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Marathi signboard drive exposes manpower crunch, flawed records in BMC

Marathi signboard drive exposes manpower crunch, flawed records in BMC

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MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena’s aggressive campaign to enforce Marathi signboards across the city has thrown the spotlight on the BMC’s shops and establishments department (SED), with the chairperson of the Law, Revenue and General Purpose Committee flagging severe staff shortages, questionable registration data and a revenue loss of up to ₹500 crore. Marathi signboard drive exposes manpower crunch, flawed records in BMC In a letter to municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide on Tuesday, chairperson Diksha Karkar sought an urgent joint review meeting and demanded sweeping reforms in the SED department responsible for regulating over one million registered establishments across the city. The ongoing signboard drive was launched after deputy mayor Sanjay Ghadi directed commercial establishments to ensure within a month that the Marathi (Devanagari) script appeared first and in a larger font than other languages on signboards. He had warned of “Shiv Sena-like action” against non-compliant shops and establishments after the stipulated deadline. According to civic records, 1,023 shops and establishments have so far been issued notices under the drive started on May 14. Violations attract …

Kolkata Municipal Corporation mandates Bengali signboards for commercial establishments in the city

Kolkata Municipal Corporation mandates Bengali signboards for commercial establishments in the city

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KOLKATA The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has made it compulsory for all shops, restaurants, and other commercial establishments in the city to display Bengali on their signboards alongside other languages. According to officials, February 21, 2025, has been set as the deadline for the implementation of this mandate. Kolkata Municipality Secretary Swapan Kundu told local mediapersons that civic body officials have already started communicating with owners of shops, restaurants, and commercial centres in the city about putting up Bengali signboards. They have reportedly been informed that names of the establishments and crucial information should be written in Bengali alongside other languages ​​on their signboards.  In October this year, shortly after the Centre recognised Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit as classical languages, Trinamool Congress councillor Biswaroop De had proposed at a civic body meeting in Kolkata that all signboards in public and private offices should include Bengali in addition to other languages. He had also suggested that all notices, letters and documents of the Corporation should also be published in Bengali.  Later in October, KMC …

Kolkata Shops, Eateries Must Have Bengali Signboards, Orders Civic Body

Kolkata Shops, Eateries Must Have Bengali Signboards, Orders Civic Body

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Representational Image Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has made it mandatory for every commercial establishment in the metropolis to put up signboards in Bengali along with other languages, an official said. The civic body is determined to enforce the usage of Bengali in signages, and has set a tentative deadline of February 21, 2025, to initiate the process, he said. Municipal Secretary Swapan Kundu said the corporation is in contact with the owners of shops, restaurants and other business establishments to ensure that names and other information about the outlets are written in Bengali in addition to any other language. In October, TMC Councillor Biswarup Dey had said at a KMC session that all signboards in public and private offices should have Bengali text apart from other languages and all notifications, letters and documents of the municipal corporation should also be published in Bengali. Dey had made the proposal in the wake of Bengali receiving the distinction of a classical language by the Centre on October 3, along with Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit. …

Defacing signboards to assault on Prashant Bhushan to manhandling Yechury – the spate of cases against Vishnu Gupta, whose petition on Ajmer Sharif survey was admitted by court | Jaipur News

Defacing signboards to assault on Prashant Bhushan to manhandling Yechury – the spate of cases against Vishnu Gupta, whose petition on Ajmer Sharif survey was admitted by court | Jaipur News

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Hindu Sena president Vishnu Gupta, whose petition asking for a survey of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah was admitted by a local court on Wednesday, runs an organisation that has in the past been linked to the defacement of signboards in the national capital, holding a havan for Donald Trump’s victory, the assault of Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan, and the targeting of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s Delhi residence. On Wednesday, the court issued notices to the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the Archaeological Survey of India, and the Ajmer Dargah Committee, and listed the matter for December 20. Gupta, 40, was born in Etah, Uttar Pradesh, and moved to Delhi at a young age. He joined the Shiv Sena’s youth wing as a student, and became part of the Bajrang Dal in 2008. In 2011, he and some others founded the Hindu Sena, an organisation that he claims has “lakhs of members” now, with units in “almost all parts of India”. On its website, the Hindu Sena says it “aims to oppose the Islamisation in any …

