Three days before the crucial Mumbai corporation elections, Bal Thackeray in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN slams Sharad Pawar and Prithviraj Chavan for saying the Shiv Sena is on the decline. ...
12:07 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray on Sunday doesn't rule out accepting estranged nephew Raj Thackeray back in the party but says Raj will need to take the first step. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Thackeray also touched upon many issues. Thackeray also admitted that Raj's exit has resulted in a split in the Marathi vote bank. He also added that a split in the Marathi vote bank is bound to...
06:58 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Babri Masjid demolition is just an incident and there is nothing famous or infamous about it, the Supreme Court said on Monday while listing Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea for levelling charges of criminal conspiracy against senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and 18 others to March 27. "What is famous about it. It was an incident which happened...
04:29 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Mumbai: Targeting AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray said the Congress leader has no prospects of becoming Prime Minister of the country. "Never. Its not possible," Thackeray said in the second part of his interview to his party mouthpiece 'Saamna', when he was asked whether the Congress scion will become the PM. Thackeray said, he does not see leadership qualities in today's Congress leaders. "The era...
02:04 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has attacked Team Anna, calling its members "a bunch of worthless persons". Thackeray hit out at Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia but did not name Anna Hazare. "There are differences between them (Team Anna). They are all worthless.... Kejriwal, Bedi, Sisodia. All are worthless," he said in an interview in party mouthpiece 'Saamana'. The Sena chief also ridiculed Hazare's "five-star, corporate" hunger...
06:29 PM, Jan 08, 2012
Mumbai: Anna Hazare should introspect why and due to whom his fast for a strong Lokpal bill at the MMRDA ground in Mumbai, fizzled out, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said on Friday. "Even his favourite media turned against him and are giving sensational news on how the agitation turned out to be a flop show," Thackeray said, in an editorial in party mouth-piece 'Saamana'. There was no need for...
04:34 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Mumbai: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Thursday accused Team Anna of trying to downgrade Parliament by putting pressure on it to get the Lokpal bill passed and insisted that the institution ought to be respected. "To what extent will you go to downgrade Parliament, elected by the people? Are you not going to respect the integrity of this institution?" he wrote in the editorial of party mouthpiece 'Saamna'. Acknowledging...
06:10 PM, Dec 15, 2011
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday warned of a "backlash" in Maharashtra if neighbouring Karnataka did not check those indulging in anti-Marathi activities. His comments came after Jnanpith awardee Kannada writer Chandrashekara Kambara made some "anti-Marathi" remarks. "Those ruling Karnataka should check the 'goondas' indulging in anti-Marathi activities. Don't let a spark ignite here," Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana'. "The Karnataka government should stop...
01:53 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Pune: A group of Shiv Sainiks along with Vilas Sonawane, the Shivaji Nagar Shakha Pramukh, stormed into the Vaishali restaurant on Fergusson College Road and vandalised their property on Tuesday afternoon. The unruly mob pelted stones on the property and disrupted the office crowd, which had come to Vaishali for their usual lunch. The Shiv Sainiks came along with the party's flags mouthing slogans: 'Balasaheb Thackeray cha vijay aso' (victory...
12:32 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Mumbai: Baramati MP and the daughter of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Supriya Sule, on Sunday met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray at his residence in Mumbai to express gratitude for supporting Pawar after the attack on him in Delhi. "This was a family visit. We have close relations with the Thackerays for the last several years. I know Uddhav, Raj from my birth. And after the incident in Delhi,...
09:23 AM, Nov 28, 2011
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has lashed out at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for his comments on migrants from Uttar Pradesh, saying though the migrant population has "destroyed" Mumbai, his party never called them beggars. "The huge influx of UP migrants in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra has virtually paralysed the state and the migrants have destroyed the city. But we have never called them beggars. Hunger...
03:43 PM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: Even as the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government seems to be moving towards building a consensus on the Lokpal Bill, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has come under renewed attack from the political class. Union Finance Minister and Congress' chief trouble-shooter Pranab Mukherjee has reached out to non-Congress members of Parliamentary Standing Committee including Lalu Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan to get them on board to approve a strong...
02:21 PM, Nov 07, 2011
Mumbai: Hitting out at Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam's remarks that North Indians can shutdown Mumbai, the Shiv Sena on Thursday said that Maharashtra had 'not invited' them to come and work here in the first place. "The North Indians were not invited to Mumbai. They came here to earn livelihood, and settled down. If people from UP and Bihar ply autos, sell milk and vegetables, they are also involved in...
02:54 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday demanded that the country's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, be conferred on Amitabh Bachchan. "Amitabh Bachchan is the last 'Shahenshah' (emperor) of Bollywood. In many countries of the world, the people don't know who is the president or prime minister of the country, but they know Bachchan," Thackeray said in an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna. "He is a real...
12:13 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Mumbai: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi would lose the Shiv Sena's support if he pressed for the relaxation of visa procedures for Pakistanis wanting to visit the Ajmer dargah in Rajasthan, party chief Bal Thackeray said on Thursday. "If he (Modi) errs, we shall not support him. I will not allow my country and Hindutva to be sullied by this," Thackeray said, referring to the Bharatiya Janata Party leader's demand....
10:56 AM, Oct 20, 2011
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