The Maharashtra Government has launched a Marathi language learning programme for auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers across the state. Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik said around 4,500 teachers will ...

Mumbai: Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik has announced a statewide Marathi language education drive for non-Marathi ...

Union leaders said the free classes were aimed at helping drivers learn basic conversational Marathi so that they could communicate more effectively with passengers and comply with the state ...

To help non-Marathi-speaking drivers learn the language, the state government will set up Marathi language study centres at rickshaw union offices and Shiv Sena shakhas across the state ...

A special enforcement drive by Thane Regional Transport Office found 2,175 of 2,317 screened auto-rickshaw drivers possessed ...

The booklet, titled ‘Maharashtra is my state… Marathi is my language!’, has been brought out with the assistance of Marathi litterateurs and language experts. It contains simple Marathi phrases common ...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the government supports learning Marathi but will not tolerate violence or intimidation in the name of language pride. His remarks came amid controver ...

Maharashtra government will run a statewide verification drive from May 1 to August 15 to enforce the Marathi language requirement for taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers, with no immediate penalties durin ...