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‘CM Shinde is backing Maratha activist Jarange-Patil’
n the second phase of their agitation, they spoke to Surendra P Gangan at Bhagwangad, Ahmednagar, about their fight and the ruling government throwing its weight behind Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil’s agitation.
Updated on Jul 25, 2024 07:34 AM IST
On paper, Puja’s parents are separated; poll affidavit shows opposite
During a viral mock interview given to a private coaching institute during her civil services exam selection process, Puja had claimed that her parents are separated and her income is “zero”
Updated on Jul 25, 2024 06:14 AM IST
Fadnavis asks MVA leaders to clear stand on Maratha reservation
The deputy chief minister also asserted that his party will unmask MVA leaders on Maratha reservation
Updated on Jul 22, 2024 05:20 AM IST
IAS officer Puja Khedkar breaks silence on fake certificate row
Trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar breaks silence on fake certificate row: ‘Proving guilty by…’
Updated on Jul 15, 2024 06:53 PM IST
IAS Puja Khedkar holds immovable property worth over ₹22 crore
Puja Khedkar is under scrutiny for controversial selection, owns assets worth ₹22 crore, annual income of ₹42 lakh, facing quota violation allegations.
Updated on Jul 12, 2024 04:51 AM IST
Nadeem Inamdar
PMO seeks report on Puja Khedkar from Pune collector
After being shunted from Pune to Washim for high-handedness, reports of alleged misuse of OBC, PWBD categories surface
Updated on Jul 11, 2024 07:18 AM IST
Yogesh JoshiNadeem InamdarYogesh Naik
OBC activists' fast against Maratha quota enters Day 7; doctors flag health risk
Laxman Hake and Navnath Waghmare have been on a hunger strike protesting a Maharashtra govt draft notification that seeks to include Marathas in the OBC quota
Updated on Jun 19, 2024 05:15 PM IST
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Activist Jarange says OBC leaders should focus on ST quota for Dhangars
The activist claimed that the Maratha community would support the Dhangar community's fight for ST status and that the OBC leaders should support Marathas.
Published on Jun 17, 2024 04:29 PM IST
PM reacts to SC's VVPAT verdict, claims Cong has Muslim quota plan in Bihar
PM Modi claimed that the Opposition was trying to get rid of EVMs.
Updated on Apr 26, 2024 02:44 PM IST
Muslim quota part of agenda to push country towards Islamisation: Adityanath
Muslim quota part of agenda to push country towards Islamisation: Adityanath
Published on Apr 25, 2024 06:53 PM IST
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Response to Jarange-Patil’s call for rasta roko ‘lukewarm’
Protestors in Maharashtra demand Maratha reservation within OBC quota, leading to 'rasta roko' agitation. Activist plans meeting to decide next steps.
Updated on Feb 25, 2024 07:32 AM IST
Stop issuing Kunbi certificates to Marathas, NCP minister tells Maharashtra govt
Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal’s sharp remarks on the Maratha reservation issue came hours after the state backward commission submitted its report
Published on Feb 16, 2024 06:09 PM IST
Shinde managed to pacify Marathas for now, but will it lead to bigger problems?
CM Eknath Shinde managed to pacify Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, and the BJP, the main political player in the state, is playing a balancing act
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 06:45 PM IST
Maratha activist Jarange-Patil says Maharashtra government accepts demands
Manoj Jarange-Patil started his hunger strike from Friday morning. The activist has stopped taking meals from 11 in the morning and is surviving only on water.
Published on Jan 26, 2024 06:21 PM IST
Jarange-Patil continues his march towards Mumbai, reaches Ahmednagar on second day
Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, advocating for Maratha community reservation from the OBC quota, continues his march to Mumbai for the second day. Accompanied by a substantial crowd, the march entered Ahmednagar district on Sunday, planning a night halt near Karanji Ghat
Updated on Jan 22, 2024 07:18 AM IST
Tatkare backs Bhujbal on OBC quota
NCP state president Sunil Tatkare supports Chagan Bhujbal's stand on Maratha reservation, says it shouldn't affect OBC quota. Slams Prithviraj Chavan for damaging NCP.
