A large-scale verification drive for auto rickshaw and taxi drivers has begun in Maharashtra's Mira Bhayandar, where authorities are examining permits and domicile certificates while also introducing ...

Mumbai: Announcing that cab and auto drivers across the state will have to speak Marathi from 1 May, Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik Thursday confirmed the government’s enlistment of two private ...

Auto and taxi drivers in Maharashtra may soon be required to prove their ability to read, write, and speak Marathi to retain their permits — a rule that has existed on paper but is now being actively ...

MUMBAI: Permits and domicile certificates of over 12,000 registered auto and taxi drivers operating in Mira Road and Bhayandar are being scrutinised by RTO in batches to ascertain their authenticity; ...

Maharashtra’s transport minister Pratap Sarnaik has signalled a possible delay in enforcing the mandatory Marathi language test for auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers from May 1, following threats of a ...

Mumbai: For Ramesh Bind, driving an autorickshaw in Mumbai for the past eleven years has been the only way to support his family back in Bihar. Now, a government-mandated language test stands between ...

Officials start asking basic language questions to drivers seeking to renew permits; union reps tag along to help, warn move could encourage corruption The know-Marathi deadline for Mumbai’s ...

The Maharashtra government has announced that all licensed auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers in the State will have to know Marathi from May 1. Drivers will be tested on their ability to read, write, and ...