Mumbai: OBC activist Laxman Hake is refusing to quit his hunger fast until he receives an assurance from Maharashtra’s Mahayuti government that OBC reservation would not be tampered with in …
Mumbai: Maratha leader Manoj Jarange-Patil said Saturday that he would neither field any candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections nor support any political party — a U-turn from his previous …
Mumbai: Five days before Maratha leader Manoj Jarange-Patil’s deadline to the Maharashtra government to grant Maratha quota lapses, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Tuesday promised to convene a special session of …
Mumbai: Three members of the Maharashtra State Backward Classes Commission have resigned — two of them citing government interference, while the chairman of the commission has stepped down without specifying …
Mumbai: At a time when the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government is struggling to tackle the Maratha agitations over quota, the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission, a quasi-judicial body that decides …
Mumbai: Outsiders attending the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission meetings, differences over what parameters to use to determine the backwardness of Marathas, insistence on a limited socioeconomic survey of the caste …
Mumbai: The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government’s exercise to grant Kunbi caste certificates to eligible persons from the Maratha community has sparked a rift within the ruling parties in the state …
Mumbai: As violent agitations pressing for a Maratha quota continue in Maharashtra, the Eknath Shinde government has gone into firefighting mode. On Monday, the Shinde cabinet announced a slew of …
Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Hemant Patil Sunday resigned from the post of MP. A Maratha, Patil submitted his resignation to the Lok Sabha Speaker over the ongoing reservation issue to stand in solidarity …
New Delhi: Bracing for a fresh round of protests over the Maratha reservation and seemingly able to do little except giving verbal assurances, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his …