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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 09, 2018, 23:02:11 IST
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Maharashtra bandh: Maratha protesters turn violent in Pune
The Maratha quota stir took a violent turn in Pune and the police were forced to resort to lathicharge to disperse more than 1,000 stone pelting protesters.
10:58 (IST) Aug 09
Navi Mumbai: Heavy police and RAF bandobast at Kalamboli near expressway during the Maharashtra band
10:51 (IST) Aug 09
Nashik: despite no band call in Nashik, MSRTC cancels all its services for the day. No buses plying anywhere in district.
10:29 (IST) Aug 09
Windscreens of 3 PMPML buses shattered in Bibwewadi, one bus damaged in Swargate in the morning, buses stopped from operating at Warje Malwadi by agitators.
PMPML presently operating around 700 buses against 1450 in normal days. PMPML has decided not to ply its new midi buses today. Around 200 of them not plying.
10:26 (IST) Aug 09
Aggregator cabs like Ola and Uber are unavailable in most places as most drivers are not operating out of fear of being targeted during bandh. There are few cabs on road but the wait time for cabs is 20 minutes at many places and there is surge price
10:22 (IST) Aug 09
Buses of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, not plying as a precautionary measure in Pune
Following statewide bandh called by Maratha Kranti Morcha over demand for #MarathaReservation, Buses of Maharashtra… https://t.co/tc4UNP2PK4
— ANI (@ANI) 1533789994000
09:45 (IST) Aug 09
All departments and affiliated colleges of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad will remain closed today in view of the bandh.
09:44 (IST) Aug 09
Security has been beefed up in Maharashtra as Sakal Maratha Samaj, an umbrella body of Maratha groups has called for a state-wide bandh on Thursday over reservation issue.
Addressing the media, a leader of the Sakal Maratha Samaj, Amol Jadhavrao said that the state-wide bandh would be observed in a peaceful manner from 8 am to 6 pm. However, the bandh will not be observed in the Navi Mumbai.
09:44 (IST) Aug 09
Maratha Reservation: Internet services have been suspended in 7 tehsils of Pune district- Shirur, Khed, Baramati, Junnar, Maval, Daund and Bhor, as a precautionary measure.
08:29 (IST) Aug 09
Maratha bandh
No effect of bandh call yet in Mumbai. Visuals from GTB Nagar. #MarathaReservation https://t.co/wsQ6eWCNOw
— ANI (@ANI) 153378325100008:10 (IST) Aug 09
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06:21 (IST) Aug 09
Nagpur: District collector Ashwin Mudgal says no decision yet on keeping schools closed on August 9 due to Marathi morcha. Mudgal told TOI that no apprehensions have been raised yet over law and order situation.
Nagpur City cops says they will be having a strong presence on the street tomorrow to ensure that no untoward incident occurs. Bhushan Upadhyay, city police commissioner, told TOI "We have conveyed to the morcha organizers that violence of any kind won't be tolerated. They too have promised us that everything will be peaceful tomorrow. The police department will ensure a heavy presence of cops across the city."
06:21 (IST) Aug 09
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