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Parbhani Violence: Fadnavis Says Law Student Died Due to Health Condition Not Police Torture

20.12.2024 3

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Parbhani Violence: Forensic Report Confirms Police Torture in Death of Law Student

16.12.2024 8

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Parbhani Violence: Forensic Report Confirms Police Torture in Death of Dalit Student

16.12.2024 9

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Parbhani Violence: Man Picked Up in Combing Operation Dies in Police Custody

15.12.2024 10

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Parbhani Violence: Police Accused of Beating up Dalit Youth, Carrying Out Combing Operations

13.12.2024 6

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Why Residents of a Maharashtra Village Wanted to Conduct a Mock Election

Mumbai: In the small village of Markadwadi in Malshiras taluka of Solapur, the voting pattern has always been very simple. Regardless of which...

03.12.2024 10

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In Maharashtra, No Chief Minister Yet, But a Date, Time and 'Important Guest' for the Swearing in

Mumbai: The chief minister is nowhere in sight. Nor is there a clear consensus on which of the three main parties of the winning Mahayuti alliance...

01.12.2024 20

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Maharashtra: CM Post Continues to Hang in Balance, Shinde Says Decision to Be Made in Mumbai

Mumbai: It has been over a week since the Mahayuti coalition received a clear mandate. However, the decision on who could be Maharashtra’s chief...

29.11.2024 20

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Ground Realities, Symbols and Surprise: Behind The Mahavikas Aghadi's Crushing Loss

Mumbai: “This was not a wave but a tsunami. How did we reach here? How did the verdict come out like this? I cannot make sense of this,” said an...

23.11.2024 7

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No Aadhaar or Voter ID: Here's Where Chief Election Commissioner's Claim on Inclusion of Vulnerable Tribes Doesn't Check Out

Mulshi: On October 15, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, during a press conference in New Delhi, outlined several “initiatives” his office...

20.11.2024 4

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Vijay Wadettiwar: ‘Maharashtra Polls Are a Battle Between Samvidhan Parivar and Sangh Parivar'

Chandrapur: As the agitation demanding reservation for the Maratha community intensified in Maharashtra, senior Congress leader and leader of...

18.11.2024 9

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At Nagpur, Guns Versus Charkha, Might Versus Accessibility

18.11.2024 10

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Interview | Congress's Nana Patole on Vidarbha, Why He Isn't a Villain, and Why the RSS Surprises Him

17.11.2024 20

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Maharashtra: Dharavi Redevelopment Becomes Key Poll Issue as Opp Questions Adani ‘Land Grab’

Mumbai: Last week, a team of five men visited Sundar’s three-generation-old business unit on the 90-feet road in Dharavi. The men, identifying...

10.11.2024 20

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Interview | 'Government Has Only One Plan – to Help Adani': Jyoti Gaikwad on Family, Dharavi and a 'Takeover'

Mumbai: Since the early 2000s, the redevelopment of Dharavi, one of the largest slum regions in Asia, has remained a politically contentious issue. In...

04.11.2024 10

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Ally Hopping, Assuaging Leaders: Maharashtra's Seat-Sharing Troubles Reflect Changing Politics

Mumbai: The final day for filing nominations for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections was October 29. Until the last minute, both the ruling...

31.10.2024 9

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Devendra Fadnavis Faces Backlash for 'Jai Shri Ram' Chants at Nagpur Ambedkarite Site

Mumbai: On October 25, Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister and home minister Devendra Fadnavis filed his nomination from the Nagpur South West...

29.10.2024 20

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As Mahayuti Eyes Populist Policies to Return to Power, Opposition Struggles to Resist

Mumbai: The 2024 general election results delivered a very clear verdict. With 30 seats plus one (won by an independent candidate), the Maha Vikas...

25.10.2024 7

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G.N. Saibaba's 2017 Letter From Prison Reflects Much on the Rights of the Disabled in Prisons

Professor G.N. Saibaba wrote a letter to disability rights activist Muralidharan from Taloja jail in October 2017. It had been only a few months...

