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TopicMaratha quota

Topic: Maratha quota

What is Hyderabad Gazette, the centrepiece of Jarange-Patil’s Maratha quota agitation

Jarange-Patil called off stir after govt assured him Marathas whose family tree could be established through Hyderabad Gazette would get Kunbi certificates, making them eligible for OBC quota.

Maratha stir ends: How slew of government resolutions ended Jarange-Patil vs Fadnavis govt stalemate

Maratha quota activist says he was breaking his hunger strike as state government has agreed to 6 of his 8 demands. CM Fadnavis says he is ‘happy’ a solution has been found.

Why peace broker Shinde is staying away from Maratha stir as Jarange keeps guns trained at Fadnavis

What makes it perplexing is that Shinde has been the troubleshooter—someone known to establish back-channel communications—who convinced Jarange to call off protests until now.

‘Even if I die, I won’t leave’—Manoj Jarange Patil after police notice to vacate Azad Maidan

As his hunger strike entered the fifth day, Jarange Patil said that his protest is in line with the path shown by democracy and resolved to stand firm on his right to protest.

Jarange Patil digs in heels at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan, calls Fadnavis govt ‘worse than the British’

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil is demanding that the Maharashtra government issue Kunbi certificate for the community under the OBC category.

House of placards & no dearth of strategic optimism

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

Mumbai his stage, guns trained at Fadnavis, Maratha quota activist Jarange Patil returns

Jarange-Patil, who has vowed not to leave Mumbai until his demand is met, has trained his ire at CM Devendra Fadnavis while striking a softer tone with deputies Shinde and Pawar, both Marathas.

Fadnavis trying to jail & kill me, says Maratha activist Jarange-Patil after ending hunger strike

Maharashtra Deputy CM responds that he had no role in court warrant against Jarange-Patil, adds activist's extreme reaction was due to hunger strike.

Fragmented voting blocs now united by caste — how quota stir could split OBC, Maratha votes

Most Lok Sabha seats in Marathwada are set to witness Maratha vs Maratha contest, with exception of Beed. Experts say for voters, it will be choice between 'opportunism & loyalty'.

Maharashtra Speaker calls for SIT probe into Jarange-Patil’s allegations against Fadnavis

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil alleged that Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was ‘conspiring to eliminate him by poisoning him through saline’.

On Camera

Acts of God cases are Acts of State now. The courts are not convinced

The 'superior force' striking your contract is less likely to be a storm or a war. It is most possibly the stroke of a regulator's pen.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.