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Parbhani riots: Youth killed as he was Dalit, says Rahul Gandhi; stop politics, counters Maharashtra chief minister Devendra FadnavisCongress leader Rahul Gandhi accuses the police of murdering Dalit youth Somnath Suryavanshi, contesting Maharashtra government's asthma cl...
Chhagan Bhujbal-Sharad Pawar meet raises eyebrows in Ajit Pawar's campOn Monday, Maharashtra minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal met with Sharad Pawar, sparking speculation about political realignme...
Maharashtra drops 348 Koregaon violence casesMaharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh told the Legislative Council that cases against those who are accused of destroying public property...
Maratha stir may affect business prospects: Marathwada chambersOver the last eight months, Maharashtra has seen at least three strikes and twice the number of riots, which have left industries worried a...
Shiv Sena ups ante, seeks quota for Marathas, Dhangars and KolisOnce the Maratha community is given reservation, others will come out on streets and a new problem will crop up, the Shiv Sena, an ally of ...
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 (...
Koregaon Bhima violence: 12 more arrestedThe violence occurred during the bicentennial event to commemorate the Koregaon-Bhima battle in which British imperial forces comprising Da...
No clarity on role of Sambhaji Bhide's followers in Pune stirPune Rural SP said, “We are investigating all the angles, and can’t conclude anything now.” He, however, said they have arrested both Marat...
Jignesh Mevani not responsible for Bhima-Koregaon violence: Ramdas AthawaleAthawale, a prominent Dalit leader, said there was tension in the area even prior to the 200th anniversary of the Bhima-Koregaon battle on ...
Had no role in Bhima-Koregaon violence: Sambhaji BhideThe pro-Hindutva leader, accused of instigating violence against Dalits on January 1, has shared his willingness to face an inquiry in this...
Maharashtra bandh called off, says Prakash AmbedkarBBM leader & Babasaheb Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar said that nearly 50 per cent of the state's population took part in the shut-do...
Aspirations, as Dalits martial memoriesAn East Indian Company force comprising, among others, ‘untouchable’ Mahars, who had forced a division of the Peshwa’s army to retreat.
Maharashtra bandh hits rail, road traffic; turns violentMumbai police registered nine cases today in connection with violent protests in the city yesterday. Over 150 people have been detained in ...
Caste violence in Maharashtra rocks Parliament, RSS rejects Congress chargeAs a political war of words erupted over the simmering caste tensions in Maharashtra, the BJP hit back at Congress, accusing it of politici...
Battle over a 200-year-old battle: Was Bhima Koregaon really a Brahmin-Dalit tussle?Many Dalits have come to view the battle as not one between the British and the natives but between upper-caste Peshwas and lower-caste Mah...
Congress accuses Hindutva outfits of triggering Maharashtra clashesCongress leader Mallikarjun Kharge also trained his guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wondering why he was maintaining a studied silenc...
Maharashtra caste violence: Left or right, who stoked violence?Ambedkar, who is a grandson of Babasaheb Ambedkar, said the violence was engineered by Shivraj Pratishthan activists, who provoked villager...
Complaint filed against Jignesh Mewani and Umar Khalid at Pune police stationThe complaint states that it was Mewani who told ‘people to come on street and retaliate’ which is why tensions erupted between the two com...
Amid stirs, Maharashtra stares at caste conflictsIn Nashik, there are concerns that Sunday’s violence may not be just a one-off incident and there are possibilities of more caste conflicts...
Caste, communal sentiments flare up amid poll season in MaharashtraOn Sunday, sporadic incidents of violence were reported from Solapur, Sangli Buldhana and Pune after a post on a social networking site car...