Maharashtra mandates a Marathi test for taxi and auto drivers by Aug 16, while bike taxi operators must meet a 15-year ...

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 ...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Transport Department will begin a statewide inspection and awareness drive from May 1 to promote basic Marathi among auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers, while also tightening ...

More than 650 non-Marathi-speaking autorickshaw drivers and owners in Ulhasnagar have completed a Marathi language training programme aimed at improving communication with passengers and encouraging ...

If you drive an auto-rickshaw or cab in Maharashtra, here is the most important thing to know right now: your licence is safe. Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik has made it clear that no ...

Pune: State govt is planning to offer basic Marathi training to autorickshaw and cab drivers who do not speak the language, following its decision to make knowing Marathi mandatory or face possible ...

Sarnaik said demands of autorickshaw and taxi unions to give non-Marathi drivers a fixed time to learn the language were reasonable and are being considered, he said. The minister's comments have come ...

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 ...

Drivers of all commercial passenger vehicles in Maharashtra must have a working knowledge of Marathi, Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Monday, while warning of strict action ...

Government insists autorickshaw, taxi drivers interacting with passengers must have working knowledge of Marathi; enforcement to be strict. Rickshaw, taxi Unions seek transition period for non-Marathi ...