Belgaum: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday shocked the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) leaders who called on him for support to their agitation for merge Marathi speaking areas in Karnataka with Maharashtra. "Do not make this as an emotional issue. I know that in Maharashtra there are several leaders who want to exploit your emotion for political gain. Please be practical," he reportedly told the MES leaders....
08:40 AM, Dec 21, 2011
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena has lashed out at the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) for criticising singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle who had opposed the Peddar Road flyover. The flyover planned 16 years ago to ease heavy traffic was put on the backburner after opposition from local residents and singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. On Saturday, Mumbai guardian minister Jayant Patil hinted that the project could be scrapped and...
10:18 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Mumbai: Peddar Road flyover issue is fast emerging as a fresh flash point between the MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, with the latter accusing the former of indulging into politics of convenience. Launching a veiled attack on his political bete noire and Maharashtra Navnirmann Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, Uddhav on Wednesday said, "All citizens are equal before the law. However, some people demanded...
09:46 PM, Dec 07, 2011
Mumbai: From the violence to the exam centre, it was back to school for some 1200 party workers of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. All because party chief Raj Thackeray insists they need to pass this exam to be able to contest for the upcoming civic elections. Shirish Parker, MNS spokesperson, said, "Our chief Raj Thackeray thought of this idea to see what our party workers are up to. What is...
09:20 AM, Dec 07, 2011
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday said that no decision had been taken on scrapping the Peddar Road flyover in Mumbai. "No decision has been taken on scrapping the Peddar Road flyover. Public Hearing is on," Chavan told a delegation of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leaders. The delegation comprised party legislators and office-bearers, who demanded that the Peddar Road flyover should be on track. The meeting took place...
01:55 PM, Dec 06, 2011
Mumbai: After conducting an eligibility examination for the upcoming civic elections for 3,500 party ticket aspirants in the entire state and 925 in the city, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has gone two steps further. Now such exams shall be mandatory for those wanting to contest elections to become MLAs and MPs. The research and other basic work related to the holding of the examination will be the...
11:56 AM, Dec 06, 2011
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena would be conducting written examination followed by personal interviews to select its candidates for the upcoming civic polls. "Eligible and efficient candidates who clear the exam would be given tickets to contest the elections," MNS chief Raj Thackeray said while addressing a party meet. Besides the prestigious Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), civic bodies at Thane, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur among others, are due for polls in...
08:31 PM, Nov 19, 2011
Mumbai: Reacting to Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam's dare to the Thackerays to move around without security, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray blamed Shiv Sena for "making Nirupam big". A war of words is currently on between the Congress MP and Shiv Sena following Nirupam's remark that north Indians can bring Mumbai's life to a standstill. Nirupam, earlier in the day, dared the "three Thackerays" to step out without security....
11:18 PM, Oct 27, 2011
Mumbai: In the run up to the BMC polls, the war is heating up between uncle Bal Thackeray and nephew Raj Thackeray once again. It is a bastion the Shiv Sena has ruled over for almost 20 years, but can the 85-year-old Thackeray do it this time again? Being out of power in the state for more than a decade, the roar of the Shiv Sena supreme has turned into...
08:16 AM, Oct 07, 2011
Mumbai: MNS chief Raj Thackeray's earlier this week warned the autorickshaw drivers to stop their agitation. Some were assaulted and their three wheelers burnt on Wednesday. The attacks were aimed at auto rickshaw drivers on strike, who're protesting the city crackdown on tampered meters. Rickshaw unions are also demanding an increase in fares. One of the protesting rickshaw drivers said, "They should increase the fare." Rickshaw strikes have been inconveniencing...
11:32 PM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: MNS chief Raj Thackeray is expected to meet Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on day 3 and the final day of his fast on Monday. Modi's Sadbhavna fast saw a lot of action on Sunday with police detaining victims of the 2002 riots and activists Mukul Sinha and Mallika Sarabhai. Sarabhai earlier took on Modi claiming he tried to bribe her lawyers to dilute her petition against the...
08:22 AM, Sep 19, 2011
New Delhi: MNS chief Raj Thackeray is expected to meet Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on day 3 and the final day of his fast on Monday. Modi's Sadbhavna fast saw a lot of action on Sunday with police detaining victims of the 2002 riots and activists Mukul Sinha and Mallika Sarabhai. Sarabhai earlier took on Modi claiming he tried to bribe her lawyers to dilute her petition against the...
08:22 AM, Sep 19, 2011
Ahmedabad: The BJP may be in alliance with the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, but in Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi's state guest is rival MNS Chief Raj Thackeray. Thackeray took tips from Modi on the Gujarat model of development. Praise came Narendra Modi's way for his developmental works from Thackeray who is on an eight-day visit to Gujarat. But while praising Gujarat's progress, Thackeray made it clear that according to...
09:30 AM, Aug 04, 2011
Mumbai: MNS chief Raj Thackeray has once again targeted north Indians, saying that migrant influx is responsible for the rising terror attacks in Mumbai. Coming down heavily on migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the MNS chief said that it was imperative to monitor people coming to the city from outside. He also hit out at state Samajwadi Party chief Abu Asim Azmi for expressing sympathy with the 13/7 triple...
07:13 AM, Jul 19, 2011
Pune: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) MLA from Pune Ramesh Wanjale died in a city hospital Friday following a massive heart attack, official sources said. Wanjale (45) was elected from Khadakwasla constituency in the 2009 Assembly elections. He was the first legislator of the Raj Thackeray-led party to be elected from Pune city. A popular figure among the party workers, Wanjale was known for his penchant for wearing gold ornaments that...
10:50 AM, Jun 11, 2011
New Delhi: In an effort to woo the Dalit voters in Mumbai, the ruling Congress and NCP want the Dadar railway station to be renamed as Chaitya Bhoomi to honour Baba Ambedkar. MNS chief Raj Thackeray has opposed the move. The ruling Congress-NCP combine is planning to rename the city's arterial railway station at Dadar, which is located in a traditional Sena and now MNS baston, after Dr BR Ambedkar....
07:01 AM, May 31, 2011
Mumbai: A Congress member of parliament will Wednesday organise a hygiene awareness camp for pani-puri and bhel-puri sellers in north Mumbai. The camp, organised by Sanjay Nirupam comes in the wake of recent attacks on pani-puri and bhel-puri sellers of Mumbai and Thane after a vendor was caught urinating in a serving vessel. "The camp has been organised to lay down guidelines to ensure that highest standards of cleanliness and...
01:09 PM, Apr 27, 2011
Activists of Raj thackeray's MNS demolishing shacks and hutments in Ghatkopar suburb. ...
06:12 PM, Apr 17, 2011
Mumbai: The activists of Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have once again gone on a rampage against migrants in Mumbai and demolished shacks and hutments in Ghatkopar suburb on Sunday. MNS activists alleged they were illegal constructions encroaching into mangroves and that most of the shacks belonged to migrant workers from outside Maharashtra. MNS workers said that they had written to the authorities several times but since none of...
05:57 PM, Apr 17, 2011
Delhi: The Japan quake and the possible nuclear fallout found an echo in the Maharashtra assembly on Monday. The divide over the proposed nuclear power plant in Jaitapur in the state has sharpened forcing the government to call in atomic energy expert Anil Karkodkar to pacify the legislators. The uproar against the proposed nuclear power plant in Jaitapur over the past few months and questions about nuclear safety after the...
10:02 PM, Mar 14, 2011
