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Mahayuti govt gets new faces with caste, regional interests in mindMaharashtra's cabinet expansion saw a mix of new faces and returning leaders as the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP balanced caste and regional equ...
8 factors that may've been decisive in settling the Maharashtra matterThe BJP's landslide victory in the Maharashtra elections can be attributed to several factors, including successful consolidation of Hindu ...
Maharashtra polls: NCP leader Bhujbal distances himself from 'Batenge toh Katenge' poll pitchVeteran Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal expressed confidence in the Mahayuti government's ...
Maharashtra polls: Ambedkar-led VBA announces first list of 11 candidates; fields a transgenderThe Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) has announced its first list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls, including a tra...
Belagavi: Jagadish Shettar battles party workers dissent, Maratha opposition, and 'Outsider' tag in bid for MP SeatBelagavi is currently held by Mangala Angadi and Shettar is related to her by marriage. His opponent Hebbalkar has been using that fact in ...
Karnataka Cabinet expansion: 24 legislators to take oath as ministers todayMLAs H K Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, H C Mahadevappa, Congress working president Eshwar Khandre and former s...
Centre urges Rohini Commission to share interim OBC reportWith assembly elections to UP around the corner, any OBC sub-categorisation or inclusion/exclusion could have an electoral impact and hence...
Rising influence of temples of SwaminarayanThe temples have become visual anchors of Hinduism globally & are silently shaping destiny of contemporary Indian politics. Not surprisingl...
Maharashtra government postpones MPSC exam scheduled for October 11“We have decided to postpone the exams as there was a lockdown situation and we got representations from several students who said they nee...
A Muslim-Dalit axis going back to Haji Mastan’s shot at redemptionReaching out to Asaduddin Owaisi’s Majlise-Ittahadul Muslimeen early on and renewing the Dalit-Muslim axis, he has set the stage for a thre...
93% Maratha families' annual income less than Rs 1 lakh: SBCCThe state Assembly Thursday unanimously passed a bill proposing 16 per cent reservation for Marathas under 'socially and educationally back...
Maratha quota: 43,629 households from backward class surveyedAfter the commission submitted its report to the government last week, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had hinted that the demand for quot...
Marathas to get reservation in jobs and education institutes: Maharashtra CMThe reservation will be granted to the community under a new category called 'Socially and Educationally Backward Class' (SEBC) as per the ...
Jobs meant for OBCs won't go to other categories: Devendra FadnavisThe OBCs had reportedly sought a comprehensive socio-economic and caste census in Maharashtra to determine the population of each community.
Women need to lobby, convince parties of their winnability: Lakshmi Hebbalkar of Congress women’s morchaShe says Congress will make women who have been denied tickets MLCs and chairpersons of boards and corporations. The high-profile Congress ...
Socio-economic caste census: Numbers not being revealed to hide upper caste dominance in governance?Upper castes have been running govts for so long that they don’t want the data to finally proclaim that the Indian democracy is not represe...
Maharashtra's decision of granting 5% quota to Muslims historic: Minority Affairs Minister Mohammed Arif Naseem KhanMohammed Arif Naseem Khan termed as "historic & revolutionary" state govt's decision to provide 5% reservation to Muslims in govt jobs & ed...
Narendra Modi's cabinet: Upper castes rule Cabinet, backwards MoSWhat is a bit of a surprise is the really low representation of dalits. With just 3 in the entire council, they have a mere 7% of berths.
NCP manifesto promises reservations for Muslims, MarathasIt promised that NCP would ensure implementation of Sachar committee's recommendations including job reservations for Muslims without delay.
Army rejects calls to raise new units based on caste or religionThe Army has once again strongly rejected calls for raising new "single-class" units like the Gujarat, Kalinga, Dalit, Ahir, Paswan or Trib...