Maharashtra passes 10% quota bill for Marathas, leaves OBCs untouched

The Maharashtra legislature on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill providing 10 per cent reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde tabled......

BJP looks for 2024 soar after ending 2023 on happy note

Following the party's sweep of assembly elections in three Hindi heartland states against the odds, the BJP's brain trust is now busy game-planning as to how it can improve on its 2019 Lok Sabha......

Maratha quota: Jarange to start hunger strike from Jan 20

Quota activist Manoj Jarange has announced that he will start an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan in Mumbai from January 20 to intensify his demand of reservation for the Maratha community.......

Shinde's Maratha Reservation Dilemma

Any move to appease the Marathas will boomerang.Eknath Shinde is a worried man with the agitation not having an easy solution, notes Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Maratha Reservation activist Manoj Jarange......

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......

What minority status will mean for Jains

Tenants dwelling in prime properties of Jain temples for years may have to vacate these; government interference in institutions and trusts of the community will cease to exist; and there will be......