Those glorifying Aurangzeb are 'traitors': Eknath ShindeMaharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde labeled Aurangzeb’s admirers as 'traitors,' contrasting the Mughal emperor’s atrocities with Maratha ki...
18 Mar, 2025, 09.57 AM IST
Delhi's Akbar Road, Humayun Road signboards blackened, posters of Shivaji pasted over themSignboards at Akbar Road and Humayun Road were vandalised with black spray and posters of Chhatrapati Shivaji by a group following their vi...
22 Feb, 2025, 02.39 PM IST
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis announces Rs 50 cr aid for Shivsrushti theme park on Shivaji MaharajMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a Rs 50 crore fund for the further development of Shivsrushti, a theme park dedicate...
19 Feb, 2025, 10.48 PM IST
Maratha leaders demand Chhagan Bhujbal's sacking after his comments on unrest during quota protest"The government should either say that they agree with what Bhujbal has said or they should throw him out of the government. He is delibera...
18 Nov, 2023, 10.38 PM IST
Shivrajyabhishek Sohala 2022: Celebrations to commemorate Chhatrapati Shivaji’s coronationLike every year, the celebration of Shivrajyabhishek Sohala or Shivrajyabhishek Din is on June 6, 2022, across Maharashtra. On this particu...
06 Jun, 2022, 06.07 PM IST
Maharashtra politicians object to Maharashtra Governor referring to Samarth Ramdas as Shivaji Maharaj's guruMaharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, during a programme in Aurangabad on Sunday, underlined the role of the guru (teacher) while cit...
28 Feb, 2022, 02.26 PM IST
BJP's Sambhajiraje announces Maratha quota protest from June 16; to start from KolhapurSpeaking at the Raigad fort after paying homage to Shivaji Maharaj on the anniversary of his coronation as "Chhatrapati" in 1674, Sambhajir...
06 Jun, 2021, 04.13 PM IST
BJP MP Sambhaji Chhatrapati meets Sharad Pawar over Maratha quota issueThe Supreme Court recently struck down the Maharashtra law granting quota to the Maratha community in admissions and government jobs, by te...
27 May, 2021, 02.09 PM IST
Maratha quota row: Maharashtra govt can relax EWS category conditions for reservation, says BJP MPTalking to reporters here, the BJP MP said if the state government wishes to give reservation under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) ...
26 May, 2021, 02.27 PM IST
PM pays tributes to Maratha empire founder ShivajiFondly called by admirers as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the Maratha king was born in 1630 and carved out his kingdom and successfully exp...
19 Feb, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
Udayanraje suggestion on quota norms revolutionary: Shiv SenaWarning that the "intense displeasure" among Marathas may spiral out of control, Bhosale said if the Maharashtra government failed to get t...
29 Sep, 2020, 01.52 PM IST
'Panipat' row: Vasundhara Raje unhappy with Maharaja Surajmal's portrayal, Raj minister wants film bannedThe state tourism minister said that historical facts have been distorted in the film.
09 Dec, 2019, 02.46 PM IST
All-party meeting on Maratha quota todayThe move to call for an all-party meeting comes after Fadnavis called a meeting of BJP ministers and Maratha community leaders from his par...
28 Jul, 2018, 09.04 AM IST
Arvind Kejriwal to address rally in Maharashtra tomorrowEvery year, lakhs of people, mostly from the politically dominant Maratha community, gather at the place to pay their respects to Rajmata (...
11 Jan, 2018, 01.35 PM IST
How the Mughals sold Bengaluru for Rs 3 lakh 330 years agoThe transaction made Mysore's ruler Chikka Devaraja Wadiyar extremely powerful. The city became the point of communication for the Mughals ...
06 Jul, 2017, 02.37 PM IST
Maharashtra Congress MLA asks Girish Karnad to apologise for comment on ShivajiKarnad, a Jnanpith winner, had stoked a controversy when he said that 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan would have enjoyed the same sta...
13 Nov, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
Good CureYear end found your columnist trudging up the stony stairway to Sajjangad. Previously known as Parali, the fort was renamed as Sajjangad (G...
05 Jan, 2012, 05.33 AM IST