The Dalit anger may influence the January municipal corporation polls in 14 cities and 27 district councils elections.
Bhujbal, who has strongly opposed the demand to include the Marathas in the other backward classes category for quota benefits, said a new social system is taking shape in Maharashtra which is different from the order envisaged by prominent social reformers.
Soon after Gandhi's press conference, the Election Commission said it will respond with full facts in writing.
The party was floated exactly two years after Kishor had embarked on a more than 3,000-km-long 'padayatra' of the state.
Expressing anguish over the recent encroachment of the India United Mills in central Mumbai by followers of Babasaheb Ambedkar, the Bombay high court on Tuesday rapped the Maharashtra government for its "failure to take action against the encroachers".
As Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra travels across Maharashtra, Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com captures scenes from the walkathon to spread kindness and harmony from Nanded.
Invoking the legacy of B R Ambedkar on the eve of the first phase of Bihar polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday categorically ruled out scrapping the reservation system and assailed "a group of liars" for the false propaganda that it is under threat.
Babasaheb Ambedkar was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution, and so Dalits have an emotional attachment to the Constitution. If a movement sets itself above the Constitution and challenges democracy, a key pillar of the Constitution, Dalits will refuse to support it, says Bhanwar Megwanshi
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party head Ajit Pawar on Monday said discussions were underway among the Mahayuti partners to finalise a formula for the new government formation in the state.
About 600 nautical miles around Nagpur is now safe from mid-air mishaps, thanks to the new Air Traffic Control (ATC) automation system 'Indra' at the international airport here, which will also help saving up to 1.28 crore litres of aviation fuel every year, top airport officials said.
Last month, ink was thrown at Patil during an event in Pimpri town of Pune district in an apparent protest against his controversial remark about Dr B R Ambedkar and social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused the BJP of a "conspiracy to save Home Minister Amit Shah's skin" following a clash in Parliament over allegations of disrespect towards B.R. Ambedkar. She alleged that BJP MPs instigated the violence and pushed opposition members, including Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, to prevent them from entering Parliament. Gandhi also challenged BJP MPs to say "Jai Bhim" and accused them of having "violent intentions" and insulting the legacy of Ambedkar.
A Ranchi-Mumbai Jetlite flight with 125-odd passengers including Team Anna member Kiran Bedi aboard made an emergency landing at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur within 45 minutes of its take-off due to a technical snag on Sunday morning.
He said the government was committed to protecting their rights. It was committed to working on the path of development and asked them to educate their children.
Bhagat's songs are peppered with no holds barred anti-establishment lyrics. The words are sharp but mellifluous in his tongue and are meant to cut through the ignorance of his people. He has not even spared his initial mentors -- the right wing outfits for their regressive religious ideologies.
The Congress on Sunday took a strong exception to the exclusion of former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the Karnataka government's newspaper advertisement on freedom fighters and termed the Bharatiya Janata Party action 'pathetic'.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the handing over of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur to a joint venture (JV) company for upgrading it to a multi-modal international passenger and cargo hub.
According to Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation officials, city buses are plying as usual.
this is not Orissa or West Bengal or Haryana or any other part of India where villagers are protesting against acquisition of farmland for industry or special economic zones. This is Mayawati's Uttar Pradesh -- where the chief minister wants around 400 hectares from four villages to create the mother of all gardens. The strategic location of the green belt, locally referred as "picnic spot", will ensure that Mayawati's farmhouse, which she hasn't visited even once, wil
The struggle for identity and economic freedom keeps the Dalits volatile.
Dr Jabbar Patel talks about knowing Vijay Tendulkar from his college days.
What we know -- what we have seen -- is that India can change. That is the true genius of this nation.
Speaking to media after meeting party functionaries at Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee office in Mumbai, the former diplomat also said his aim was to make Congress stronger before the 2024 polls.
'Till my wife called me up one day and said, "Hey, we need food on the table".'
A loud sound was heard at around 1 am outside Kalia's residence near Shastri Market in Jalandhar, police said, adding that no one was hurt in the incident.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday mocked Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray for "handing over the remote control" of the party to the Congress as he took poll battle to Mumbai with less than a week left for voting in Maharashtra.
Former Maharashtra chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal on reports that he has made up his mind to quit the Nationalist Congress Party.
'After Ambedkar, Dr Gail was the only writer who wrote critically on caste issues.'
Undeterred by the explosions, the devout went back to the mosque about one-and-half hours later to offer prayer.
The chief minister said that it was indeed a mistake and assured that it will not be repeated after Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri raised the matter in the Delhi assembly.
Nikalje in his application stated that he had gone to Chembur on November 30 to help pacify the mob and not to incite them as claimed by the police in the FIR against him.
Addressing a huge rally in Maharashtra's Nagpur on the occasion of the Congress' 139th foundation day, he said unemployment in the country has reached its highest point in the last 40 years.
Lying on bed number 15 of the post-operative ward of the intensive care unit on the third floor of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar hospital in Central Mumbai area of Byculla, Razia Shaikh is wondering why her husband Ayub has not yet to come to see her for last six days. What she does not know is that he is no more. He fell to terrorists' bullets at that night.
In his address at the inauguration of Haj House in Ghaziabad on Monday, Khan, without naming Ambedkar, had said, "All across Uttar Pradesh, there are statues of a person whose finger seems to say that not only does it own the plot of land on which it is standing, but also the plot towards which it is pointing its finger."
'That was my mistake.' 'Gautam Adani was not involved in forming the Maharashtra government.' 'Adani was not there in the meeting.' 'The meeting was at his guest house and we were sitting in his guest house.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the Congress of making attempts to snatch reservations meant for tribals and hand them over to its 'vote bank'.
'The 2024 general elections proved that UP is not Gujarat.'
On the occasion, a panel discussion will be organised on 'Combating inequalities for the achievement of SDGs'.
