PUNE: Several autorickshaw drivers are anxious about the "field test" from Sunday, after the basic training in Marathi at the Pune RTO. Get breaking news anytime, anywhere. Download the TOI app now! A ...

Widespread protests erupted in Mumbai over rumored fines for lacking Marathi proficiency among drivers Chief Minister Fadnavis clarified fines won't be imposed before a month's notice and no licenses ...

An Indian state has given taxi and tuk-tuk drivers one more year to learn the local language after a new rule making it mandatory sparked protests. Transport officials in the western state of ...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced that the state government has decided to give auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers one year to learn functional Marathi. The government had ...

Mumbai: Maharashtra BJP leader Haji Arfat Shaikh has said that auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers across the state will learn basic Marathi within 100 days, amid an ongoing controversy over the ...

In response to the state transport department’s decision to make knowledge of basic Marathi compulsory for auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers operating in Maharashtra, several transport unions in Pune ...

The Maharashtra government has made Marathi language fluency a ‘compulsory’ for autorickshaw and taxi drivers – facing vehement pushback from several quarters. The state is presently leading a 100-day ...

Maharashtra has given migrant auto and taxi drivers one year to learn basic Marathi and assured them that no action will be taken against them during the period. Maharashtra gives migrant drivers 1 ...

The Maharashtra government has granted a one-year extension to non-Marathi-speaking auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers across the state to learn basic Marathi, providing relief to thousands of commercial ...

The Maharashtra government has extended the deadline for autorickshaw and taxi drivers to learn Marathi by one year, a move welcomed by unions as it safeguards the livelihoods of thousands of drivers ...

Widespread fear amongst autorickshaw and taxi drivers over rumoured steep fines linked to a state government Marathi proficiency drive erupted into street protests in parts of Mumbai on Monday, ...