All languages equally worthy of respect: Mamata
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday extended greetings to people on International Mother Language Day, asserting that all languages are equally worthy of respect and must be protected from any form of "attack".
Paying tributes to those killed during language movements, Banerjee said her government honours linguistic diversity and has accorded official recognition to several languages.
She said Bengali is not only a language of great literary heritage but part of a broader commitment to respecting all linguistic communities.
"We have also ensured that every person, whatever the language they speak, has the opportunity to study in their mother tongue in the state," she said in a post on X.
Banerjee said the state has set up language academies for several linguistic groups.
"On this sacred day, we reaffirm our pledge that if any language comes under attack, we will all stand united against it. All languages deserve equal respect," she said.
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Nine of family killed as car falls into well in Nashik district
Nashik (PTI): Nine members of a family, including six children, were killed after their car fell into a well in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said on Saturday.
The accident occurred in the Shivaji Nagar area of Dindori town around 10 pm on Friday, an official said.
The victims were heading home after attending a function at a banquet hall in the area when their car fell into a well near the venue, he said.
Personnel from the local police and emergency services arrived at the scene and retrieved the car and its occupants with the help of two cranes and swimmers around midnight.
The victims were members of the Dargude family from Indore village in Dindori taluka, the official said.
According to the police, the deceased were identified as Sunil Dattu Dargude (32), his wife Reshma, Asha Anil Dargude (32), and six children from the family, five girls in the age group of seven to 14 years and an 11-year-old boy.
Their bodies were brought to the government hospital in Dindori, the official said, adding that a case has been registered and a probe is underway to ascertain the cause of the accident.
