Marathas News

Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's statement on 'Gujaratis-Rajasthanis' has stirred a controversy in the state Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has reacted to his statement on Sunday Fadnavis said that he didn't agree with Koshyari's statement as Marathi people have contributed to the development of the state

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari had created a controversy after his remark on 'Gujaratis and Rajasthanis' On this comment, he has received a lot of backlash from Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and other Opposition leaders

BJP's move to back rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde as new CM has stunned everyone According to political experts, it is a BJP masterstroke With this, BJP aims to weaken Shiv Sena and woo the dominant Maratha community

She is now looking forward to playing strong woman characters which she feels goes with her personality.

In the affidavit, the government also asserted that the ceiling of 50 per cent reservation imposed by the Supreme Court cannot be made applicable to all the states.

The reservation will be granted to the community under a new category called 'Socially and Educationally Backward Class' (SEBC) as per the recommendation of the commission, he said.

A sessions court in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar will pronounce the quantum sentence for the three convicts in the Kopardi rape and murder case.

Three men, accused in the 2016 Kopardi rape and murder case, have been pronounced guilty by Ahmednagar district sessions court on Saturday. The quantum of punishment to be pronounced on  November 21.

Nitish Kumar on Monday said he favours reservation for the Jats and Marathas.

The state government wants to grant reservation to the community in government jobs and educational institutions across the state.

However, the situation was quickly brought under control by the police even as tensions prevail.

A division bench of justices Anoop Mohta and G S Kulkarni directed all the parties concerned to submit their written arguments by October 13.

Unidentified persons allegedly belonging to the Sambhaji Brigade pelted stones at the Saamana printing press in Navi Mumbai while some other persons threw ink outside the Thane office of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece on Tuesday, an official said here.

Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea alleging that petitions challenging Maharashtra government's decision to grant 16 per cent quota to Marathas in jobs and education in the state were still pending adjudication.