The murder of Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh in December last year has deepened the rift between the Maratha and Vanjari communities, traditionally on opposite sides of the socio-political divide.

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange has announced that he will break his indefinite fast on Thursday. Jarange said he would approach a different strategy in the ongoing battle for Maratha ...

New Delhi: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil ... the Kunbis—an agrarian community—as related by birth or marriage (sage soyare) to the Marathas. This would enable Marathas to claim ...