Maharashtra Violence

Allaying fears over "law and order issues" affecting voting after last week's killing of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, the Election Commission has said it will be made very clear to the authorities that violence will be a "no-go area".

Following the incident of sexual abuse at a school in Badlapur, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday issued a directive to all the schools in the state to install CCTV cameras on their premises within a month.

Internet services at Badlapur in Maharashtra's Thane district were suspended on Wednesday a day after a massive protest over the alleged sexual abuse of two kindergarten girls, and 72 persons have been arrested in connection with the violence.

Mumbai crime: The son of a senior Maharashtra bureaucrat has been accused of beating and then trying to run over his girlfriend in Maharashtra's Thane.

Maharashtra Minister Dhananjay Munde has demanded that a special investigation team (SIT) be set up to probe the violence that broke out during the agitation for the Maratha reservation in Beed district last week.

NCP Sharad Pawar faction leader Supriya Sule, speaking on the violence during the Maratha reservation protest, said on Friday that the violence caused was a failure of the Maharashtra government and the Home Ministry.

Maharashtra Police has so far registered 141 cases in connection with the violence during the Maratha quota agitation and arrested 168 persons, state Director General of Police Rajnish Seth said on Wednesday.

Maharashtra's Beed city is today under a security cover in view of the violence that erupted during Maratha quota protests yesterday.

Amid incidents of violence over the Maratha reservation issue in parts of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday called activist Manoj Jarange over the phone.

Gatherings have been banned in Maharashtra's Beed district as protests over the Maratha quota issue turned violent yesterday and several buildings belonging to the Nationalist Congress Party and a legislator were vandalised.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met Governor Ramesh Bais late Monday evening to apprise him of the developments related to the Maratha quota stir, which descended into violence and arson in several places during the day.

Maharashtra MLA Prakash Solanke's home in Beed district has been vandalised and set on fire amid fresh violence over the Maratha quota issue.

One person was killed and 10 others suffered injuries when members of two communities clashed at a village in Maharashtra's Satara district following an "objectionable" post on social media, police said on Monday.

Four people were injured - one critically so - after members from two communities in a village in Maharashtra's Satara district clashed over an "objectionable" social media post.

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday sought to know who ordered the lathi-charge on protesters demanding Maratha quota in Maharashtra's Jalna district last week.

Allaying fears over "law and order issues" affecting voting after last week's killing of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, the Election Commission has said it will be made very clear to the authorities that violence will be a "no-go area".

Following the incident of sexual abuse at a school in Badlapur, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday issued a directive to all the schools in the state to install CCTV cameras on their premises within a month.

Internet services at Badlapur in Maharashtra's Thane district were suspended on Wednesday a day after a massive protest over the alleged sexual abuse of two kindergarten girls, and 72 persons have been arrested in connection with the violence.

Mumbai crime: The son of a senior Maharashtra bureaucrat has been accused of beating and then trying to run over his girlfriend in Maharashtra's Thane.

Maharashtra Minister Dhananjay Munde has demanded that a special investigation team (SIT) be set up to probe the violence that broke out during the agitation for the Maratha reservation in Beed district last week.

NCP Sharad Pawar faction leader Supriya Sule, speaking on the violence during the Maratha reservation protest, said on Friday that the violence caused was a failure of the Maharashtra government and the Home Ministry.

Maharashtra Police has so far registered 141 cases in connection with the violence during the Maratha quota agitation and arrested 168 persons, state Director General of Police Rajnish Seth said on Wednesday.

Maharashtra's Beed city is today under a security cover in view of the violence that erupted during Maratha quota protests yesterday.

Amid incidents of violence over the Maratha reservation issue in parts of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday called activist Manoj Jarange over the phone.

Gatherings have been banned in Maharashtra's Beed district as protests over the Maratha quota issue turned violent yesterday and several buildings belonging to the Nationalist Congress Party and a legislator were vandalised.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met Governor Ramesh Bais late Monday evening to apprise him of the developments related to the Maratha quota stir, which descended into violence and arson in several places during the day.

Maharashtra MLA Prakash Solanke's home in Beed district has been vandalised and set on fire amid fresh violence over the Maratha quota issue.

One person was killed and 10 others suffered injuries when members of two communities clashed at a village in Maharashtra's Satara district following an "objectionable" post on social media, police said on Monday.

Four people were injured - one critically so - after members from two communities in a village in Maharashtra's Satara district clashed over an "objectionable" social media post.

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday sought to know who ordered the lathi-charge on protesters demanding Maratha quota in Maharashtra's Jalna district last week.