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Maharashtra bandh highlights: Over 400 protesters detained in Mumbai after violence; CM says ready for talks
A shutdown called by Maratha outfits demanding reservation began in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, and several other areas of Maharashtra on Wednesday.Shops were closed in Navi Mumbai and auto-rickshaws were off the roads, a day after large-scale violence marred a statewide protest by Maratha outfits demanding quota in jobs and education. Schools and colleges, however, were exempt from the shutdown.The Marathas have been agitating for reservation for the community in government jobs and education for a while now.Around 45,000 policemen -- the force’s full strength in the city -- of uniformed policemen will be deployed across the city.Live updates on Maharashtra bandh
9:30pm IST
Situation normal in Kalamboli, cops detain protesters
Situation has normalised in Kalamboli after police managed to detain some protesters. Kopar Khairane D Mart area remains tense. A local corporator’s office was ransacked and property of locals was damaged.
8:00pm IST
NCP MLA from Vaijaapur constituency resigns
Bhausaheb Patil Chikatgaonkar, NCP MLA from Vaijaapur constituency (Aurangabad), has offered his resignation to Vidhan Sabha speaker through e-mail over Maratha Reservation issue.
7:30pm IST
Over 400 detained in Mumbai
As many as 447 persons were detained across Mumbai as protesters demanding reservation for the Maratha community took to the streets, according to PTI. In adjoining Thane city, police detained 20 persons for vandalising public property.
6:40pm IST
Protesters, police clash at Kopar Khairane
Situation continues to be tense at Kopar Khairane as protesters and police clash. Cars and bikes were burnt by protesters while buildings and traffic signals were damaged. Cops as well as residents have also been assaulted. Police resort to firing tear gas shells as mob pelts stones.
6:25pm IST
Protests turn violent at Kalamboli node
Protests turn violent at Kalamboli node as people pelt stones at police. Cops retaliate with tear gas firing.
6:00pm IST
Shiv Sena MLA resigns
Shiv Sena MLA from Kannad (Aurangabad) constituency, Harshvardhan Jadhav, has offered his resignation to Vidhan Sabha speaker via e-mail over Maratha Reservation issue. He has left for Mumbai and will be giving a hard copy of his resignation to Vidhan Sabha speaker.
5:40pm IST
Protests at Koper Khairne in Navi Mumbai
5:37pm IST
Ashok Chavan says BJP, Shiv Sena taking political benefits
“There is no question of us taking political benefit.Till when you will deceive people in the name of discussions? BJP and Shiv Sena are taking political benefits by asking people to vote in their favour and then they will help,” says Congress leader Ashok Chavan.
5:15pm IST
Mumbai-Pune Expressway open for traffic
Mumbai-Pune Expressway opened for traffic after crowd was dispersed, following police action.
4:55pm IST
Police fire tear gas at protesters at Kalamboli
Police fire tear gas at protesters at Kalamboli e-way area, as they refuse to disperse. Protesters retaliate with stone-pelting.
4:50pm IST
Ashok Chavan demands one-day special session of state legislature
“We suspect there is an attempt to create a divide between Marathas and other communities, need to find out who is behind the violence during Maratha agitation,” says Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan.
Chavan has demanded one-day special session of state legislature to discuss Maratha reservation issue.
4:45pm IST
Transharbour services between Thane, Vashi resume
Transharbour services between Thane and Vashi started on Transharbour lines started. @drmmumbaicr @m_indicator @RidlrMUM @mumbairailusers
— Central Railway (@Central_Railway) July 25, 2018
4:30pm IST
Protesters say won’t withdraw agitation till demands met
Protesters at Kalamboli e-way entry point have said they will not withdraw agitation till the chief minister or any other government representative meets them and accepts their demands. Some policemen have been injured in stone-pelting at the e-way.
4:20pm IST
‘Govt ready for discussions with Maratha outfits’
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has issued a statement, saying the government is ready for discussions with Maratha outfits anytime. “The government has taken cognisance of protest by Maratha community and has taken several decisions. The government is ready to talk to them. Maharashtra had made a law for reservation to the community but that was stayed by Bombay HC.”
4:15pm IST
Protesters say won’t withdraw agitation
Protesters have said police action has incensed them and hence, they will not withdraw the agitation.
