Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday extended heartfelt greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 75th birthday, praising him as a visionary world leader who transformed India’s global standing. Modi, born on September 17, 1950, in Vadnagar, Gujarat, turned 75 this year. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Shinde shared verses written by...
Mumbai: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Tuesday ended his hunger strike at Azad Maidan in Mumbai after a meeting with a Maharashtra government delegation that agreed to most of his key demands. The delegation, led by Cabinet sub-committee head Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, personally offered fruit juice to Jarange, marking the conclusion of his...
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday declared victory after the Maharashtra government’s cabinet sub-committee accepted most of his key demands, including the issuance of Kunbi caste certificates to eligible Marathas. The announcement, made on the fifth day of his indefinite hunger strike at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan, triggered jubilant celebrations among thousands of his supporters....
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange and his supporters to vacate Azad Maidan in Mumbai by 3 PM, warning of strict consequences, including contempt action, if the directive was ignored. A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Aarti Sathe strongly criticized both the protestors and the...
The Maharashtra government has informed the Bombay High Court that gangster Abu Salem, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, will not be eligible for release until he completes 25 years of actual imprisonment, or alternatively, serves 60 years including remission, in accordance with the terms of his extradition from Portugal. This clarification...