Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday met the kin of the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and assured them of all help.
Maharashtra School Education Minister Dada Bhuse announced on Tuesday that Hindi will not be taught compulsorily, but merely be an optional subject as per the three-language formula, according to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
Ahead of the panel meeting, Chaudhary said that in today's meeting, former judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Hemant Gupta, along with Justice SN Jha, Dr BS Chauhan, and Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, will be there for the interaction.
He clarified that class 1 students would now have the option to choose other languages instead of Hindi.
Amid raging controversy over the introduction of Hindi as a compulsory language in Classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English schools in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has clarified that it is wrong to say that there is an attempt to impose the language.
The Supreme Court has asked police officers in Maharashtra to compensate a woman for keeping her in illegal detention despite she being granted interim protection and two weeks to surrender by it.
The decision was approved by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, as per an official letter.
As unseasonal rains and hailstorms lashed different parts of Maharashtra, at least 13 persons were killed in lightning-related incidents and one due to drowning, across the state in the past 48 hours, officials said here on Monday.
There is also a bench at this station, half of which is in Maharashtra and the other half is in Gujarat.
This is Shinde's first visit to the temple town since being sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister in June last year.