4:00pm IST
Sion Panvel highway blockade lifted
Sion Panvel highway blockade has been lifted. Situation is still tense in Kopar Khairane D Mart chowk area. Leaders were heckled and threatened by protestors who have refused to budge. An Ola cab was also attacked by protesters.
3:55pm IST
One person injured in police firing
One man was injured during police firing at Kalamboli. He was admitted to MGM hospital in Kamothe, and his condition is said to be stable now.
3:25pm IST
Protests still on in Thane despite stir being called off
Protest is still on in Thane despite calling it off. Agitators pelted stone which hit a protester injuring him. Police lobbed tear gas to disperse the protesters.
3:15pm IST
Sion-Panvel highway still blocked
Sion Panvel highway in Navi Mumbai still blocked, situation tense at Kalamboli expressway area as mob swelling and security being beefed up, expressway also blocked.
3:10pm IST
Leaders in Navi Mumbai trying to convince protesters to call off agitation
Leaders of Maratha stir in Navi Mumbai say they, too, are withdrawing agitation in Navi Mumbai but the protesters are adamant. Meeting on to convince protesters.
3:05pm IST
Highways in Navi Mumbai still blocked
Highways in Navi Mumbai still blocked, stir not yet called off
2:58pm IST
Maratha stir called off in Thane too
Maratha agitation has been called off in Thane as well
2:50pm IST
Mumbai outfits request organisers in Navi Mumbai, Thane to call off stir
Organisations leading Maratha agitation in Mumbai have appealed the organisers in Thane and Navi Mumbai to do the same
2:45pm IST
Mumbai bandh called off
Maratha Kranti Morcha calls off Mumbai bandh
2:30pm IST
Palm Beach road in Vashi blocked
Protesters set up blockade on Palm Beach road in Vashi, Navi Mumbai
2:06pm IST
Mob in Kopar Khairane attacks people shooting bike burning incident
Mob in Kopar Khairane attacks media personnel and locals shooting the bike burning incident on mobiles. Some severely injured taken to hospital. Glass panes of a building damaged following stone pelting by protesters upset at videos being taken from there.
1:55pm IST
Central Railway suspends trans-harbour operation between Thane and Vashi stations
Trans-harbour operation between Thane-Vashi stations on Central Railway suspended due to agitation at Ghansoli, passengers allowed to travel via Kurla-Vashi.
1:46pm IST
Miscreants set fire to BEST bus at Mumbai’s Mankhurd
A BEST bus on fire on Mankhurd Link Road, in Mumbai at 1.30pm when it was on its way to Nerul from Santacruz
Mumbai: Miscreants pelted stones & set a bus ablaze in Mankhurd during #MarathaQuotaStir. Fire has now been extinguished by fire tenders. pic.twitter.com/HA3jP9t05L
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2018
1:45pm IST
Trains stopped at Ghansoli
Protesters resort to rail roko at Ghansoli, trains stopped
1:40pm IST
Situation worsens at Kopar Khairane, Navi Mumbai
Situation worsens at Kopar Khairane, Navi Mumbai as mob sets fire to bike, media personnel gheraoed and threatened.
1:35pm IST
Support Maratha reservation demand: Union minister Ramdas Athawale
Union minister and Republican Party of India leader Ramdas Athawale says he supports the Maratha reservation demand, will raise the issue in NDA.
I support #MarathaReservation demand. I appeal protesters to protest peacefully. We need to make a law in parliament and raise reservation cap from 50% to 75%, will also raise this issue in NDA: Union Minister & Republican Party of India leader Ramdas Athawale pic.twitter.com/rPBt5JRgwW
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2018
1:15pm IST
Police fire in the air at Mumbai-Pune e-way
Police fire in the air at the Mumbai-Pune Expressway at its entry-exit point in Kalamboli. Nobody has been reported injured in the incident.
1:05pm IST
Protesters set police van of fire on Mumbai-Pune e-way
Protesters set a police van on fire at Mumbai-Pune e-way. Additional security forces rushed to e-way area as protesters gather in large numbers.
12:55pm IST
Protesters block rail tracks at Ghansoli station
Protesters block railway tracks at Ghansoli railway station once again. Trans-harbour trains shut from 12.40 pm
12:50pm IST
Police lathicharge protesters at Mumbai-Pune e-way
Police resort to mild lathi charge as protesters attack media personnel at Kalamboli E-way entry point. Stones pelted at police, too.