17.10.2024 10

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‘Maharashtra to Go to Polls in Single Phase on November 20, Jharkhand in Two Phases’: ECI

Mumbai: The 288-seat Maharashtra Assembly elections will be conducted in a single phase, while Jharkhand’s 82-seat Assembly elections will be held...

15.10.2024 6

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Why the SC's Direction to Remove 'Caste' Columns From Prison Registers Could Lead to Problems

Mumbai: On October 3, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that ended caste-based division of labour and segregation of prisoners in Indian...

09.10.2024 20

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From Segregation to Labour, Manu’s Caste Law Governs the Indian Prison System

This article, part of the series ‘Barred–The Prisons Project’, is produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. New...

03.10.2024 850

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Australian Who Made Film on 2012 Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Protest Stopped From Entering India

Mumbai: On September 10, 73-year-old Australian documentary filmmaker David Bradbury landed at the Chennai airport along with his two young children....

26.09.2024 30

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Maharashtra: Panchayat Issues Resolution Barring Registration of Muslims in Voter Roll, Apologises

Mumbai: Even as Maharashtra gears up for assembly elections, likely to be held in November, a panchayat in the state’s Kolhapur district has issued...

15.09.2024 10

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Deva Pardhi and the Extraordinary Torture of the Pardhi Community in the Hands of MP Police

Choti Kaneri, Guna: Nine houses stand interspersed among lush green farmland at the rear end of the Choti Kaneri village in Bamori Tehsil of Guna...

11.09.2024 10

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Attack on Elderly Muslim Man Over Beef Suspicion: Court Cancels Bail to Cow Vigilantes

Mumbai: A day after the cow vigilantes, who had mercilessly assaulted an old Muslim man on a train but were released on bail in less than 24 hours, a...

03.09.2024 10

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'They Said They Would Throw Me Out of the Moving Train': 72-Year-Old Muslim Man Assaulted Over Beef Suspicion

Mumbai: For 72-year-old Ashraf Ali Sayyed Hussain, the journey from Jalgaon to Kalyan has long been routine. He usually boards a train, disembarks at...

02.09.2024 10

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Modi Apologies For Collapse of Shivaji Statue in Maharashtra

Mumbai: Calling Shivaji a “revered deity” for his party and its members, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (August 30) apologised for the...

30.08.2024 6

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Ignored in Lok Sabha Polls, Muslim Collective Demands Greater Representation in Maharashtra Assembly

In the recent Parliamentary elections, the Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance did not field a single candidate from the Muslim community in Maharashtra....

28.08.2024 10

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TISS Bans Left Student Body Citing ‘Illegal’ Activities, Students Decry ‘Witch Hunt'

Mumbai: After previously targeting both teaching and non-teaching staff, as well as individual students, the administration at the Tata Institute of...

20.08.2024 6

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Bahujan Women Asked to Leave 'Reclaim the Night' March in Mumbai

Mumbai: After the horrific rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata, calls for protests spread rapidly across West Bengal, quickly reaching major cities...

17.08.2024 40

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SC Proposed Creamy Layer for Dalits, But Bombay HC Couldn't Follow Existing Reservation Policy

Mumbai: On August 1, a seven-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, permitted...

09.08.2024 20

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TISS Mumbai Serves Eviction Notices on PhD Scholars to Vacate Campus in 24 Hours

Mumbai: Early on Tuesday, July 30 morning, over a dozen residential PhD scholars at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) were served eviction...

30.07.2024 5

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'Move Court for Phone Call With Family': Tihar Jail Now Issues Unwritten Diktat for Kashmiri Prisoners

Mumbai: After denying Kashmiri prisoners any relief from Delhi’s oppressive heat this summer , the Tihar prison administration has now imposed a...

