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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicMarathwada

Topic: Marathwada

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'.

OBCs say Maratha protests for quotas are a betrayal. ‘They want what was ours’

The Maratha quota protests have fractured old ties in epicentre Jalna. OBC and Maratha neighbours no longer chit-chat, children have been told to stop playing with each other.

Hotel worker to serial protester— who is Manoj Jarange-Patil, latest face of Maratha quota agitation

Maratha activist Jarange-Patil shot to prominence and put Maharashtra govt on the back foot following a violent clash between protesters and police during his hunger strike in Jalna.

Fadnavis govt gets ready for state polls with big push for infrastructure projects

Maharashtra govt approves plans for three new Metro lines in Mumbai and a water grid for the drought-hit Marathwada region.

5 years after it made a splash, AIMIM influence on the wane in Maharashtra

In 2012, the Asaduddin Owaisi-led party clinched 11 out of 81 seats in Nanded municipal election in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.