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: Sab TV, known for making comedy shows, is now coming up with a new daily soap 'I Love My India' which will show what happens when West meets East. "I believe if you look closely all of us have some relatives or friends living abroad, who have to adjust to situation in India when they are here. These circumstances entertain us and we cherish the memories forever. The...
04:40 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Mumbai: Hitting out at Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said that he pitied him. "I feel pity for him. It is unfortunate that he is the Chief Minister of the state," Uddhav said. Chavan had on Wednesday said that Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray will become inconsequential after the February 16 Mumbai civic polls. Mentioning "piles of pending files" with the Chief Minister,...
03:47 AM, Feb 10, 2012
Mumbai: Miffed at being denied permission to hold election rally at Shivaji Park in central Mumbai, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday said "best friends" NCP and Shiv Sena were indulging in politics to prevent him from campaigning. "NCP and Shiv Sena, who are best friends are indulging in politics to prevent me from campaigning," Raj told reporters in Mumbai. When asked how he plans to hold...
09:56 PM, Feb 05, 2012
D Shivakumar Age: 52 Designation: Senior Vice President (Sales), India, Middle East and Africa Region, Nokia. Formerly Managing Director, Nokia India Career: Joined Nokia India in 2006. Prior to that was heading the consumer electronics business of Philips India. Has also spent several years with Hindustan Levers Education: Graduated from IIT Madras in 1982 and IIM Kolkata in 1984 Interests: Is passionate about writing, teaching and is an avid sports...
11:27 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Ahmedabad: The state government has informed the Gujarat High Court that 21 thalassemia-affected kids from Junagadh, who allegedly contracted HIV during blood transfusions, could get free treatment in four state-run hospitals. The statement was made before the division bench of acting Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice JB Pardiwala on Thursday. The application for free treatment had been made by advocate Girish Das during the hearing on public interest litigations...
07:11 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Mumbai: In a blow to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's apparent attempt to score brownie points over its arch rival Shiv Sena, the Bombay High Court on Friday refused to grant permission to the Raj Thackeray-led party to hold a public meeting at Shivaji Park in central Mumbai. MNS had approached the High Court through its President of Dadar division, Sandip Deshpande, seeking permission to use loud speakers at the rally to...
03:38 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray announced on Sunday the first list of his party's candidates for the Mumbai, Thane, Pune and Nashik municipal corporation elections in Mumbai. Addressing a press conference, Raj said the lists for Nagpur, Solapur, Amravati, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Ulhasnagar and Akola would be declared at the local level soon. He released the list of 208 candidates out of the 227 wards in Mumbai, 138 out of...
05:39 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Mumbai: Apparently irked by a report in Marathi daily 'Maharashtra Times' which speculated that a sitting Shiv Sena MP was on his way to NCP, alleged Sena workers on Saturday vandalised the reception area of Times of India (TOI) building in Mumbai. Sixteen people had been detained in connection with the attack, said Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Rajnish Seth. While the police did not say which party...
07:36 PM, Jan 28, 2012
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan has written to the PM, demanding that Dow should pay compensation or India should withdraw from the Olympics. ...
08:04 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Mumbai: Three-year-old Arundhati Anand, who suffered severe head injuries in an accident with Shiv Sena MP Bharatkumar Raut's car on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on January 22, succumbed to her wounds on Tuesday morning in Aditya Birla Hospital, Chinchwad. CEO of Aditya Birla Hospital Rekha Dubey said, "As Arundhati's condition was deteriorating rapidly, she was put on ventilator. She breathed her last early in the morning." Dr Umesh Phalke, who also...
12:02 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Mumbai: The BJP on Tuesday released the first list of 32 candidates, including 13 women, for the February 16 elections to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Mumbai BJP President Raj Purohit, who released the list, said the party has decided not to give tickets to relatives of the leaders. "We have given opportunity to over 20 new faces in which 13 are women," he said. Ten sitting BJP Corporators, including Deputy...
12:23 AM, Jan 25, 2012
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