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...
11 Aug, 2018, 08.25 AM IST
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 ...
31 Jul, 2018, 01.38 PM 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
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...
09 Jan, 2018, 06.04 PM IST
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...
09 Jan, 2018, 08.22 AM IST
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 ...
07 Jan, 2018, 10.19 AM IST
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...
06 Jan, 2018, 08.42 AM IST
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...
04 Jan, 2018, 10.25 AM IST
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.
04 Jan, 2018, 07.30 AM IST
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 ...
03 Jan, 2018, 09.10 PM IST
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...
03 Jan, 2018, 07.57 PM IST
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...
03 Jan, 2018, 04.07 PM IST
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...
03 Jan, 2018, 03.20 PM IST
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...
03 Jan, 2018, 11.20 AM IST
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...
03 Jan, 2018, 12.06 AM IST
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...
11 Oct, 2016, 08.35 AM IST
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...
10 Jun, 2014, 04.07 AM IST