12:35pm IST
Shops shut in Ghatkopar West
Shops in Ghatkopar West are shut but no effect in Ghatkopar East, Mumbai.
12:30pm IST
Bus vandalised in Thane by protesters
Protesters vandalise TMT bus at Nitin Company Junction in Thane.
12:20pm IST
Protesters block road at Bhandup
Maratha Kranti Morcha members protest and block road at Bhandup in Mumbai.
12:15pm IST
Mumbai-Pune e-way blocked at Kalamboli
Mumbai-Pune Expressway has been blocked at Kalamboli entry-exit point
12:05pm IST
Schools cancel afternoon sessions
Most schools in Mumbai have cancelled their afternoon sessions.
11:55am IST
Fadnavis posters vandalised in Thane
BJP hoarding with CM Devendra Fadnavis posters are being torn by the protestors in Rango Bapuji Gupte Chowk near Talaopali in Thane.
11:45am IST
Stone pelting reported
Stone pelting at Thane on a poster of Devendra Fadnavis near Talaopali
11:30am IST
Less autos on road
Shashank Rao, leader of Mumbai Autorickshawmens Union said that there are less number of autos on the road as several drivers kept their vehicles off road fearing vandalism.
11:28am IST
Buses targeted in Maharashtra
BEST spokesperson informed that up till 10am total nine incidents mainly of tyre deflating at various locations such as Kurla bail bazar, D-mart Kopar Khairane and Chandivali, reported.
11:24am IST
Sion Panvel highway blocked
Protestors block Sion Panvel highway at Vashi junction in Navi Mumbai.
11:20am IST
MSRTC halt services
State owned MSRTC has stopped all it’s buses operation from all the depots in Mumbai. The buses on way to Mumbai stopped at Panvel depot. Across the state, 170 buses of MSRTC were damaged during Maratha agitation.
11:19am IST
Parents asked to pick children from school
Several schools in Navi Mumbai ask parents to collect their children from school as their buses won’t run.
11:11am IST
Rail services unaffected in Pune
There is no impact on railway services in Pune, all trains are plying normally: Pune railway PRO.
11:07am IST
Traffic snarls in Mumbai
The main road at Kopar Khairane in Navi Mumbai remains blocked as protests continue in the area. The road connects to Vashi and Airoli nodes. Traffic snarls in Kopar Khairane as motorists look for alternate routes.
10:55am IST
Shops shut in Lalbaugh in Mumbai
Maratha Kranti Morcha volunteers down shutters of shops at Lalbaug area.
10:46am IST
Protestors start road block agitation
Protestors stage Rasta roko at Panvel junction blocking old Mumbai-Pune road and Mumbai-Goa road.
10:41am IST
Buses stopped in Thane
Protestors halt TMT buses in Thane.
10:39am IST
Local train service resumes
Local train services start at Thane and Ghansoli railway station.
10:25am IST
Train services affected
Local train services halted at Thane. Protestors came on the tracks and stopped the train movements.
#MarathaReservation protests: Workers of #MarathaKrantiMorcha block a local train in Thane pic.twitter.com/cotagpKpzp
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2018
10:00am IST
Shops shut, tyres set ablaze in Thane
Workers of Maratha Kranti Morcha forcibly shut shops on Thane ‘s Gokhale road and tyres set ablaze on Majiwada bridge.
9:56am IST
Maratha Karnti Morcha insists on carrying a peaceful protest
We are not blocking any road. We are carrying out a peaceful protest. We have told our workers that there should be no inconvenience to the police or govt due to our protest. We are asking people to shut down their shops: Maratha Kranti Morcha
9:55am IST
Public transport damaged in Thane
#MarathaReservation protest: A Thane Municipal Transport(TMT) bus vandalised in Wagle estate area of Thane. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/IzMutlrp4l
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2018
9:54am IST
Ola & Uber prices surge
Ola and uber have price huge surge in Mumbai. Autos not plying in Borivali.
9:44am IST
Protestors stop local trains at Jogeshwari station
The protesters tried to stop fast local services at Jogeshwari station on Western Railway.
9:42am IST
Auto drivers forced to shut services
Protesters at Kalyan station forcing auto drivers to shut down their services.
9:20am IST
Eastern express highway blocked
Maratha outfits have blocked the Eastern highway in Mumbai
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