11 fasts, 3 years, 2 Mumbai marches: Jarange Patil's battle is far from over

India, Sept. 5 -- Three years ago, a lathicharge on a group of quota protestors in Antarwali Sarathi village, Jalna, springboarded the little-known campaigner Manoj Jarange Patil into becoming the fac... Read More

11 fasts, 3 years, 2 Mumbai marches: Jarange's battle is far from over

MUMBAI, Sept. 5 -- Three years ago, a lathicharge on a group of quota protestors in Antarwali Sarathi village, Jalna, springboarded the little-known campaigner Manoj Jarange Patil into becoming the fa... Read More

31.35% of Mumbai electors to get notices for being unmapped or having anomalies

India, Sept. 4 -- As many as 31.35%, or 2.12 million, of 6.78 million electors in Mumbai are expected to get notices as they were either unmapped or were found to have anomalies in their names, age, e... Read More

14 districts in state staring at acute water scarcity, crops expected to take a hit

India, Sept. 3 -- The uneven monsoon and El Nino effect has led to a 15% rainfall deficit in Maharashtra in the June-August period, putting kharif crops under stress. At least 14 districts, mostly in ... Read More

Issue GR on demands or will march to Mumbai: Manoj Jarange Patil's new ultimatum

India, Sept. 3 -- As Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil's indefinite hunger strike entered its sixth day, his supporters on Thursday blocked major state and national highways and imposed... Read More

Voter roll deletions trigger allegations of foul play

India, Sept. 2 -- Amol Varekar says only a couple of dozen residents from his housing colony in Pratiksha Nagar, Sion, figure in the draft revised electoral rolls announced on Monday.This, he says, is... Read More

oppn alleges foul play over s.I.R. deletions

Mumbai, Sept. 2 -- A day after the draft voter rolls after Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was released, several voters complained that their names were missing despite having provided all the requir... Read More

Deletions from draft voter roll trigger allegations of foul play

MUMBAI, Sept. 2 -- Amol Varekar says only a couple of dozen residents from his housing colony in Pratiksha Nagar, Sion, figure in the draft revised electoral rolls announced on Monday.This, he says, i... Read More

Draft SIR rolls released: 21.14% pruned in state, 34.75% in Mumbai

India, Sept. 1 -- The draft electoral rolls released after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted across Maharashtra has seen 20.68 million electors, or 21.14%, dropped from the voters' list a... Read More

Jarange Patil strikes again, demands scrapping of caste validity committees

India, Aug. 30 -- Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil has added a fresh condition to his list of demands while launching his 11th indefinite hunger strike at Antarwali Sarati in Jalna. Be... Read More

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