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Gudi Padwa 2023: History, significance, celebration of Marathi New Year

Gudi Padwa 2023 will be marked on March 22, 2023, which is the first day of the Hindu calendar month of Chaitra

Maharashtra govt orders change in writing style of 2 Marathi letters

The Maharashtra government has ordered that letters 'La' and 'Sha' in the Marathi language, that have "Hindi influence" currently, will be written in a certain way in the Devanagri script, an official said on Sunday. The changes will be applicable in all government communication as well as textbooks recommended by the state education board, he said. "The letters 'La' and 'Sha' are written in a different way currently. This style has influence of Hindi. The state government has now decided through an order that it will be written in the Devanagari script," he explained. The state government appointed committee for language has also recommended the usage of a 'chandrabindu', one of various linguistic symbols called diacritics, to indicate the nasal pronunciation of a vowel, the official added. There are 36 consonants and 16 initial vowels in Marathi in the Devanagari script, a writing system used by more than 120 languages.

Zee Entertainment may switch off Marathi channel to allay CCI concerns

Zee Marathi is category leader and among oldest in its bouquet

Twitter to bring Edit Tweet feature finally: Here's all you need to know

Twitter will be paying close attention to how the feature can impact the way people read, write, and engage with tweets

MPSC state service prelims exam 2022 admit card released: Check details

In order to qualify MPSC state service prelims exam, the candidates are required to score a minimum of 33% marks

Don't agree with Guv's remarks as Marathis contributed to growth: CM Shinde

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said he does not agree with Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's remarks on Mumbai, and asserted that the contribution made by Marathi people to the growth of the city

Will support fight to include Marathi-speaking Karnataka areas: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said they would continue to support the fight of Marathi-speaking people residing in border areas of neighbouring Karnataka

Maha CM stresses on demand to accord classical language status for Marathi

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday once again raised the demand to accord the "classical" language status to Marathi.

Can signboards in Marathi give jobs to Maharashtra youths? asks MP Jaleel

The Lok Sabha MP from Aurangabad said emotive issues are raised only when elections are just around the corner

Amazon seeks to tap next 500 mn users in India, expands vernacular offering

Marathi and Bengali added to five Indian languages; Amazon to also launch voice shopping experience in Hindi

Classical language status to Marathi under consideration: Govt in Lok Sabha

The proposal for granting classical language status to Marathi is under active consideration, Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Monday. Replying to a supplementary question by BJP MP Gopal Shetty in the Lok Sabha, the Minister said a 8-member committee was set up which is deliberating on the subject. "So far, Tamil, Telugu, Sanskrit, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia have been given the status of classical languages. Giving the status to Marathi language is under consideration and the Government will move forward with a positive attitude," Meghwal said during the Question Hour, which witnessed repeated adjournments amid opposition protest over Pegasus spyware and other issues. The criteria adopted by the government to determine the eligibility of a language for classical status includes its recorded history over a period of 1500-2000 years, body of ancient literature, whether its literary tradition is original and not borrowed from another speech community and other

Govt mulls making Marathi compulsory till class 10 in Maharashtra: Pawar

The number of children studying in English-medium schools is increasing; but they cannot read, write Marathi properly, said Pawar

Marathi not compulsory for auto rickshaw permits: Bombay HC

Around 70% of auto rickshaw drivers in Mumbai are from Bihar, UP