Mumbai: A man has been questioned by the Mumbai police on Wednesday for allegedly posting derogatory remark against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Facebook. Sources say the police are yet to lodge an FIR in the case after the youth identified as Sunil Vishwakarma allegedly posted derogatory remark against the MNS chief. Police sources say that after the initial enquiry, the Facebook account was found to be...
07:25 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Bal Thackeray, the chief proponent of the sons-of-the-soil ideology in Mumbai and the man who ruled the city for more than four decades, passed away ...
11:15 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Nearly two to three lakh people, including several big names from political circle and Bollywood, gathered at Shivaji Park as Bal Thackeray was laid to rest. ...
08:50 PM, Nov 18, 2012
Bal Thackeray will be cremated at Shivaji Park, where he launched the Shiv Sena 46 years ago at a massive rally on Dussehra. ...
05:35 PM, Nov 18, 2012
People thronged the roadsides, flyovers, skywalks and balconies of their buildings to catch a glimpse of the Sena patriarch and pay homage to him. ...
01:31 PM, Nov 18, 2012
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray died on Saturday at 3.33 pm sending a wave of shock and dismay amongst his supporters. ...
11:59 AM, Nov 18, 2012
The last interview Bal Thackeray gave to CNN-IBN was in February this year where he spoke on a range of issues. ...
09:21 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Mumbai: 5.50 pm Uddhav Thackeray's personal secretary Milind Narvekar said that Shiv Sena has not called a bandh either in Maharashtra or in Mumbai on Monday. 6.00 pmShiv Sainiks shout slogans as Uddhav, Raj perform last rites of Bal Thackeray at Shivaji Park. 5.20 pm Bal Thackeray's funeral procession reaches Shivaji Park. Almost three to four lakh people have gathered at Shivaji Park to be a part of the last...
09:12 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Mumbai: Well before his death on Saturday, Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray had anointed son Uddhav Thackeray as the successor to his political legacy. Last year he went a step further and moved even grandson Aditya to the front-line, silencing any potential claimants to the party mantle. A clear message went down the rank and file and to allies Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Republican Party of India (RPI), and the...
08:40 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Mumbai: 6:19 pm: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray with full state honours in Mumbai. As part of the state funeral for him Mumbai Police conducted a 21-gun salute. 6:07 pm: Raj Thackeray breaks down as Bal Thackeray's body is moved to the funeral pyre. 6:00 pm: Shiv Sainiks shout slogans as Mumbai Police gives gun salute to Bal Thackeray. 5:56 pm: Mumbai Police give Guard of Honour to Bal Thackeray....
07:14 AM, Nov 18, 2012
In his last years, Thackeray had lost the one ability that he had always relied on " the ability to strike fear. ...
09:09 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Mumbai: Stating that he had not "completely collapsed", ailing Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday admitted his health was "not that good" but denied that he was on a ventilator. "My health is not that good, but I have not completely collapsed. I am not on a ventilator," Thackeray declared in a personalised edit in the party mouthpiece Saamna on Monday after reports in a section of the media...
11:58 AM, Nov 12, 2012
Mumbai: The condition of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, who has been ailing for a long time, has been reported to be very critical. "The condition of Bal Thackeray is very critical. We are monitoring him very closely," the doctors attending to the Shiv Sena supremo told CNN-IBN. The 86-year-old Shiv Sena supremo has been suffering from lung, pancreatic ailments. Earlier in the day, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray...
11:24 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Mumbai: The deteriorating health of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has prompted the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) cadres to seek divine intervention. Since most of the party workers and leaders owed their allegiance to their parent organisation Shiv Sena before they crossed over to MNS, floated by senior Thackeray's nephew, the failing health of the patriarch has made them worried. "Around 50 MNS party men paid obeisance at...
12:53 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena Working President Uddhav Thackeray met the party's MPs and MLAs at noon on Friday amidst reports of party supremo Bal Thackeray's deteriorating health. Udhhav's office said it was a scheduled meeting of legislators before the winter session of both Lok Sabha and state assembly. After the meeting, Uddhav Thackeray said, "We are trying to streamline what issues we will take up in the winter session. Today's meeting...
12:34 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Mumbai: Observing that politicians like Raj Thackeray do not deserve any importance, the Bombay High Court on Monday refused to hear a contempt petition filed against the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief while hinting that media make such leaders big by giving them publicity. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Nitin Jamdar was hearing a petition filed by lawyer Ejaz Naqvi seeking initiation of contempt action...
06:31 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray met his uncle and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray at Matoshree in Mumbai on Monday. Bal Thackeray has been ailing for some time and sources say that Raj enquired about his health. Earlier, in July Raj had also meet his estranged cousin and Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, who was admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital. Raj even drove Uddhav back to his...
01:30 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi sessions court on Friday issues a fresh non-bailable warrant issued by a Bihar court against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Raj Thackeray after he refused to make an appearance in court citing security reasons. The first warrant was issued by a Bihar court following an FIR against Thackeray in 2010 for allegedly making a hate speech against Biharis and exhorting his supporters to beat up railways' entrance...
02:08 PM, Sep 28, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday registered an FIR registered against Maharashtra Navniram Sena chief Raj Thackeray for making hate speeches against Biharis, branding them as infiltrators in Mumbai and threatening them to throw out of the state following a court's orders. The MNS chief has been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal code including promoting enmity between groups. He has been charged under IPC Sections 153 A...
11:25 AM, Sep 28, 2012
