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Does BJP use same language when PM visits Arab nations: Owaisi on ‘vote jihad'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Does BJP use same language when PM visits Arab nations: Owaisi on ‘vote jihad'

Deccan Chronicle  

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday slammed the BJP over its leaders' “vote jihad” remark and asked if they use the same language when the prime minister visits Arab countries. Asked about the allegations that some NGOs in Maharashtra are working to propagate ‘vote jihad', Owaisi said anyone can campaign in an election by abiding by the law. …

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OBCs should be alert, Maharashtra parties didn’t back Mandal Commission report: Prakash Ambedkar
4 months, 2 weeks ago

OBCs should be alert, Maharashtra parties didn’t back Mandal Commission report: Prakash Ambedkar

Hindustan Times  

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, VBA chief Prakash Ambedkar on Wednesday urged Other Backward Class communities to be alert ahead of the upcoming Maharashtra polls, saying the political parties in the state didn’t support the Mandal Commission report. OBCs should be alert, Maharashtra parties didn’t back Mandal Commission report: Prakash Ambedkar The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi head was addressing a rally in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar …

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OBC yatra participants slam Mahayuti government for coddling Marathas
5 months ago

OBC yatra participants slam Mahayuti government for coddling Marathas

Hindustan Times  

WADIGODRI/ BEED/MUMBAI: Just four kilometres away from Antarwali Sarati, the site of Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil’s latest indefinite hunger strike, is Wadigodri, the village where OBC activists Laxman Hake and Nagnath Waghmare kicked off their ‘OBC Arakshan Bachav Jan Akrosh Yatra’ on Monday. Laxman Hake, after kicking off the yatra, lambasted the government for coddling Marathas and “ignoring” OBCs On …

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OBC leaders should focus on ST quota for Dhangar community, says Jarange-Patil
6 months, 1 week ago

OBC leaders should focus on ST quota for Dhangar community, says Jarange-Patil

The Hindu  

Pro-Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on June 17 said that OBC leaders should prioritise securing Scheduled Tribes category reservations for the Dhangar community rather than criticising the demand for Maratha quotas. He said that OBC leaders are “not their enemies” and assured that Marathas would support the Dhangar community’s reservation under the ST category. On June 13, Mr. Jarange-Patil suspended …

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Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal did nothing for OBCs: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal did nothing for OBCs: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange

The Hindu  

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on January 30 claimed the OBCs have realised that Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Chhagan Bhujbal did nothing for them and they will not feel bad if he steps down from his post. Senior OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbal has said protests will be held outside the residences of MLAs, MPs and tehsildars on February 1 against the …

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Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange calls off protest
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange calls off protest

Live Mint  

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Saturday called off his protest as the Maharashtra government accepted his demands. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met Jarange in Navi Mumbai where the latter has been camping with thousands of protesters over the demand for reservation to his community. Maharashtra Chief Minister Shinde had earlier reiterated his government was committed to providing reservation to …

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Pro-Maratha quota activist’s kidneys, liver swollen; doctors indicate long recovery period
1 year, 1 month ago

Pro-Maratha quota activist’s kidneys, liver swollen; doctors indicate long recovery period

The Hindu  

A day after pro-Maratha quota campaigner Manoj Jarange Patil ended his indefinite fast, doctors reported that his kidneys and liver are enlarged necessitating a prolonged recovery period. Maharashtra Bar seeks PMs intervention Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Bar Association has submitted a plea to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging consideration for the inclusion of the Maratha caste in the Other Backward Classes …

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Maratha protest takes a violent turn, houses of two MLAs torched
1 year, 1 month ago

Maratha protest takes a violent turn, houses of two MLAs torched

Hindustan Times  

The protest by the Maratha community for reservation took a violent turn on Monday after protesters set the houses and offices of MLAs across parties on fire in Beed and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar districts. Hemant Patil and Hemat Godse, two MPs from Eknath Shinde’s party, announced their resignation while BJP MLA Laxman Pawar and Congress MLA Suresh Warpudkare offered to …

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Shivaji’s ‘Wagh Nakh’ to Return to India as Maharashtra Govt Signs Pact with UK Museum
1 year, 2 months ago

Shivaji’s ‘Wagh Nakh’ to Return to India as Maharashtra Govt Signs Pact with UK Museum

News 18  

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s ‘Tiger Claws’ or ‘Wagh Nakh’ will return to India for an exhibition after a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Maharashtra government and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. “Given their fascinating heritage, I hope that the displays across Maharashtra and the accompanying events will help support new research into the Tiger Claws’ history and …

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Shivaji's Tiger Claw Weapon: It's Significance & How it Landed with the British
1 year, 2 months ago

Shivaji's Tiger Claw Weapon: It's Significance & How it Landed with the British

News 18  

An iconic tiger claw or ‘wagh nakh’ that belonged to Maratha empire’s patriarch Shivaji Bhosale I or Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is set to return home in Maharashtra centuries after Shivaji is said to have fought a consequential war with the weapon. Loan for Three Years The tiger claw is scheduled to return to Maharashtra from London in November this year, …

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MES to purify Shivaji statue
1 year, 9 months ago

MES to purify Shivaji statue

Hindustan Times  

Belagavi : The Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti said unveiling the statue of Shivaji twice by the Congress and BJP was an insult to the Marathas since no Maratha rituals were followed. Alleging that no Maratha rituals were followed to dedicate the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji which was unveiled recently at Rajhunsghad in Belagavi, the pro-Maharashtrian Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti has decided to …

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Gujarat: AMC renames 'Afzal Khan no Tekro' as 'Shivaji no Tekro'
2 years, 2 months ago

Gujarat: AMC renames 'Afzal Khan no Tekro' as 'Shivaji no Tekro'

Op India  

On Wednesday, 19th October 2022, the Gujarat High Court directed that the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation make a decision about a representation made by a minority organization challenging the renaming of a residential colony from “Afzal Khan No Tekro” to “Shivaji No Tekro” in Ahmedabad. Is this the same Afzal Khan whom Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj killed? Naming some areas in Ahmedabad …

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Right Word | Chhatrapati Shivaji and his Navy: Why PM Modi dedicated new naval ensign to him
2 years, 3 months ago

Right Word | Chhatrapati Shivaji and his Navy: Why PM Modi dedicated new naval ensign to him

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned the country’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Indian Naval Ship Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited on 2 September 2022. Sir Jadunath Sarkar, one of the foremost authorities on this great Hindu King, explains in Shivaji and His Times, “Nothing proves Shivaji’s genius as a born statesman more clearly than his creation of navy and naval bases. …

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On Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s coronation day anniversary, descendent to launch agitation
3 years, 6 months ago

On Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s coronation day anniversary, descendent to launch agitation

Hindustan Times  

Maratha leader and Bharatiya Janata Party’s member of Parliament Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, a descendent of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, will on Sunday announce the next move over the community’s agitation for reservation in education and government jobs. Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati will attend a function at Raigad Fort in Mahad area of Raigad district of Maharashtra on the occasion of coronation day anniversary of …

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Efforts on to Provide Quota to Marathas, Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray Tells BJP MP
3 years, 6 months ago

Efforts on to Provide Quota to Marathas, Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray Tells BJP MP

News 18  

The Maharashtra government had not stopped its efforts to provide quota to the Maratha community, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray told MP Sambhaji Chhatrapati on Friday. The Rajya Sabha member from the BJP met Thackeray to discuss the issue in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling on May 5 which quashed the quota for the Marathas in government jobs and …

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