports that 7,750 drivers failed the proficiency test…
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IO Repro: Repro test after fix 2 Oct. Safe to trash.