Maratha quota issue: Jarange warns of fresh agitation from May 30Manoj Jarange, a Maratha quota activist, will begin an indefinite hunger strike on May 30. He has set a May 29 deadline for the Maharashtra...
16 May, 2026, 02.00 PM IST
Congress to face consequences in Maharashtra polls for opposing interests of Marathas: JarangeMaratha quota activist Manoj Jarange criticized the Congress for opposing Maratha interests, warning of electoral repercussions in the upco...
10 Jun, 2024, 04.10 PM IST
Write to Centre, Maharashtra govt against 'suppression' of quota agitation: Manoj Jarange to MarathasActivist Manoj Jarange expresses fear of arrest, accuses Fadnavis. British rulers did not suppress like this. Jarange observed fast for non...
28 Feb, 2024, 01.13 PM IST
Maratha Reservation Protest: Manoj Jarange Patil ends fast, gives government 'one last chance'Manoj Jarange Patil, who on Thursday met representatives from the state government, said if the Marathas are not given reservation within t...
02 Nov, 2023, 11.46 PM IST
Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar stresses creation of separate quota for Maratha communityVijay Wadettiwar, the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly, has suggested the creation of a separate quota for the Maratha comm...
05 Sep, 2023, 05.07 PM IST
Maratha quota: Thackeray asks Centre to step in post-SC ruling; BJP, MVA leaders play blame gameAs the SC struck down the 2018 law, giving quota in government jobs and education to the Marathas, by terming it "unconstitutional", a poli...
05 May, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
Supreme Court's decision on Maratha quota unfortunate: Uddhav ThackerayThe chief minister said he expects the Centre to show the same alacrity on the Maratha quota issue as it did in delivering verdicts on issu...
05 May, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
Maratha quota case: Affirmative action is not just reservation, says SCThe top court is also examining issues including whether the landmark 1992 judgement in Indra Sawhney case, also known as the Mandal verdic...
23 Mar, 2021, 12.00 AM IST
Ashok Chavan seeks bigger bench for Maratha quota, review of 50 per cent capThe apex court has stayed the 16 per cent quota for Marathas in education and jobs in Maharashtra. If the quota comes into effect, the tota...
08 Jan, 2021, 05.38 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
Marathas to get EWS quota benefits, but not in jobs, admissionsThe state is likely to withdraw the government resolution (GR) issued in July this year which stated that Marathas were not eligible for th...
23 Sep, 2020, 09.45 AM IST
Maharashtra to continue legal battle till Maratha quota allowed: CM Uddhav ThackerayUddhav assured the Maratha community that the state government was with it and would be fighting the battle to ensure that they get the quo...
13 Sep, 2020, 09.20 PM IST
OBCs to hold march on first day of Maharashtra session on February 25The organisers of the protest are also opposing any probable move on part of the state government to induct Marathas into the OBC category.
23 Feb, 2019, 11.56 AM 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
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 ...
18 Nov, 2018, 09.26 PM IST
Quota stir: Maharashtra CM agrees for partial withdraw of cases against vandalsThe announcement came after Fadnavis held a meeting with BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Narayan Rane and his MLA son Nitesh Rane, along with some lea...
29 Jul, 2018, 08.29 PM IST
Congress prompts special status to Marathas amid bleak poll prospectCongress's former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has been espousing the cause, raking it up again when Jats were put in OBC list before Lok Sabh...
27 Jun, 2014, 12.44 PM IST