Boards banning non-Hindus, Rohingya Muslims in U’khand village spark row | Latest News India

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Signboards banning the entry of “non-Hindus” and hawkers have been reportedly installed outside several villages in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, prompting the state police to launch a probe, even as Muslim organisations raised concerns over the increasing number of cases targeting the community. Boards banning non-Hindus, Rohingya Muslims in U’khand village spark row While Uttarakhand director general of police (DGP) Abhinav Kumar said he has ordered local police and intelligence units to ascertain reports of such boards being installed in multiple villages, Rudraprayag circle officer Prabodh Kumar Ghildiyal confirmed that they have removed several signboards and were trying to identify the culprits who put them up. “It came to light that such boards have come up in some villages. We have been removing them. Some have already been removed from a few villages. We are also trying to ascertain the identities of those who have put up these boards,” Ghildiyal said. ALSO READ- Plea for ban on Chinese manjha: HC seeks action taken report from Centre, U.P. A meeting with various gram pradhans (village heads) …

The long battle to make Kannada mandatory in signboards in Karnataka

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The story so far Bengaluru, a pivotal centre for IT-related services that draws professionals from various parts of the country, has long wrestled with the nuanced issue of language preference. The city’s varied linguistic environment has, at times, resulted in tensions. Bengalureans, especially its retailers, were shocked to see mobs descend to the streets vandalising non-Kannada signboards last week. This was preceded by an announcement by the city’s civic body that all sign boards should have at least 60% Kannada and the rest in any language and set a February 28, 2024 deadline to implement the same. However, a Kannada organisation Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) took to streets to “enforce” this rule on December 27. The situation grew tense as some resorted to vandalism. What is the confusion over rules? Many retailers and commercial establishments were taken aback by the civic body’s announcement of implementation of the sign board rule by February end next year, and said they were not even aware of such a rule being in existence, as earlier attempts by the State …

KRRS welcomes govt. move to bring ordinance on Kannada usage in signboards

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KRRS leader Badagalapura Nagendra addressing a press conference in Mysuru on Friday. KRRS leaders Hoskote Basavaraj (left) and Prasanna Gowda (right) are also seen. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) on Friday welcomed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s announcement to promulgate an ordinance to ensure signboards of shops and business establishments have 60 per cent of text in Kannada. Addressing a press conference in Mysuru, KRRS President Badagalapura Nagendra said promulgation of the ordinance, which seeks to amend the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act 2022, should not merely envisage imposition penalty on the violators, but propose to cancel the licenses of the corporates and other businesses responsible for violation of the law. Hence, the State government should issue a notification with a warning that the violators will have to face stern consequences. He also urged the State government to take necessary steps to ensure that orders of the High Court are also issued in Kannada. He said the KRRS will extend support to any organisation that embarks upon pro-Kannada movements. But, the …

Kannada language row simmers, Sidda promises to bring in ordinance | Latest News India

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Karnataka will soon pass an ordinance directing all commercial establishments to use signboards and name plates with at least 60% Kannada signage on them, chief minister Siddaramaiah said on Thursday, doubling down on a fractious language issue that triggered violent protests by a fringe group a day ago. Police personnel try to stop Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (Narayana Gowda faction) activists vandalising a signboard of a business establishment, in Bengaluru, Wednesday. (PTI) The CM met officials from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the department of kannada and culture, condemned the vandalism of shops and establishments in Bengaluru, and said that the new ordinance will be in place by February 28, 2024. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here “I have directed the officials of BBMP and the culture department to pass an ordinance and implement the 60% Kannada rule on all nameplates. Rules will be formed, and they will be notified to everyone,” he said after the meeting. “Kannada boards are a must. This is Kannada …