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Govt promises clarity on Jarange-Patil demands by May 28

Mumbai, India – 24 Mar 2026: Maratha leader Manoj Jarange Pati at Azad Maidan to support on 9th day of hunger strike by Dhangar reservation agitator Deepak Borhade who fight for get reservation to e Dhangar community from the ST category, in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, 24 Mar, 2026. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)

Published 55 days ago

Why can't women quota be given in existing Lok Sabha of 543? Big questions stay

Members vote on the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the special session of Parliament in New Delhi on Friday, April 17, 2026. The amendment bill to tweak the women quota law of 2023 was defeated.

Updated 89 days ago

Fadnavis’ Gadchiroli feat

TOPSHOT - This handout photograph taken on October 15, 2025, and released by India's Maharashtra state Chief Minister's office shows the state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (L) posing alongside senior Maoist rebel leader Mallojula Venugopal Rao, also known as "Sonu", as they hold an AK47 assault rifle during an event at Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, as the leader surrendered with around 60 fighters, after the guerrillas announced a halt to their decades-long insurgency. India is waging an intense campaign against the last remnants of the Naxalite rebellion, named after the village in the Himalayan foothills where the Maoist-inspired insurgency began nearly six decades ago. (Photo by India's Maharashtra state Chief Minister's office / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / India's Maharashtra state Chief Minister's Office / - / HANDOUT / " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (AFP)

Published 271 days ago

Pre-poll data in districts show a breach in quota cap of 50%

Representative picture (PTI)

Published 280 days ago

Maratha quota order won’t harm OBCs, says Fadnavis after reaching out to Bhujbal

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis X/FILE)

Updated 316 days ago

The Maratha quota conundrum, again

The demand for reservation for Marathas, numerically and politically the state’s dominant community, largely emanates from the agrarian belt of Marathwada that has remained educationally backward and desperately poor. (PTI)

Published 317 days ago

For Marathas, the Kunbi certificate is a passport to unimagined wonders

Narayan Jhodge, 44, is a zilla parishad school teacher in Majalgaon, Beed. In March, his family got a Kunbi certificate based on land records from 1881, and within a month his nephew Ajay got admission into a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery course at MES Ayurved Mahavidyalaya in the OBC quota. (HT)

Published 318 days ago

Mahayuti govt averts crisis after a string of missteps

On Tuesday evening, BJP minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil handed Manoj Jarange-Patil a copy of the state government resolution accepting his demands (Raju Shinde/ HT Photo)

Updated 318 days ago

Bhujbal announces statewide OBC agitation from Tuesday

NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal talked to the media on Monday after a meeting with OBC leaders. He said a march would be held if the OBC quota is touched by the state government. (Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times)

Published 319 days ago

Jarange-Patil ups the ante, to give up water from today if demand not met

Maratha quota agitation leader Manoj Jarange-Patil during his hunger strike for the third day, in Mumbai on Sunday

Updated 319 days ago

Mumbai: Jarange-Patil continues hunger strike for Maratha reservation on 2nd day

Activist Manoj Jarange-Patil during his indefinite hunger strike demanding Maratha reservation, at Azad Maidan, in Mumbai, on Friday. (PTI)

Published 321 days ago

Nearly 40K Maratha protestors expected in city

Mumbai, India – 28, Aug 2025: Maratha Kranti Morcha activists from across Maharashtra gather at Azad Maidan for a massive rally demanding reservation for the Maratha community, in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, Aug 28, 2025. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)

Published 322 days ago

OBCs hit back; threaten chain hunger strike, morcha in Mumbai

OBCs hit back; threaten chain hunger strike, morcha in Mumbai

Published 322 days ago

Telangana local body polls likely to be held in third week of Sep

Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy on Monday evening left for New Delhi to consult the high command on the OBC quota issue. (AGENCIES)

Published 325 days ago

Chandigarh: Panjab University not a central institute, not bound to offer OBC quota, says V-C

Citing a judgment by the Punjab and Haryana high court, Panjab University vice-chancellor Renu Vig clarified that PU was not a central institute and, thus, didn’t need to follow these reservation norms. (HT File)

Published 358 days ago

SC slams Chandigarh administration for delay in OBC quota implementation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down hard on the Chandigarh administration for the prolonged delay in implementing the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota in educational institutions in its jurisdiction, warning that it would be compelled to summon the Union territory’s administrator to court if the policy were not operationalised within a week. (HT File)

Published 359 days ago

SEC push sets the ball rolling for local body polls in Oct-Nov ’25

SEC push sets the ball rolling for local body polls in Oct-Nov ’25

Published 427 days ago

Confusion about delimitation, OBC quota after SC orders local body polls

New Delhi, July 06 (ANI): A view of the Supreme Court of India building, an apex judicial body of the country, in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta) (Jitender Gupta)

Published 431 days ago

Social media debate over UPSC rank holder allegedly misusing OBC quota

Poorva Choudhary cleared UPSC CSE 2024 with a rank of 533.

Updated 438 days ago

Jarange-Patil starts 7th hunger strike, seeks death for Beed sarpanch murderers

Jarange-Patil starts 7th hunger strike, seeks death for Beed sarpanch murderers

Updated 537 days ago

Delhi HC reserves order on Puja Khedkar's pre arrest bail plea

Delhi HC reserves order on Puja Khedkar's pre arrest bail plea

Published 596 days ago

Sharad Pawar calls for 75% reservation quota to include Marathas, others

Sharad Pawar made the comments while responding to a question from reporters in Sangli related to resolving the Maratha reservation row.

Updated 650 days ago

Simplify Kunbi caste certification for Marathas, recommends report

Maratha Kranti Thok Morcha workers are among those agitating for certification. (Photo by Raju Shinde/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated 654 days ago

Jarange-Patil calls off nine-day hunger strike

HT Image

Updated 659 days ago

Cong MP demands splitting of OBC quota for better caste representation in Gujarat

Cong MP demands splitting of OBC quota for better caste representation in Gujarat

Updated 660 days ago

Bandh hits life in 4 districts as state placates OBC, Maratha protestors

CM Eknath Shinde and other leaders met a delegation of Marathas from Pune at Azad Maidan, where a sit-in protest was started on Saturday out of concern for Jarange-Patil’s deteriorating health. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

Updated 662 days ago

Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil begins 6th indefinite hunger strike

Jarange-Patil has earlier warned the government that he would field candidates for all 288 assembly seats in the state polls if his demands were not met.

Updated 668 days ago

‘CM Shinde is backing Maratha activist Jarange-Patil’

OBC activists Laxman Hake (right ) and Navnath Waghmare, started the seven-day Jan Aakrosh rally in tyhe Beed district on July 22. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

Updated 722 days ago

On paper, Puja’s parents are separated; poll affidavit shows opposite

As per the rules, only those whose parents’ income is under <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>8 lakh per annum fall in the category of OBC non-creamy layer for Union Public Selection Commission (UPSC) selection. (HT PHOTO)

Updated 722 days ago

Fadnavis asks MVA leaders to clear stand on Maratha reservation

On joining hands with Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Fadnavis said, that in politics, one has to make compromises sometimes. (HT PHOTO)

Updated 725 days ago

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