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‘Brahmin': Marathi actor stirs fresh row with remarks on Ambedkar

Last week, he had made claims about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's great escape in 1666 from the Agra Fort. 

While apologising, Rahul Solapurkar said that he will not make incorrect statements about national icons in future. ((X/@rahul_girish))
Updated on Feb 10, 2025 11:21 AM IST

Marathi actor's remark on Shivaji sparks row; BJP MP says 'shoot such people'

BJP MLA Suresh Dhas also slammed Rahul Solapurkar for his remarks and said that people should thrash Solapurkar wherever they see him.

Rahul Solapurkar later apologised for his remark and for hurting the sentiments of Chhatrapati Shivaji's followers. (X/@rahul_girish)
Updated on Feb 05, 2025 10:48 PM IST

Assembly Polls: The million mutinies of Maharashtra

In Maharashtra, caste-based agitations intensify ahead of elections, with Marathas, OBCs, and Dhangars vying for reservation

Assembly Polls: The million mutinies of Maharashtra
Updated on Nov 11, 2024 12:14 PM IST

SARTHI, AIC-SEED collaborate to support entrepreneurship

Under the “SARTHI Entrepreneurship Development Scheme,” ten eligible aspiring entrepreneurs with promising and innovative ideas and will be provided support of ₹25,000 per month for a period of one year

The application form link and scheme guidelines will be published in the coming week as the incubation programme is rolled out, said officials. (HT FILE)
Updated on Aug 27, 2024 05:40 AM IST

Rift between Marathas and OBCs over quota worrying: Sharad Pawar

Sharad Pawar suggested that the Eknath Shinde government should hold talks with Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil and OBC leaders to resolve the issue

Rift between Marathas and OBCs over quota worrying: Sharad Pawar
Updated on Jul 28, 2024 05:11 AM IST

OBC medicos’ association to give up quota to help others, launch campaigns

OBC Medicos Association members plan to give up their quota in a ‘Leave Reservation, Unite Society’ campaign to promote equitable distribution of benefits

OBC medicos’ association to give up quota to help others, launch campaigns
Updated on Jun 26, 2024 09:05 AM IST

LS electoral fight morphs into Maratha-Vanjari communal conflict in Beed

A Munde supporter said that angry people from the Maratha community had not allowed Pankaja Munde to enter at least 10 villages

Beed witnessed multiple rallies by Marathas seeking reservation in jobs and education ahead of the Lok Sabha poll. (Praful Gangurde/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on May 28, 2024 09:09 AM IST

Pune LS seat: Congress hopes to recreate Kasba magic; BJP confident of third term

Thrilled after the knockout win of the Congress candidate Ravindra Dhangekar in the Kasba Peth assembly by-elections in March 2023, the Congress has attempted to cash in on the goodwill and hope that its candidate will repeat the same performance

The saffron party also has an advantage in the campaign as it announced Murlidhar Mohol’s name more than 60 days ago. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on May 13, 2024 07:38 AM IST

Hope for Congress in Latur as Deshmukhs launch Matang-Muslim-Lingayat ploy

The brains behind the strategy is Amit Deshmukh, who is serious about taking over as Congress top gun in Marathwada after Ashok Chavan defected to the BJP

Hope for Congress as Deshmukh family leads battle for Latur with Matang-Muslim-Lingayat formula, with the added element of Marathas. HT Photo
Updated on May 06, 2024 09:35 AM IST

'Don't test patience': CM Eknath Shinde on Maratha activist's claims

Asked about Jarange's aggressive stand and the use of expletives in his speeches, CM Shinde said that and appropriate action would be taken

Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, CM Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Ajit Pawar addressing to the media during press conference. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times)
Published on Feb 25, 2024 09:59 PM IST

Fadnavis wants to end Maratha influence in state, alleges Manoj Jarange-Patil

Accusing Fadnavis of hatching conspiracy against him, Jarange Patil threatened to march to the deputy chief minister’s residence at Mumbai

Jarange Patil is demanding that all Marathas be considered as Kunbi – a caste in Maharashtra under the OBC bloc. (ANI photo)
Updated on Feb 25, 2024 02:58 PM IST

‘Feel proud as Maratha’: Scindia pays homage to heroes of third war of Panipat

Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday said as a Maratha, he feels proud as he paid homage to the martyrs of the third war of Panipat from the Maratha and Scindia community. He was in the industrial town of Panipat to participate in Shourya Diwas Samaroh at the historical Kala Amb site.

Union minister of civil aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday said as a Maratha, he feels proud as he paid homage to the martyrs of the third war of Panipat from the Maratha and Scindia community. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 15, 2024 07:50 AM IST
By, Karnal

‘Feel proud as Maratha’: Scindia pays homage to heroes of third war of Panipat

Union minister of civil aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia said that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has grown as an economic as well as spiritual power in the world

Union minister of civil aviation Jyotiraditya M Scindia pays homage to the martyrs of the third war of Panipat at the historical Kala Amb site on Sunday.
Published on Jan 14, 2024 07:48 PM IST

The OBC challenge to Maratha quota

Chhagan Bhujbal’s rebellion represents a broader trend of a communitarian counter-response to an assertion by a dominant community.

Bhujbal opposed most of the demands made by Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil such as blanket reservation to all Marathas and withdrawal of police cases against violent protestors. (Hindustan Times)
Published on Nov 20, 2023 10:15 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Sharad Pawar fact-checks school certificate on social media, says it’s a fake

NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s clarification on the school certificate came days after a “fake” document emerged on social media

NCP chief Sharad Pawar said there was no dispute between OBCs and Marathas (PTI)
Updated on Nov 14, 2023 03:29 PM IST

Jarange-Patil refuses to call off hunger strike, demands amended GR

The government has now decided to await a response from the Marathas and to not negotiate for two days since Jarange-Patil’s further demands are difficult to accept due to legal constraints

On Saturday in Jalna, the Maratha activist, in the presence of the delegation, government mediator Arjun Khotkar and hundreds of community members, announced that the government had been holding talks but had not accepted any of their demands. “It should first issue a GR, announcing blanket reservation to us as Kunbis or the implementation of the June 2004 GR in letter and spirit,” he said. “Until then I will not call off my indefinite hunger strike.” (Anshuman Poyrekar/ HT PHOTO)
Updated on Sep 10, 2023 12:11 AM IST
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