LBT protesters caned at Azad Maidan

State government will tell the Bombay high court on Tuesday by when it will conclude its probe into the Azad Maidan riots of last year.

A 36-year-old police constable from Azad Maidan, who was injured in last years August 11 riots at Azad Maidan, breathed his last on Thursday.

The police will take about eight months to complete the inquiry to assess the extent of damage of public property in the August 11 Azad Maidan riots, the state government told the Bombay high court on Tuesday.

Bhaiyya Deshmukh, the farmer from drought-affected Solapur district who is on fast at Azad Maidan, said Pawar had hurt sentiments of the state with the comment which was "unbecoming" of the Deputy Chief Minister.

A 22-year-old farmer, part of the group of peasants protesting at Azad Maidan against the severe drought in Solapur district, allegedly attempted suicide by jumping from a tree on Thursday.

Traffic in south Mumbai was paralyzed through the day on Wednesday as traders led a car and motorcycle rally to Azad Maidan to protest against the imposition of local body tax (LBT).

A farmer who has been on a fast at Azad Maidan in Mumbai to get water from Pune dams released to Ujani dam in Solapur to provide relief to villages downstream reeling under drought has found some support from irrigation experts who believe his idea ...

For 63 days now, Prabhakar Deshmukh and other farmers from Solapur have been sitting in protest at Azad Maidan demanding drinking water for the region, but they drew little attention. However, following deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's crude remarks on his ...

Last month, a protest by tribals and activists at Azad Maidan in Mumbai went almost unnoticed. What were they asking? Only the basic amenities such as medicines and good toilets in the tribals' part of the country. Pity they didn't know they weren't in the ...