25.07.2024 10

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'Interconnected': A Court's Words on 4 Rationalists' Murders Highlights What Probe Agencies Ignore

Mumbai: Over the past decade, four noted rationalists were murdered in different cities under strikingly similar circumstances, with overlapping...

19.07.2024 7

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‘Couldn't Recognise Our Own House’: Kolhapur Villagers Recount Communal Violence

Mumbai: Over a month ago, former MP Sambhaji Raje Chhatrapati launched a campaign demanding an “encroachment-free Vishalgad” in Maharashtra. A...

16.07.2024 10

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'A Solitary Fan': For Kashmiri Prisoners in Overcrowded Tihar, Delhi's Summer Was Brutal Torture

Mumbai: “Now that the Indian state has exhausted every trick in the book to torture us, they have left our bodies to boil here,” a Kashmiri...

08.07.2024 20

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TISS 'Termination Reversal' Leaves Women's Studies Department Out of Ambit

Mumbai: On June 28, 115 teaching and non-teaching faculty members at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) received termination letters. ...

02.07.2024 70

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As OBCs and Marathas Intensify Quota Stir, Shinde Govt Struggles to Find a 'Lasting Solution'

Mumbai: Over the past year, as the demand for reservation by the Maratha community has intensified, anxiety among the Other Backward Class (OBC)...

22.06.2024 8

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Father of Barmer Medico Who Died by Suicide Alleges Harassment by Roommates

Mumbai: On June 10, Lokendra Singh Dhandey, a 22-year-old medical student at Bengaluru’s Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research...

19.06.2024 40

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Father of Barmer Medico Who Died by Suicide Alleges Harassment by Roommates

Mumbai: On June 10, Lokendra Singh Dhandey, a 22-year-old medical student at Bengaluru’s Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research...

19.06.2024 5

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In-Fighting Takes Centre-Stage in Maharashtra's Political Landscape

Mumbai: There is never a dull moment in Maharashtra politics. After the general election results, soon began the blame games, discontent and...

12.06.2024 8

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Who Is Suneeta Pottam, the Tribal Rights Activist Picked up for Unknown Cases Earlier This Month?

Mumbai: On June 3, as 25-year-old tribal rights activist Suneeta Pottam was getting ready to get on with her day’s activities, the Bijapur police...

10.06.2024 10

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Maharashtra: Was the Mahayuti Debacle Devendra Fadnavis's Failure Alone?

Mumbai: On June 5, a day after the parliamentary election results, Maharashtra deputy chief minister and senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party,...

06.06.2024 10

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INDIA Dominates Maharashtra; BJP+ Edged Out By Junior Allies, Maratha Anger, Livelihood Woes

Mumbai: Despite party splits, name and symbol changes, and raids by central investigating agencies, the Mahavikas Aghadi – a collective front of...

04.06.2024 10

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'Nothing Provocative or Illegal': Lawyer Booked for Sharing Dhruv Rathee's 'Modi Dictator' Video

Mumbai: On May 19, YouTuber and political commentator Dhruv Rathee posted a 29-minute video titled ‘The Narendra Modi Files | A DICTATOR...

01.06.2024 40

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Madrasa Teachers Recount How Their Wrongful Jailing in ‘Child Trafficking’ Case Upended Their Lives

Mumbai: A year ago, five madrasa teachers traveling with 59 students from Araria in Bihar to Pune in Maharashtra were intercepted by the Government...

30.05.2024 30

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NIA Illegally Detains Two Karnataka Engineers in Rameshwaram Cafe Blast Case

22.05.2024 60

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Gratuity Stalled Despite 2 Favourable Orders, Ex IIT Bombay Contract Worker Dies by Suicide

Mumbai: On December 27, 2019, Raman Garase, along with Dadarao Ingale and Tanaji Lad, was served with a “retirement letter” by the administration...

05.05.2024 10

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How a Varsity Ignored a HC Order to Oust a Professor of a Dalit Community From the V-C's Position

Mumbai: The central university Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya at Maharashtra’s Wardha has removed the institution’s...

02.05.2024 50

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