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Maharashtra bandh brings Mumbai to a halt; tension in Pune, Nagpur and Aurangabad amid day-long shutdown
Fp Staff • 7 years agoDalit groups, which had called for a complete shutdown in the state in protest against the violent clashes that broke out during the Bhima Koregaon battle anniversary in Pune, called off the Maharashtra strike on Wednesday evening.
Maharashtra bandh: Mumbai Police struggled to contain violence as political bosses offered little support
Ajay Kumar • 7 years agoIf the politicians won't support the police, the public needs to step in and force the politicians to put civic sense before electoral politics.
Sambhaji Bhide, Milind Ekbote: Meet the two men booked for Bhima Koregaon violence that killed one and crippled Maharashtra for two days
Fp Staff • 7 years agoSambhaji Bhide, also known as Bhide Guruji and a resident of Sangli was in national spotlight in 2008 when his followers ransacked movie halls protesting against the release of movie Jodha-Akbar.
Maharashtra Dalit protests updates: Mayawati alleges BJP-RSS conspiracy; key parties stay mum over bandh
Fp Staff • 7 years agoA day after Dalit and Maratha groups clashed in Pune on the 200th year anniversary celebrations of the historic battle of Koregaon Bhima, Dalit protesters on Tuesday staged a protest according to a report in Mumbai Mirror.
Bhima Koregaon violence: Devendra Fadnavis orders probe as Dalits call for Maharashtra bandh today
Fp Staff • 7 years agoDay after the violence in Koregaon-Bhima left one youth dead, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a judicial probe and a CID investigation into the matter as angry Dalits staged rail and road blockades in several parts of Pune, Mumbai and Aurangabad.
Bhima-Koregaon caste clash spreads across Maharashtra; violence erupts in Mumbai, Aurangabad, Pune
Team 101reporters • 7 years agoRepercussions of Monday's violence in Pune that broke out at an event where the 200th anniversary of the Bhima Koregaon battle was being commemorated, spread across other districts in Maharashtra on Tuesday.
Bhima Koregaon violence turns creation of award-winning artist into heap of ashes, inflicts over Rs 50 lakh loss
Fp Staff • 7 years agoTremors of the violence, which left one person dead near the Bhima Koregaon village, also shook other parts of state where numerous vehicles were torched, and shops were vandalised.
How about disclaimers about dubious media panelists?
Fp Archives • 13 years agoShiv Sena spokesperson Neelam Gorhe has kept the Pune police from getting voice samples that could implicate her in a vandalism case in 2010. Today she is a regular on TV debates taking apart fellow politicians' transgressions.