Mumbai: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa is a "human bomb" within the BJP whose president Nitin Gadkari's path is "paved with landmines", Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said in Mumbai on Saturday. In a candid reflection on the divisions in BJP, marked by the resignation of Sanjay Joshi as a special invitee to its national executive to secure the attendance of Narendra Modi, Thackeray, the oldest ally of the...
04:49 PM, May 26, 2012
Mumbai: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray at the latter's residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra. The meeting comes a day after the national executive meeting of BJP concluded in Mumbai. BJP sources described the meeting as a courtesy call by Gadkari. The BJP chief had also met Thackeray last month, in an apparent effort to remove the "misunderstanding" that had crept into their relations...
03:27 PM, May 26, 2012
Mumbai: Calling for a united opposition to demand roll back in petrol price hike, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Thursday asked people to stand together against the government's move. "Shiv Sena and NDA will start a nationwide movement against this hike. Even a call for Bharat Bandh on the issue will be acceptable," Thackeray said in his party mouthpiece 'Saamana' in Mumbai on on Thursday. Despite the UPA government...
12:51 PM, May 24, 2012
Mumbai: Following complaints of respiratory problems, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra in Mumbai, a senior party leader said. The condition of Thackeray, who was hospitalised on Saturday, is now normal and he is expected to be discharged on Monday, the Shiv Sena leader told. "Everything is fine. He will be discharged on Monday," another Shiv Sena functionary said. ...
08:32 PM, May 13, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Tuesday asked the Karnataka government to allow the telecast of Bollywood star Aamir Khan's maiden television show 'Satyameva Jayate'. While hitting out at the BJP government in Karnataka, Thackeray lavishly praised Aamir's show which went on air last Sunday and secured thumbs up around the country. In an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamna Tuesday, Thackeray said that Karnataka's decision on grounds that the...
10:45 AM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will be hearing a Central Bureau of Investigation petition seeking restoration of conspiracy charges aganist senior BJP leader LK Advani, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and others in the Babri Masjid demolition case on July 25. The apex court had on March 4, 2011 issued notice to 21 people including LK Advani, Bal Thackeray, Kalyan Singh, Uma Bharti, Satish Pradhan, CR Bansal, MM Joshi, Vinay...
12:42 PM, May 04, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has made it amply apparent that the Upper House of Parliament holds no allure for him. So, while queering the pitch for Sachin Tendulkar's new innings as a Rajya Sabha member after Congress nominating the Master Blaster, Thackeray, on Sunday, also touched upon the fact that a relative had approached him for a ticket to the Council of States, which he had denied her....
01:08 PM, May 02, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Tuesday said he will not meet social activist Anna Hazare as long as he is surrounded by key aides Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Kiran Bedi. "Till Kejriwal, Sisodia and Kiran Bedi are part of Team Anna, I cannot think of meeting him (Hazare)," Thackeray told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Mumbai. Last week, Thackeray had refused to meet Hazare,...
04:31 AM, May 02, 2012
Mumbai: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare will be back in action on Tuesday though this time his campaign will be restricted to Maharashtra. Anna will be on a five-week campaign to bring in a stronger Lokayukta Bill in the state. Last week Anna visited Mumbai to build political consensus on the issue. Anna met the state Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan demanding that the CM and MLAs be brought under the ambit...
06:52 AM, May 01, 2012
When asked how would he draw Sachin's cartoon, Thackeray said that in some cases "a mere photograph is enough" and there is no need to draw a cartoon. ...
05:27 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Mumbai: Commenting on the nomination of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Sunday said it was the "dirtiest play" of Congress. "It is Congress's dirtiest play...the real Dirty Picture is this", Thackeray said talking to reporters after he was conferred with a lifetime achievement award by Raipur-based magazine Cartoon Watch' at a function in Mumbai. Asked how would he draw Sachin's cartoon,...
05:20 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Mumbai: Stating that every step that Congress takes has a selfish agenda, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday said there was a need to check the "motive" of that party in nominating cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar to Rajya Sabha. "Nothing that Congress does is straight and in no work of theirs, the motive is clean," Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamna. "Crores of Sachin's fans would...
08:01 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Mumbai/Aurangabad: In a snub to Anna Hazare, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Thursday refused to meet him days after he questioned the relevance of the Gandhian's anti-corruption crusade. Hazare is in Mumbai to mobilise support for a strong Lokayukta among political parties and had met Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Thackeray's estranged nephew and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) leader Raj Thackeray among other political leaders. Hazare, who had a meeting...
02:20 AM, Apr 27, 2012
Mumbai/Aurangabad: In a snub to Anna Hazare, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Thursday refused to meet him days after he questioned the relevance of the Gandhian's anti-corruption crusade. Anna Hazare is in Mumbai to mobilise support for a strong Lokayukta among political parties and had met Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Thackeray's estranged nephew and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) leader Raj Thackeray among other political leaders. Anna Hazare, who had...
10:15 PM, Apr 26, 2012
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