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  Maharashtra govt extends OBC-like education benefits to Maratha community, announces 8 schemes

  Maharashtra | June 05, 2026 23:58 IST

  The Maharashtra government has extended OBC-like educational concessions and welfare schemes to the Maratha community. The decision includes scholarships, reimbursements, vocational training benefits and access to multiple educational support programmes.

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  Maratha quota row: Jarange vows to stay at Azad Maidan ‘even if Maharashtra govt fires bullets'

  Maharashtra | September 01, 2025 0:06 IST

  Maratha quota row intensifies: Chhagan Bhujbal, senior NCP leader and a key OBC voice in Maharashtra politics, has convened a meeting of OBC representatives on Monday to discuss Manoj Jarange’s demand seeking Maratha quota within the OBC category.

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  Maratha quota row: 'Don't test our patience', CM Shinde's stern message to activist Manoj Jarange

  Maharashtra | February 26, 2024 10:30 IST

  Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Sunday made a sensational claim by saying Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was trying to kill him. His statement irked the CM and later Shinde said conspiracy against his government will be exposed soon.

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  Maratha protest face Manoj Jarange Patil's health deteriorates; admitted to hospital

  Maharashtra | December 12, 2023 9:52 IST

  Manoj Jarange Patil warned that failure to do so would lead to the exposure of Fadnavis's actions and hinted at a strong Maratha community response post the state legislature session.

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  OPINION | MARATHA AND OBC POLITICS ON THE BOIL

  India | November 02, 2023 17:16 IST

  A Maratha youth Sumit Mane, who was handed over the first Kunbi certificate by Dharashiv district collector, came out of the collectorate and set the certificate on fire in front of a crowd.

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  Maratha reservation: Hemant Godse, MP from Shinde faction from Nashik, tenders resignation

  Maharashtra | October 31, 2023 10:56 IST

  Maratha reservation: A curfew was imposed in parts of Maharashtra's Beed district after large-scale violence and arson during the ongoing agitation for Maratha reservation with two MLAs and a former state minister facing the ire of protesters

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  'OBC quota will not be diluted while giving reservation to Maratha community', says CM Eknath Shinde

  Maharashtra | September 29, 2023 23:33 IST

  Maharashtra: After attending a meeting of the representatives of the OBC community, CM Eknath Shinde asserted that "there will be no injustice to OBC or other communities."

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  'Reservation for Marathas won't affect OBC quota', assures Maharashtra Deputy CM Fadnavis

  Maharashtra | September 16, 2023 20:13 IST

  Maratha reservation row: Deputy CM on Saturday stressed that the state government is seeking to restore the reservation for the Maratha community which is different from the OBC quota.

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  Maharashtra: Fresh protests held in Latur seeking quota for Maratha community

  Maharashtra | September 09, 2023 20:45 IST

  A Maratha Kranti Morcha functionary claimed their request to the management of schools, colleges and coaching classes to keep these shut during the day evoked a good response.

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  Police justify usage of force, Jalna SP sent on leave as restrictions imposed in violence-hit areas

  Maharashtra | September 03, 2023 20:41 IST

  A large number of outfits protested on Saturday in Nashik against police action on Maratha quota agitators a day earlier in Jalna.

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  Quota demand: Members of Maratha outfits gather in Solapur without police nod for protest

  India | July 04, 2021 14:51 IST

  Over 1,000 members of various Maratha outfits gathered in Maharashtra's Solapur city on Sunday, despite no permission from police, to take part in a protest march.

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  Maratha community eligible to avail benefit of EWS quota: Minister Nawab Malik

  News | June 01, 2021 18:20 IST

  Maharashtra Government has decided to support the community that doesn't fall under any reservation category with Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservation."Till there's no clarity on Maratha community reservation, state government has decided to support the community that doesn't come under any reservation category, with Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservation.

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  Maratha Kranti Morcha stages protest against SC's stay order on reservation

  News | September 20, 2020 16:31 IST

  Members of Maratha Community staged protest in Lalbaug area against Supreme Court's stay order on Maratha reservation. Social distancing norms also being followed during protest.

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  Bombay High Court to pronounce verdict on petitions challenging Maratha reservation today

  India | June 27, 2019 8:25 IST

  The petitioners argued that the government has destroyed the concept of equality by setting up a special category - Socially and Educationally Backward Class - for the Maratha community. 

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  Maratha reservation: Protesters launch 'jail bharo' stir from Mumbai's Azad Maidan

  News | August 01, 2018 10:28 IST

  Maratha reservation: Protesters launch 'jail bharo' stir from Mumbai's Azad Maidan