Topic: Marathi

The Maharashtra government has issued a directive making Marathi the mandatory language for all official communication in government, semi-government, and local self-governing bodies across the state.

A court in Maharashtra on Sunday sent Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale to police custody till 18 May, a day after she was arrested by the Thane Police for sharing a social media post allegedly targeting Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar.

Two flat owners in Mumbai Rinku Sangoi Dedhia and Rahul Dedhia have been booked by Naya Nagar police on Monday for refusing to sell a 1-BHK flat to a youth named Govardhan Deshmukh, because he was a Marathi-speaking man.