Maharashtra Violence

Threats, violence over Raj Thackeray's speeches in Sharad Pawar's strongholds

Edited by Mala Das | Wednesday February 27, 2013

Mumbai and other major cities in Maharashtra saw spasms of violence today provoked by two political parties at war - Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party or the NCP, and Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).

3 minor sisters looking for food raped, murdered at a dhaba in Maharashtra

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Wednesday February 20, 2013

As India celebrated the One Billion Rising movement to fight violence against women on February 14, three little sisters aged five, nine and 11, went missing from their home in a small Maharashtra village. The next day, their dead bodies were found i...

Almost a month after Dhule riots, police faces ire

Written by Saurabh Gupta | Saturday February 2, 2013

The video clip showing policemen indiscriminately firing during the January 6 violence in Dhule in Maharashtra has created a lot of outrage. Shockingly, even women seem to have not been spared in the firing.

The Maharashtra riots in which five dead, 400 were injured

Imtiaz Jaleel | Tuesday January 8, 2013

The death toll from the riots in the communally-sensitive town of Dhule in Maharashtra has climbed to five. A person in hospital, being treated for injuries from Sunday's police firing, died this morning.

Clashes in Maharashtra town: 4 people killed, over 500 injured

Reported by Rashmi Rajput, Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Tuesday January 8, 2013

Four people have been killed and over 500 people - including 113 policemen - injured after clashes broke out between members of two communities at Dhule in north Maharashtra, official sources said.

4 killed, around 176 injured in clashes in Maharashtra's Dhule town

Rashmi Rajput | Monday January 7, 2013

Four people have been killed and around 176 people, including 113 policemen, injured after clashes broke out between members of two communities at Dhule in north Maharashtra, official sources said.

Sugarcane farmers' agitation turns violent in Maharashtra again; police jeep torched, buses damaged

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Wednesday November 14, 2012

There has been more violence in western Maharashtra, where sugarcane farmers are on protest demanding better prices for their produce. Farmers clashed with the police in Kolhapur and Sangli districts today, pelting stones at cops and even setting a ...

Court summons to Raj Thackeray for alleged hate speeches

Press Trust of India | Thursday August 30, 2012

A Delhi court on Thursday issued summons against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray for his alleged hate speeches against north Indians and instigating violence against them on various occasions.

Mumbai violence was planned; state government, police were warned about it: BJP

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Sunday August 26, 2012

The Maharashtra unit of the BJP has alleged that the recent violence at Mumbai's Azad Maidan was planned and that the state government was warned about it. At a press conference in Mumbai today, Madhav Bhandari, the Maharashtra state BJP president p...

Dear Mr Azmi, this cheque will bounce

Mid-Day.com | Thursday August 23, 2012

Find Bangladeshis, get Rs 2 crore. That was Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Abu Asim Azmi's singular challenge to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray yesterday. While blaming 'illegal immigrants' to the city for the August 11 violence at...

Will Mumbai's Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik be the fall guy for Azad Maidan riot?

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Wednesday August 22, 2012

Amid reports that the Maharashtra government is considering transferring him, Arup Patnaik, the city's police commissioner, has defended his handling of the riot that erupted earlier this month at Azad Maidan, where thousands had gathered to protest ...

Maharashtra home department sends proposal for Mumbai police chief's transfer: Sources

Written by Mala Das | Wednesday August 22, 2012

The Maharashtra Home Department has sent a proposal to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan recommending the transfer of Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik for his alleged mishandling of the recent violence in Azad Maidan in the city, sources have t...

Raj Thackeray says he will defy police ban to hold march before rally

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday August 21, 2012

Mumbai politician Raj Thackeray says he will defy a police order and will lead his party, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), in a march from Girgaum Chowpatty to the Azad Maidan, a distance of about five kms. The police has refused permission for ...

Mumbai Police okays MNS rally today against Azad Maidan violence

Agencies | Tuesday August 21, 2012

Mumbai Police has granted permission to Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to hold a rally at Azad Maidan today to protest against the recent violence there that resulted in the deaths of two people.

Two killed as Assam protests turned violent in Mumbai; Crime Branch probe ordered

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Sunday August 12, 2012

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has ordered the Mumbai Crime Branch to investigate last evening's violence near Azad Maidan in which two people killed. Another 50 were injured after a protest over ethnic violence in Assam turned violent.