Updated on Nov 29, 2023 06:58 AM IST
Fadnavis asks leaders not to disturb Maha’s social fabric over quota issue
A recent meeting of the ruling alliance saw a war of words after CM Shinde chastised his ministerial colleagues for speaking in different voices on the issue.
Updated on Nov 10, 2023 04:41 AM IST
Bhujbal jibes at own govt for appeasing Marathas, alleges conspiracy to end OBC reservation
Blaming the top leadership of his own government for taking the “anti-OBC decision”, the minister sarcastically asked how so many ancestral records had become available all of a sudden. “They are giving Marathas a backdoor entry to the OBC quota,” he alleged, asking OBCs to raise their voice against it
Updated on Nov 07, 2023 07:36 AM IST
When Mandal 2.0 gets to confront Hindutva
Indian politics have changed for the Mandal-Kamandal binary to play out as it did in the past. The fault line today is unequal economic growth
Missing in the caste survey
The broad numbers reveal the big picture in Bihar. But data about subcastes are necessary to understand intra-group inequalities
Published on Oct 04, 2023 10:40 PM IST
HT Editorial
Many narratives of social justice politics
Bihar caste survey shows OBCs make up 63% of the population, impacting politics and governance. OBC mobilisation is expected to increase.
Published on Oct 03, 2023 03:13 PM IST
Miffed Maratha outfits all set to intensify reservation agitation
The administration of eight central Maharashtra districts, after collating over 10 million documents, has found only 5,000 listing Marathas as Kunbis in the Nizam era. The government is of the opinion that it will be difficult to issue Kunbi certificates to all Marathas on the strength of these
Updated on Oct 02, 2023 07:06 AM IST
No certificates for all Marathas as Kunbis, govt assures OBC leaders
Chief minister Eknath Shinde, his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, and senior cabinet ministers held a meeting with several OBC outfits in Mumbai. After accepting all their demands, Shinde announced that DCM Devendra Fadnavis will visit Chandrapur and Nagpur, where relay protests are on
Updated on Sep 30, 2023 07:40 AM IST
Sonia Gandhi declares support to women’s reservation bill
In her speech, Gandhi recalled the contribution of Indian icons such as Sarojini Naidu, Sucheta Kriplani, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Aruna Asaf Ali
Updated on Sep 20, 2023 01:16 PM IST
‘The social backwardness of Marathas cannot be proved’
The Maharashtra government's decision to issue Kunbi caste certificates to Marathas has sparked objections from existing OBCs who claim it encroaches on their quota. The OBC Janmorcha plans to start a statewide agitation and a legal battle against the government, arguing that the decision cannot be sustained in court. The OBCs are also demanding the removal of the 50% cap on reservation quotas. The issue is seen as political rather than social, and the OBCs emphasize that their opposition is against the government and not the Maratha community.
Updated on Sep 08, 2023 12:37 AM IST
Rohini Commission may recommend key changes to OBC quota policy
The report, which is more than 1,000-pages long, is divided in two parts.
Updated on Sep 02, 2023 08:04 AM IST
Notification for U.P. urban local body polls after govt finalises quota: SEC
In a statement, the state election commissioner elections will be held on 14,684 seats in 760 urban local bodies of Uttar Pradesh
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 11:37 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh cabinet accepts OBC commission's report on quota in civic polls
According to a senior government official, the government will now seek an urgent hearing in the Supreme Court where the matter is sub-judice.
Updated on Mar 11, 2023 12:59 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
SC stays Allahabad HC order to conduct local body polls without OBC quota
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath hailed the top court’s verdict.
Updated on Jan 05, 2023 02:01 AM IST
Abraham Thomas, New Delhi
From Agnipath to no age cap in NEET: Events that define education in 2022
Year Recap 2022: From Agnipath scheme to removal of upper age limit in medical entrance test NEET – these are the most important events in education that took place in 2022.
Published on Dec 31, 2022 08:27 AM IST
Bishal Kalita , New Delhi
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