Vadodara: Shows of Janata Raja Marathi play will be performed in the cultural capital of Gujarat, Vadodara city, on 3-4-5-6 April. As many as 70 artists will come from Pune in Maharashtra to perform in this play, in addition to 130 local artists. The play was last performed in Vadodara about 16 years ago. A grand play has been staged 1300 times in the past across the country and also outside in London. The daily cost of organizing this play is around Rs. 40 lakh. The show portrays the R...Read More

Surat: Around half a dozen people were arrested today for protesting against the removal of a statue of Shivaji in Dabholi area of Surat city. PI of Chowk Bazar police station S B Shaikh said that the SMC removed the statue put illegally near BRTS road in Dabholi. Soon after it the residents of nearby societies assembled there and blocked the road to protest the SMC action. 'Police reached the spot and warned the protesters to move away from the road. Most of them left...Read More

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the Foundation for a Rs 3,600-crore grand memorial for Shivaji Maharaj off the city coast, an event that comes a few months ahead of the civic polls and amid tussle among parties to claim the legacy of the 17th century warrior king. Modi, accompanied by select dignitaries, including Governor Vidyasagar Rao, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray, sailed in a hovercraft from Girgaum Chowpatty beach in south Mumb...Read More

Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tonight informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be laying foundation stone for the proposed world class Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial project in Arabian Sea on December 24. Modi will also be visiting Mumbai and Pune for the stone laying ceremony of Metro Rail Project on the same day, Fadnavis told a post Assembly Session press conference here in Vidhan Bhavan. The Chhatrapati Shivaji memorial project will be taken up in two phases...Read More

Pune:Noted Dalit writer Pradnya Pawar and Dalit scholar Raosaheb Kasabe were reportedly forced to leave a Marathi literary meet over their "objectionable" comments on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The meet was organised at Patan in adjoining Satara district by Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad and the alleged incident took place on Sunday when a mob asked the duo to leave the event for "hurting" the sentiments of the Maratha community with their remarks on the 17th century warrior king. Kasabe...Read More