Mumbai News Live: The state Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Bill that proposes to make the use of Marathi language mandatory for official purposes in local authorities, including local bodies and state-run corporations. Sources in the government said the Bill is likely to be tabled in the state legislature on Thursday. Sources added that at present, under the Maharashtra Official Languages Act, 1964, the use of the Marathi is not mandatory in local bodies and state-run corporations and societies.
Meanwhile, after reporting less than 30 Covid cases for three days in a row, Mumbai logged 46 new infections on Wednesday, but no fresh death linked to the disease was recorded, the city civic body said. With this, the tally of cases jumped to 10,57,661, while the death toll remained unchanged at 16,693, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin said.
In other news, the Colaba police on Wednesday recorded the statement of senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla for the second time in the last 10 days. Shukla, who formerly headed the State Intelligence Department (SID) of the Maharashtra Police, is accused of tapping the phones of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and NCP leader Eknath Khadse. According to police officials, Shukla reached Colaba police station at around 11 am on Wednesday and she was questioned for two-and-a-half hours.
Mumbai News Live: The state government had amended the Maharashtra Official Language Act, 1964, for the effective use of Marathi language in administrative work in all government offices; Follow this space for Latest Updates
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