Maharashtra assembly passes Maratha quota billThe Maharashtra assembly passed a bill providing 10% reservations to the Maratha community, exceeding the Supreme Court's 50% quota limit. ...
20 Feb, 2024, 11.53 PM IST
Maratha quota bill will not pass legal test: Congress; dubs it 'pre-poll farce'The Congress criticized the Maratha quota bill passed by the Maharashtra legislature, saying it will not stand legal scrutiny. The governme...
20 Feb, 2024, 06.43 PM IST
Maratha Reservation: Maharashtra unanimously passes Bill for 10% quota for MarathasMaratha reservation bill: The Maharashtra government has tabled a bill to extend 10% reservation to Marathas. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ...
20 Feb, 2024, 05.42 PM IST
Maratha reservation: Activist Manoj Jarange Patil is still not happy with quota. Here's whyMaratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil welcomed the Maratha Reservation Bill passed in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly but c...
20 Feb, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
Maharashtra likely to pass bill for Maratha quota on TuesdayThe Maharashtra assembly is poised to approve a bill granting reservations to Marathas in government positions and educational institutions...
16 Feb, 2024, 11.38 PM IST
Maharashtra BJP legislators protest over Maratha quota, farmers' issuesThe Supreme Court in September this year stayed the implementation of 2018 Maharashtra law granting reservation to Marathas in education an...
14 Dec, 2020, 12.17 PM IST
Supreme Court wants Maharashtra government's response on pleas challenging HC order on Maratha reservationThe Maharashtra legislature passed a bill granting 16-per cent reservation to Marathas; the grant has been challenged by multiple petitions...
12 Jul, 2019, 01.02 PM IST
Pre-poll sops: Centre & states offer quotas to appease allIn January, the Centre announced a 10% reservation for the economically weaker sections (EWS).
20 Feb, 2019, 10.57 AM IST
Give whole report to petitioners: Bombay High Court to MaharashtraA division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre rejected the state government’s argument that said giving the report to the peti...
29 Jan, 2019, 08.29 AM IST
Sena against any political 'bid' to take Maratha quota creditAccording to Sena, 24.2 per cent of the Maratha population falls under the Below Poverty Line category and over 70 per cent of the communit...
01 Dec, 2018, 12.39 PM IST
Maratha quota bill gets Maharashtra governor's nodThe quota granted to Marathas is over and above the existing reservation provided to OBCs, SCs, STs, denotified nomadic tribes and special ...
30 Nov, 2018, 11.47 PM IST
Maratha quota bill marks end of 36-year struggle by communityThe bill was passed Thursday unanimously, establishing wide political support for the measure and also reflecting the clout of the influent...
30 Nov, 2018, 07.47 PM IST
Maharashtra government may have to explain bill in courtThe state may have some explaining to do to the judiciary as 16% quota to Marathas has now stretched the total reservation in state governm...
30 Nov, 2018, 07.04 AM IST
Maharashtra now second after Tamil Nadu in quota quantum rankingWith the passage of the Maratha quota bill, the reservation quantum in Maharashtra will rise to 68 per cent, just a per cent less than Tami...
29 Nov, 2018, 11.06 PM IST
ATR on Maratha quota recommendations to be tabled in House: Devendra FadnavisThe government is committed to providing quota to the Maratha community in jobs and education, he asserted while speaking in the Assembly.
27 Nov, 2018, 03.51 PM IST
Won’t table Maratha quota report for legal Issues: Chandrakant PatilChandrakant Patil said the state did not want to accede to the demand of the Congress, which wants the government to table the report in th...
21 Nov, 2018, 11.49 AM IST
Marathas’ long wait for quota may end this monthThere is also the contentious issue that Maharashtra’s reservation quota has reached 52% while the SC has mandated that reservation should ...
16 Nov, 2018, 08.50 AM IST