Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar on Monday made it clear only Marathi is mandatory in the state, and not Hindi, and said the ongoing controversy on teaching a third language in ...

The Maharashtra government has made Hindi a mandatory third language for students in Marathi and English medium schools from Classes 1 to 5, prompting criticism from Marathi advocates who view it ...

PUNE: The Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal, an apex Marathi literary body, has opposed the Maharashtra government's decision to adopt a three-language ...

If you say you have to develop Hindi as the sampark bhasha -- the contact language -- then it is not the responsibility of Maharashtrians to develop Hindi. It's the responsibility of the cow belt.

"We already study Hindi post-Class 5, there's no reason to begin from Class 1," said another. A parent at IES School, Dadar, added, "Marathi is our mother tongue, English is the global language.

The Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal has voiced strong opposition to the Maharashtra government's decision to implement a three-language policy for students in classes 1 to 5. In a ...

These GRs, issued in the name of promoting multilingualism, made it mandatory for schools to learn Hindi or any other Indian language from Class 1, sparking concerns among Marathi language ...

The current Marathi vs Hindi issue being blown up by some political groups is timed only with an eye on the upcoming civic polls in Mumbai, Thane and other cities of Maharashtra, but no political ...

Mumbai: Not content with the Maharashtra Government’s decision to withdraw compulsion of Hindi language for students of Classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English-medium schools, Maharashtra ...

Mumbai: 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 ...

Opposition parties, including the Congress and Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, opposed the government order that made Hindi mandatory as a third language in English and Marathi ...