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Located at the eastern side of Pune and situated on the banks of River Bhima, Koregaon-Bhima can be traced along the Pune-Ahmadnagar highway and approximately 25 km from the Pune City; its population is around 7000-8000.

January 1, 2018 was the occasion of celebrating the completion of 200 years of the Bhima-Koregaon battle. It is considered to be a valour day for the Mahar Regiment and this was initiated by Dr B.R. Ambedkar nearly 90 years ago in 1927. From 1927 to 2018 the number of people belonging to and consisting of depressed classes from all over Maharashtra increased magnificently from a few thousands to nearly around 1.5 million this year

It’s a tragic sign of times where the political terrain has been mixed with religion.

I welcome the abolition of the government subsidy for Haj pilgrims. The Constitution says the Indian state is secular, and forbids discrimination on religious grounds. So, the state should keep its distance from all religious groups, and not subsidise any.

Civil society groups and individuals from Jammu and Kashmir are deeply distressed at the emerging situation in Jammu and Kashmir, consequent upon the brinkmanship and belligerent policies and statements made by official representatives of India and Pakistan.

Nine years ago today, Russian activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov was shot dead in central Moscow. Markelov’s last article “Patriotism as diagnosis” remains, sadly, as relevant today as it was in 2008.