Taking a firm stand over the illegal bungalow case in Old Goa, BJP Spokesperson Savio Rodrigues demanded the demolition of the illegal bungalow as per law.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 9 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that the era of insurgency can be said to be history in Assam, adding that processes have been initiated to reach a permanent solution to Assam's boundary dispute with Arunachal Pradesh.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 4 (ANI): The Karnataka Cabinet has approved the Karnataka R & D policy which seeks to give a big boost for research and innovation from the garage level to the institutional level, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

New Delhi Feb 21 PTI Senior Maharashtra Minister Subhash Desai on Monday met Union Culture Minister G Kishen Reddy here with a demand to accord classical language status to Marathi by February 27 and said its non-fulfilment may even lead to an agitation by people Desai who holds the portfolios of Industry and Marathi Language Department said Reddy told him that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were in favour of granting classical language status to Marathi and the decision in this regard would be taken soon If the Centre has decided to grant classical language status to Marathi then there is no better day than February 27 which is celebrated as Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din Pride of Marathi Day the senior Shiv Sena leader told reporters here He said that he had requested Reddy to visit Mumbai and make the announcement on February 27 The Maharashtra government has launched a campaign to press the demand for accord classical language status to Marathi and has sent over 12 lakh postcards to President Ram Nath Kovind in this regard People of the state have become aware of the campaign and will be disillusioned if Marathi is not granted classical language status soon and it may even lead to an agitation Desai cautioned Desai took a dig at former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis saying that the BJP leader had rooted for classical language status for Marathi while in office but has been silent in recent months I had expected him Fadnavis to take the lead in meeting the prime minister and ensuring that Marathi is granted classical language status but nowadays he is busy with elections in different states Desai said Desai said till now only six Indian languages -- Sanskrit Tamil Kannada Telugu Malayalam and Odia -- have been recognised as classical languages He said though the Centre had taken the decision in 2004 to confer the classical language status to various languages Marathi has been ignored despite repeated demands Should we always resort to the agitational path for what is rightfully deserving for Marathi language Desai said He noted that the state government had formed a committee chaired by litterateur Rangnath Pathare who had prepared a voluminous report citing evidence about the ancientness of the language originality and continuity and literary traditions for the criteria for granting classical language status to a language A high-level committee of language experts appointed by the Centre had unanimously approved a proposal to this effect seven years ago but there has been no further progress in the matter Desai said The Maharashtra Legislature passed a unanimous resolution recommending to the Centre to accord the classical language status to Marathi in 2020 PTI SKU SMN

New Delhi Feb 21 PTI Maharashtra Industries Minister Subhash Desai on Monday met Culture Minister G Kishen Reddy here with a demand to accord classical language status to Marathi The move came a day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray dispatched 4000 postcards to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking classical language status for Marathi Desai who also holds the Marathi Language Department portfolio in the state government said he had made the demand to accord classical language status to Marathi before February 27 which is observed as Marathi Language Day A statement from the Chief Ministers Office said this was the second set of postcards dispatched to Rashtrapati Bhavan PTI SKU RCJ RCJ