A large-scale verification drive for auto rickshaw and taxi drivers has begun in Maharashtra's Mira Bhayandar, where authorities are examining permits and domicile certificates while also introducing ...

Mumbai: Announcing that cab and auto drivers across the state will have to speak Marathi from 1 May, Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik Thursday confirmed the government’s enlistment of two private ...

Auto and taxi drivers in Maharashtra may soon be required to prove their ability to read, write, and speak Marathi to retain their permits — a rule that has existed on paper but is now being actively ...

MUMBAI: With the May 1 deadline for testing the Marathi proficiency of auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers drawing near, the state transport department is busy putting together a Standard Operating ...

Mumbai: For Ramesh Bind, driving an autorickshaw in Mumbai for the past eleven years has been the only way to support his family back in Bihar. Now, a government-mandated language test stands between ...

Marathi-language activists and the MNS had questioned the need for Hindi testing in a state where Marathi is the official language.

Officials start asking basic language questions to drivers seeking to renew permits; union reps tag along to help, warn move could encourage corruption The know-Marathi deadline for Mumbai’s ...

Marathi Language Minister Uday Samant announced that the examinations scheduled for June 28 had been put on hold and said the government would review whether such examinations were necessary at all ...