Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange at Azad Maidan. File pic
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3 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours 46 minutes ago
10:03 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: He was in power for many years: Ajit Pawar on Sharad Pawar`s constitutional amendment suggestion for Maratha quota
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday took a subtle swipe at his estranged uncle Sharad Pawar over his suggestion of a constitutional amendment to resolve the reservation issue, pointing out that the senior Pawar was in power for long. Amid the hunger strike by Manoj Jarange for reservation for the Maratha community, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar said at a function in Ahilyanagar earlier in the day that the Supreme Court has placed a ceiling of 52 per cent on overall reservations, and a constitutional amendment was necessary (to raise it): PTI
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3 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours 51 minutes ago
09:58 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra govt has failed to provide Maratha quota protesters with basic facilities, says Uddhav Thackeray
Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said, "From every corner of Maharashtra, our Marathi brethren have gathered in Mumbai, numbering in the thousands. Braving rain, water, and mud, they are struggling for their just demands. The government has failed to provide them with basic facilities. In such times, I appeal to all Shiv Sainiks to stand united and work tirelessly to provide water, food, and toilet facilities to these brothers and sisters. This is our Maharashtra Dharma": PTI
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3 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours 52 minutes ago
09:57 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Train services disrupted on Western Railway after Overhead Wire damaged near Boisar
Railway traffic on the Western Railway line was significantly disrupted on Thursday following the breakage of overhead electric wires on the down line between Boisar and Vangaon stations.
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3 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours 2 minutes ago
09:47 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Uddhav accuses Maharashtra govt of failing to provide facilities to Maratha protesters
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday accused the Maharashtra government of failing to provide basic facilities to Maratha protesters in the city and appealed to his party workers to help them access water, food, and toilets. Thackeray also spoke to Maratha quota movement leader Manoj Jarange over the phone when his party colleague Ambadas Danve visited the activist at the Azad Maidan in south Mumbai: PTI