The Marathas constitute almost 31.5 per cent of the population in the state. Politically, they are a dominant community across the state.
30 Nov 2018 1:48 AM
The Leader of Opposition in the state Legislative Council demanded that Rs 50,000 per hectare be given to the drought-affected farmers.
28 Nov 2018 1:07 AM
They expressed the view that SEBC and OBC carried the same meaning and that would create further confusion.
28 Nov 2018 1:07 AM
The state Legislative Council was also adjourned due to noisy scenes over the same issue.
27 Nov 2018 12:28 AM
There are now five major communities in the state asking for a change in reservation category or reservation itself.
17 Nov 2018 1:17 AM
The community has been demanding reservation on the lines of OBCs in the state.
15 Nov 2018 1:20 AM
Want govt to revoke all FIRs against them in August stir.
14 Nov 2018 12:30 AM
The Maharashtra government has asked the backward commission to submit its report on reservation by November 15.
30 Oct 2018 1:29 AM
In last few months, Morcha agitated aggressively and organised bandh also.
13 Sep 2018 1:32 AM
An indefinite stir has already started at Azad Maidan.
24 Aug 2018 2:33 AM
Seventy-eight of those arrested were sent to magisterial custody.
11 Aug 2018 1:59 AM
The Congress has lent its support to quota for the Marathas.
09 Aug 2018 2:13 AM
The court told the state to think sensitively.
08 Aug 2018 2:14 AM
Apart from Maratha reservation, the state government is also facing the heat on Dhanagar reservation.
07 Aug 2018 2:32 AM
Fadnavis made these announcements in a special appeal broadcast Sunday evening by state-owned channel “Doordarshan Sahyadri”.
06 Aug 2018 1:00 AM
The main morcha will take place in Kolhapur, with the community also planning smaller marches in other regions of the state.
06 Aug 2018 12:58 AM
The Congress has said that Mr Gadkari’s statement mirrors the government’s performance.
06 Aug 2018 12:48 AM
The decision comes at a time when the Maratha reservation stir is already underway across the state.
04 Aug 2018 2:19 AM
At the last hearing, the court had wanted to know what the state backward class commission had done so far.
04 Aug 2018 1:07 AM
Congress-NCP government had earlier given the reservation, which was strike down by the court.
04 Aug 2018 12:58 AM