Sambhaji Brigade

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Friday announced the party's alliance with the Maratha outfit Sambhaji Brigade.

Suspected activists of a Maratha group - Sambhaji Brigade - today threw ink at senior journalist and writer Girish Kuber at a literary meet in Maharashtra's Nashik.

The Shiv Sena, whose members have often vandalised the property of opponents, turned into a target today with an office in Mumbai of its mouthpiece, Saamana, attacked with stones over a cartoon that mocked recent protests by the powerful Maratha caste, which constitutes about 30% of Maharashtra's population.

Security has been increased in parts of Maharashtra amid simmering trouble over the state government's decision to honour a historian with the state's top civilian award.

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Friday announced the party's alliance with the Maratha outfit Sambhaji Brigade.

Suspected activists of a Maratha group - Sambhaji Brigade - today threw ink at senior journalist and writer Girish Kuber at a literary meet in Maharashtra's Nashik.

The Shiv Sena, whose members have often vandalised the property of opponents, turned into a target today with an office in Mumbai of its mouthpiece, Saamana, attacked with stones over a cartoon that mocked recent protests by the powerful Maratha caste, which constitutes about 30% of Maharashtra's population.

Security has been increased in parts of Maharashtra amid simmering trouble over the state government's decision to honour a historian with the state's top civilian award.