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Monday, November 3, 2025
TopicMaharashtra government

Topic: Maharashtra government

Let them eat tomato soup, and how to walk into a debt trap feat. Shinde, Fadnavis & Ajit Pawar

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

Bombay HC slams Maharashtra govt for denying compensation in nurse’s Covid-19 death case

The court was hearing a petition by Sudhakar Pawar challenging the November 2023 order passed by the govt rejecting his application seeking Rs 50 lakh compensation over his wife's death.

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil ends 17-day fast, adamant on ‘sage soyare’ demand

The Maratha leader said he will continue agitation until the Maharashtra government issues Kunbi caste certificates to extended families, allowing them reservation benefits.

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.

On Camera

10 years of the Commercial Courts Act—has the law delivered on its promise?

More than 60 per cent of the suits remain pending after two years of having been filed, and this proportion is agnostic to whether the suit is a commercial or ordinary suit.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.