Western India

As many as 590 tribal students in Maharashtra have died in two years, says CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke. Ongoing protests by tribal students in Pune, Nagpur and Nashik have got support from him, Rahul Gandhi and Aditya Thackeray.

The boy was travelling with a 40-member group from Uttar Pradesh currently settled in Mumbai. The tragedy unfolded when four boys from the group stepped into the river even as the women in their party moved aside to change clothes.

The attack on youths reading books at a park in Ahmedabad was the sequel to Bajrang Dal and VHP members earlier protesting the presence of books by Malala Yousafzai and Annie Frank in a school library and asking, “Why are there non-Hindu teachers in a Hindu school?”

Tukaram Mundhe has also ordered a ban on the sale of unhealthy food items, including chips, chocolates and cold beverages, on school and college campuses, citing widespread non-compliance with a central regulation issued in 2020.

Drivers of auto-rickshaws and taxis in Mumbai say many aged drivers cannot learn Marathi because they had little education. CM Devendra Fadnavis says drivers need not become experts in Marathi.