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TopicMaharashtra government

Topic: Maharashtra government

Governance grinds to halt in Maharashtra’s villages as gram panchayat functionaries go on strike

President of Maharashtra Rajya Gram Panchayat Kamgar Sena says will go on indefinite strike if the state govt does not respond to demands by Wednesday.

Maharashtra backward class panel continues to crumble amid Maratha quota stir as chairman quits

Anand Nirgude tendered his resignation, without citing any reason, on 4 December, soon after 2 other members, Balaji Killarikar & Laxman Hake, quit over ‘govt interference’ in panel’s work.

‘Shinde govt meddling, notices’: Why duo quit Maharashtra backward class panel amid Maratha quota talks

Balaji Killarikar & Laxman Hake quit Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission earlier this month, at a time when Maratha reservation issue is gathering steam in the state.

Maharashtra’s cluster schools have computers, more teachers. 10,500 schools will be merged

Maharashtra’s plan to mainstream rural education by merging small schools into bigger clusters could open up a brave new world— but it could also push some students to the fringes.

Shinde, Fadnavis rush to Delhi as Maratha quota activist resumes hunger strike after deadline ends

Even as Jarange-Patil said he was resuming his hunger strike, a seemingly helpless CM Shinde & his deputy Fadnavis rushed to Delhi to ‘hold meetings’, it is learnt. 

Maharashtra govt on edge as countdown starts for another Maratha stir. Its options are limited

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil has warned that he will launch a fast unto death on 25 October unless govt announces OBC reservation for the community by then.

The value of a ‘Vote’ and a ‘Voter’ & ‘Hindutva protection guard’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Maharashtra’s Maratha quota stir puts Fadnavis in a tight spot, CM Shinde attempts damage control

After protesters in Jalna were lathicharged, Deputy CM & Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis is under Opposition fire. CM Eknath Shinde says 'committed to restoring Maratha reservation'.

‘Law & order over in Maharashtra’: Oppn hits out at Shinde govt after 4 Dalit men tortured

Six men — all from ‘upper-caste’ community — allegedly beat up four Dalit men in Ahmednagar with sticks, hung them upside down from a tree, urinated on them, and lobbed casteist slur.

Family, political style, strategy — why Sharad Pawar isn’t attacking rebels, unlike ally Thackeray

After Eknath Shinde split Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray attacked the rebels tooth and nail. That hasn’t been the case with Sharad Pawar since nephew Ajit Pawar split NCP last month.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.