Congress to push Uddhav govt to introduce job quota for muslimsReservation for Muslims could make a comeback in Maharashtra, six years after the Bombay High Court partially stayed a 5% quota for the min...
01 Feb, 2020, 07.08 AM IST
Maharashtra CM Fadnavis will have to defy Amit Shah's stand to grant Maratha quota: Sharad PawarHe also batted for quota for the Muslims, and questioned the BJP's stand that reservations could not be given on religious lines.
07 Dec, 2018, 04.39 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
Government to seek legal opinion before tabling report on Maratha reservationGovernment also said it was committed to provide reservation to the Dhangar (shepherd) community under the ST category.
20 Nov, 2018, 03.48 PM IST
BJP assures reservation to MarathasA resolution seeking to provide reservation to the Maratha community was adopted on the second day of the party's state executive meeting i...
06 Oct, 2016, 05.11 PM IST
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis may repeal quota for MuslimsThe DF govt led by Chavan, on June 16, 2014, had announced 16% reservation for Marathas and 5% for Muslims in government jobs and education...
05 Mar, 2015, 10.12 AM IST
Maharashtra government does away with 5 per cent job quota for Muslims"An ordinance to this effect (providing a five per cent job quota) lapsed on December 23 last year," a Maharashtra government resolution sa...
04 Mar, 2015, 11.11 PM IST
Maharashtra government to approach Supreme Court on Maratha reservations"The state is fully supportive of the Maratha quota. We will appeal in SC on the HC ruling. We will take measures to ensure that the quota ...
15 Nov, 2014, 12.51 PM IST
Maratha reservations: Maharashtra government to approach SC, says Devendra Fadnavis"The state government is fully supportive of Maratha quota. We will appeal in SC on the HC ruling. We will take measures to ensure that the...
14 Nov, 2014, 02.48 PM IST
Maharashtra to promulgate ordinance on reservations for Marathas and Muslims: Darius Khambata to High CourtThe bench told the Advocate General to urgently take up the matter of death threats to Tirodkar with the concerned police officials.
09 Jul, 2014, 07.55 PM IST
Maratha, Muslim quota still not in force: Advocate General to High CourtMaha govt today told HC that the cabinet decision on quotas for Marathas and Muslims hasn't come into force as a govt resolution is yet to ...
30 Jun, 2014, 09.06 PM IST
Quota for Marathas, Muslims will benefit ruling combine: Sharad PawarSharad Pawar has admitted that the Cong-NCP alliance in Maharashtra was all set to benefit from the recently announced quotas for Marathas ...
27 Jun, 2014, 07.19 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
Decision on quota taken after examining legalities: NCPThe state Cabinet had cleared 16 per cent reservation for Marathas and five per cent for Muslims in government jobs and educational institu...
26 Jun, 2014, 05.49 PM IST
Decision on quota taken after examining legalities: NCPNCP said decision to provide reservation to Muslims & Marathas has been taken by Maha govt after examining all legal aspects & expressed co...
26 Jun, 2014, 05.03 PM IST
Maharashtra government okays 16 per cent quotas for Marathas, 5 per cent for Muslims"Maratha community is being treated as educationally and socially backward and 16 per cent quota has been fixed for them," said Chavan.
25 Jun, 2014, 09.33 PM IST
Maharashtra Muslim quota plan against Constitution: BJPBut he added that, "In case of Maratha reservation, we do not mind if it is extended to the community as it will help poor students.
24 Jun, 2014, 08.17 PM IST