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BOM5 MH-MARATHA-JAILBHARO

Mumbai: Maratha activists hold 'jail bharo' protest here, demanding immediate implementation of reservations in jobs and education for the community.

BOM2 MH-MARATHA-SOPS

Mumbai: Maharashtra government to stand guarantor for loans to be disbursed to youth from the Maratha community under a scheme to extend financial assistance to backward communities.

BES3 MP-CONVICT-ESCAPE

Barwani: Soon after a court convicts a man of rape and sentences him to 10 years in jail, he escapes from the courtroom.

LGB1 MH-COURT-WIFE-SUICIDE ABETMENT

Thane: Deposition of two minor siblings is considered as significant evidence by a Thane court which awards five years' imprisonment to their 45-year-old father for abetting the suicide of his wife.