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Maharashtra: Assaulted for not speaking Marathi, 19-year-old student dies by suicide

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2025

In Maharashtra’s Kalyan, a 19-year-old student has died by suicide after an alleged assault over language. As per reports, 19-year-old Arnav Jitendra Khaire was...

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MNS workers assault Rajasthani shopkeeper in Mumbai over WhatsApp status considered ‘offensive for Marathi people’, force him to apologise

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2025

The MNS workers pose a serious warning to him that if any further video posts against Marathi people, whether by him, his family, or his employees, he will meet serious consequences

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Urdu is the real ‘North Indian imposition’, not Hindi: Somehow MNS goons, Uddhav Sena leaders, Dravidian-Tamil politicians to Kannada warriors of Congress, everyone seems...

Shraddha Pandey - 4 July, 2025

While language chauvinists are fighting against so called ‘Hindi imposition’ in various states, they ignore the fact that Urdu is the real ‘North Indian imposition’, a language imposed by Mughal tyrants for their own benefit

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MNS goons assault shopkeeper in Mumbai, Aaditya Thackeray sidesteps condemnation: Are language goons being used by some parties to regain political relevance?

Balendu Singh Angad - 4 July, 2025

In a brazen display of political hooliganism, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers assaulted a 48-year-old sweetshop owner in Mumbai's Mira Road suburb on 29th June, sparking statewide outrage over escalating language-based violence and the tacit endorsement of such tactics by regional parties. The incident, captured on video and circulated by the perpetrators themselves, reveals a disturbing pattern of intimidation tactics employed by Raj Thackeray's party as elections approach.

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Union Cabinet approves decision to confer Classical Language status to five languages- Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali

OpIndia Staff - 3 October, 2024

The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi on Thursday approved the decision to confer the status of Classical Language to five Indian languages

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Pune Porsche accident: Marathi media circulates video of rap by Instagrammer claiming to be accused teenager taking pride in getting bail after killing 2...

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2024

Marathi news channels aired video of rap song by Instagram user cringistaan2 claiming to be the teenaged accused in the Pune Porsche accident case

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Release of Marathi movie ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji’ delayed as Censor Board refuses certificate demanding written evidence against Aurangzeb

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2024

Makers postpone Chhatrapati Sambhaji release as CBFC fails to give timely certification.

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Mumbai Tarun Bharat editor Kiran Shelar refuses to receive journalism award from Deshonnati editor Prakash Pohare for questioning existence of Lord Ram, audience chants...

Gopal Tiwari - 6 January, 2024

Mumbai Tarun Bharat editor Tarun Bharat refused to accept Darpankar Balshastri Jambhekar Memorial Award for Journalism from Deshonnati editor Prakash Pohare who questioned Ram and Ram Mandir on stage

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