Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday said a campaign to teach Marathi to taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers has been underway in the state for the past 105 days and during this period, 165,000 drivers have learned Marathi and received certificates. People coming from other states, alongside those from Maharashtra, should find employment here and Mumbai has the capacity to accommodate everyone, he said, adding, the state language, Marathi, should be promoted and propagated.
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s private security personnel, supporters and party leaders allegedly clashed with police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials on Thursday as they tried to prevent them from entering the Lok Sabha MP’s office on Camac Street and removing an ‘unauthorised’ billboard. The billboard, featuring TMC signage, had been installed on an iron structure facing the road on the building’s top floor. KMC officials eventually dismantled it after police entered the office.
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India signed off from the 2026 Women’s Hockey World Cup with a 3-1 victory over Germany at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen. With that, they secured fifth place and their strongest World Cup finish since the inaugural tournament in 1974.
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