Maharashtra's politics underwent a big churn last week with the two Thackeray cousins, Uddhav and Raj, sharing a dais, which many believe was a precursor to a possible alliance for the upcoming ...

In recent weeks, the Indian state of Maharashtra has found itself at the center of a growing controversy over the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. At the heart of the debate is a clause that ...

'I don't know whether the top Gujarati leaders of Indian politics (Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah) in Delhi realise that the narrative of Hindi‑Hindu‑Hindustan will ...

Amid the raging Hindi-Marathi row in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday stressed that language is a tool for dialogue and it cannot lead to disputes or division. He was speaking ...

PUNE: The Maharashtra government's language consultation committee has urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to revoke the decision of making Hindi a mandatory third language for students of classes ...

The BJP-led Mahayuti government's decision to bring in the Hindi language in schools as a mandatory subject from first grade became a big political issue last month, just ahead of the beginning of the ...

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 ...