Mumbai: Several members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) were held on Saturday for protesting against the visiting Pakistan judicial panel that is in Mumbai to record statements of witnesses in the 26/11 blasts case. The MNS workers wanted to hand over a letter of protest to the Pakistani panel but were prevented by the police. Meanwhile, the judicial commission recorded the statements of three witnesses on Saturday. A Mumbai...
07:01 PM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress high command has reportedly sought a report from the Maharashtra Congress after its Brihan Mumbai Corporation (BMC) poll debacle. The Shiv Sena-BJP combine won the polls, managing to retain power in the prestigious civic body, the country's richest. This was the first civic elections in Mumbai where the Congress was contesting in an alliance with the NCP. An honest Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said on...
05:17 PM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: In what came as a major setback for the Congress and the NCP, the first big electoral battle of 2012 has gone in favour of the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine that managed to retain power in the prestigious Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the country's richest civic body. An honest Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said that the defeat in the BMC polls has come as a...
07:31 AM, Feb 18, 2012
Nashik: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) of Raj Thackeray has emerged as the single largest party in the Nashik Municipal Corporation polls, as per the results that have come so far. The MNS managed to get 40 seats out of the total 122 seats. It was followed by NCP and arch rival Shiv Sena, who managed to win on 20 and 19 seats respectively. Meanwhile, the Congress could ensure win...
09:56 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Pune: The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Saturday sprung a surprise by wresting 29 out of 152 seats of Pune Municipal Corporations. The party came second to the front-runner NCP, which managed to bag 52 seats. The MNS, however, was followed extremely closely by Congress, which managed to get 28 seats, according to the latest reports. MNS, which has substantially improved upon its tally of 7 in the...
09:25 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Mumbai: Expressing satisfaction over the results of civic polls in Mumbai and elsewhere in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray told reporters outside Matoshri residence in suburban Bandra this afternoon that he was "overwhelmed". "I thank people for reposing faith in me and my party. Today is a good day. Let me celebrate it. I am overwhelmed," he said. Shiv Sena-BJP-RPI alliance has emerged as the biggest group in...
06:14 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Mumbai: MNS chief Raj Thackeray day kept on Friday mum on whether he would extend support to Shiv Sena-BJP-RPI alliance in its bid to retain power in the civic body of India's financial capital. "We have not come to that stage...who to help. Let all figures (results) come," Raj told reporters at his residence in Dadar area this afternoon. Asked if MNS was ready to sit on opposition benches, Raj...
04:47 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Friday said the verdict in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls was a slap on the face of the Congress-NCP alliance. "Mumbaikars have slapped Congress-NCP on the face," Shiv Sena MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut said. The Sena-BJP-RPI alliance appears set to emerge as the largest block in the BMC. Raut said that citizens of the megapolis would never tolerate the insult of Shiv Sena...
03:43 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena retained Thane in the Maharashtra civic polls. The Shiv Sena-BJP alliance took the top spot in the Thane Municipal Corporation polls on Friday. Out of the 130 seats, Congress and the NCP alliance bagged 52 and the Shiv Sena, BJP and RPI alliance 61 seats. Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) did not fare well as it could win on...
01:18 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Right before Mumbai civic polls, Bal Thackeray has extended an olive branch to Raj Thackeray. ...
10:57 PM, Feb 14, 2012
Responding to his uncle Bal Thackeray's invitation to him to rejoin the Shiv Sena, MNS chief Raj Thackeray said on Monday that he was ready to take a hundred steps for his uncle, but none for his son, Uddhav. ...
08:31 AM, Feb 14, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, who parted ways with the Shiv Sena in January 2006, on Monday night said he was willing to "walk a hundred steps" for his uncle Balasaheb Thackeray and added that the doors of his party were always open for the Sena founder. "It hurt me when I left Shiv Sena. I respect Balasaheb and will continue to respect him. I am ready to...
06:49 AM, Feb 14, 2012
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: 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
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: Sorry seems to be the hardest word for MNS chief Raj Thackeray, his party workers say. Yet he said it, and the party men are wondering why. Right before releasing the list of candidates for BMC elections, Raj apologised to those who did not make it. "The apology by Raj prior to the announcement of the candidates was unexpected and unbelievable, given the temperament he is known for," said...
12:53 PM, Jan 31, 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
NCP chief Sharad Pawar said that he will not contest the 2014 General Elections. ...
09:24 AM, Jan 29, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Friday said he was in a dilemma over selecting party candidates for the 27 Zilla Parishads and the nine major civic corporations which go to polls on February 7 and February 16 respectively in the state. "The biggest question before me is: Whom to give tickets to and whom to reject?" Raj said at a meeting of MNS hopefuls for the...
05:32 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray launched a fresh attack on north Indians, singling out the arrest of terrorists from Bihar, in the 13/7 serial blasts case. "I have been saying that due to influx of north Indians, terror activities are on the rise. The arrest of terrorists hailing from Bihar yesterday, in the 13/7 serial blasts case, has confirmed my claim," Raj told reporters in Mumbai. "The...
06:04 PM, Jan 24, 2012
