Linguistic politics has flared up once again in Maharashtra--this time, courtesy the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), parent organisation of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Senior RSS leader ...

What’s in a language? Lots, if we are talking about the linguistic fencing in Maharashtra over Marathi and Hindi. A day before eminent lawyer Ujjwal Nikam was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, PM Narendra ...

'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: Marathi, despite being the state's first language, has seen a consistent decline in students' performance over the past four years. Where Hindi is the first language in schools across ...

In a strong defense of the Marathi language and identity, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President Harshvardhan Sapkal declared that "all people in Maharashtra are Marathi" and warned ...

MUMBAI: A fresh controversy has erupted in Maharashtra’s education sector after the state school education department directed schools to implement the Centre’s Mera School Mera Abhiman (Our School, ...

A day after the state government reportedly scrapped two government resolutions (GRs) that sought to bring in Hindi as a compulsory third language in Marathi and English-medium schools for Classes 1 ...