Maharashtra cabinet approves draft bill for 10 percent Maratha reservation
Maratha Reservation Update: Maratha reservation has been approved. Maharashtra Cabinet approved the draft bill for 10 percent Maratha reservation in education and government jobs.
Feb 20, 2024, 12:02 PM IST
Maratha reservation: BJP lashes out at Ajit Pawar, asks for Rs 3000 Cr package for community
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil on Friday (May 28) hit out at the state's deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar for claiming that the Maratha community would have to hit the streets to get reservations in jobs and education.
May 28, 2021, 23:50 PM IST
Bombay High Court adjourns Maratha reservation matter to January 2019
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday adjourned the Maratha reservation matter to January 23, 2019. Following massive state-wide protests, the Maharashtra government had decided to grant 16 per cent reservation to the members of the Maratha community in education and government jobs.
Dec 19, 2018, 15:14 PM IST
Maharashtra confims reservation for Marathas, to be implemented from December 1
The Marathas will get 16 per cent reservation, as suggested by Maharashtra State Backward Classes Commission.
Nov 15, 2018, 18:24 PM IST
Protesters disrupt road traffic, burn vehicles during Maharashtra bandh over Maratha quota
Maratha agitators also disrupted road traffic in some parts of Maharashtra as part of their statewide protests over reservation demand, while Internet services were suspended in seven rural tehsils of Pune district to prevent rumour-mongering.
Aug 09, 2018, 18:11 PM IST
Maharashtra bandh: A look at all demands of Maratha groups on reservation
The protest is expected to be peaceful and all essential services like schools and colleges have been excluded.
Aug 08, 2018, 21:46 PM IST
Another Maratha community member's suicide reported
As Maratha organisations are agitating for reservation in jobs and education for the community, at least six cases of suicide by young Maratha men were reported in the last two weeks.
Aug 03, 2018, 05:57 AM IST
Sonai honour killing case: Death sentence to 6 for caste-related murders
A local court today awarded death sentence to six convicts in the 2013 Sonai honour killing case in which three Dalit youths were killed in Ahmednagar district.
Jan 20, 2018, 13:21 PM IST
LIVE: Mumbai, Pune on alert as BR Ambedkar's grandson calls for bandh
Dalit groups on Tuesday staged protests in Chembur and other parts of Mumbai, resulting in massive traffic snarls, including on the Mumbai-Panvel highway.
Jan 02, 2018, 17:19 PM IST
Dalit protest throws traffic out of gear in Mumbai and Pune; Riot police called in
Clashes between members of Dalit and Maratha communities from January 1 resulted in large-scale protests by the former a day later.
Jan 02, 2018, 15:50 PM IST
Maharashtra shrinks lessons on Mughals & Rajputs, adds chapters on Bofors, Emergency
The Maharashtra State Education Board has come up with revised history textbooks of class 7 and 9 for the 2017-18 academic year, emphasising the Maratha regime and the emperor Shivaji.
Aug 08, 2017, 14:42 PM IST
Republican Party of India (Athawale) to hold joint conference of Dalits and Marathas
The Republican Party of India (Athawale faction) today announced a joint conference of leaders from the Dalit and Maratha communities, where a resolution backing the demand of reservations for the latter would be passed.
Oct 04, 2016, 20:38 PM IST
Saamana cartoonist Shreenivas Prabhudesai says sorry for hurting Maratha sentiments
Saamana caricaturist Shreenivas Prabhudesai on Wednesday expressed regret over an objectionable cartoon which led to a storm of protests from the Maratha community, including attacks on the newspaper`s office and printing press.
Sep 28, 2016, 12:43 PM IST
Saamana cartoonist says sorry for hurting Maratha sentiments
Saamana caricaturist Shreenivas Prabhudesai on Wednesday expressed regret over an objectionable cartoon which led to a storm of protests from the Maratha community, including attacks on the newspaper`s office and printing press.
Sep 28, 2016, 12:08 PM IST
Reservation row: Silent protest march by Marathas in Nashik today
Earlier, the Maratha rallies in Navi Mumbai, Akola, Latur and Nanded drew huge crowds.
Sep 24, 2016, 08:57 AM IST
Maratha take out a silent march in Amravati
Continuing the state-wide protest of the community, thousands of Marathas on Thursday took out a silent march here.
Sep 22, 2016, 22:03 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear Maratha quota plea today
The decision to grant reservation to Marathas and Muslims was taken by the erstwhile Congress-NCP government before the 2014 Assembly Elections.
Sep 19, 2016, 09:36 AM IST
Gadkari wishes to build Burj Khalifa like structure in Mumbai
Nitin Gadkari intends to build a structure taller than the Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa.
Oct 30, 2015, 21:21 PM IST
