Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray(UBT) on Wednesday accused the Mahayuti government of softening its initial hard stance on the mandatory use of the Marathi language by licensed auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers in Maharashtra, and termed it a retreat. The Thackeray camp in the party’s mouthpiece, ‘Saamna’ editorial, said that while the government aggressively declared that Marathi would be compulsory starting May 1, it has now extended the deadline to August 15, prov…
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Bengaluru, March 30 (IANS) D.K. Suresh, former Congress MP and brother of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, said on Monday that the decision to adopt a two-language policy is a good one. He also warned of a possible shortage of petroleum products and fertilisers in the coming months.Speaking to reporters at his residence in Bengaluru, on the two-language policy, he said, “Imposing three languages on children reduces their learning ability and comprehension. From that perspective…