Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday asserted that his party was "indestructible" and the Congress could not finish it off even if it had "seven more lives". "Even if you are reborn seven times, you will fail to destroy the Shiv Sena," Thackeray said, referring to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's recent statements that after the ensuing municipal corporation elections, the Shiv Sena would be wiped out. Addressing...
02:04 AM, Feb 14, 2012
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: The Union Home Ministry on Thursday sought a report from the Maharashtra Police on the claim that an arrested accused of the 13/7 Mumbai blasts case had met former al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2001. "We have taken serious note of the claim. We have sought a report from Maharashtra as we want to know details of the case," a Home Ministry official said....
07:19 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Mumbai: In a setback for Congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Mumbai High court has ordered that the land given to Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts in 2006 be taken back. The court has also asked Ghai to pay Rs 5.3 crore annually from 2000, from the time Mukta Arts entered into a joint venture with the state government. Deshmukh was the Maharashtra Chief Minister during the time when the land allotment...
03:45 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Anti Terror Squad (ATS) sources on Tuesday said that July 13, 2011 Mumbai serial blast accused and Indian Mujahideen member Haroon Naik met slain terrorist Osama bin Laden in August 2001 in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. "Naik was part a group of operatives who were addressed by Osama in Bhawalpur," said the sources about the Indian Mujahideen member who was arrested for possessing fake currency notes. The sources said that...
07:10 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Mumbai: Voting began on a peaceful note at 7.30 am though crowds were not evident at many booths in view of the severe cold wave conditions sweeping most parts of the state. Polling will continue till 5.30 pm in all areas, barring Gadchiroli, where it will close at 3.30 pm. Nearly 3.89 crore voters shall elect their new representatives for 1,624 Zilla Parishad seats and 3,218 Panchayat Samiti seats, for...
11:38 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has pitched the panchayat polls as the mid term elections that will change political equations in the state. The polling for as many as 27 zilla parishads and 305 panchayat samitis across the state takes place on Tuesday. Much is at stake for several Maharashtra bigwigs such as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari, Gopinath Munde, Narayan Rane and RR Patil in the...
08:54 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Thane: A 47-year-old man was held on Monday along with his wife for raping his daughter-in-law in Kalyan town of Thane district, in Maharashtra, police said. Arun Jadhav sexually assaulted the 21-year-old victim at their residence on two occasions on August 15 and September 24 last when her husband was away, while his wife Kusum Jadhav (45) abetted the crime, police sub-inspector Rajesh Waghmare said. The accused duo was held...
11:59 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Panaji, Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has announced a list of 22 candidates for the forthcoming Goa polls. The list, which was announced on Sunday night, includes names of its prominent leaders, except its Member of Parliament Sripad Naik, who has refused to contest. Party's central election committee, which met in Delhi on Sunday night, with the party national president Nitin Gadkari as its head, finalised the list. Ananth Kumar, party's...
11:00 AM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: BJP on Sunday announced the list of candidates for 22 seats of the 40-member Goa Assembly. The BJP has left eight seats for its ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak party (MGP) and has also extended support to an independent candidate. The BJP Central Election Committee has authorised Party President Nitin Gadkari to decide candidates for the remaining nine seats. Polling will be held in Goa on March 3. ...
11:03 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Pune: Sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Sunday said he was sure to "get justice" in CWG case and attributed the warm welcome accorded to him on his arrival in the city to its culture. "I have taken along with me all sections of society in the 30-35 years of my political life which has reflected in the warm welcome. Not only during good times but to...
09:41 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Mumbai: Suresh Kalmadi, facing corruption charges, will not campaign for the upcoming Pune civic polls. He has been suspended from the Congress party. But Kalmadi got a hero's welcome in Pune on Saturday evening. Party workers defied the leadership and celebrated his homecoming. The Congress has officially stated that the sacked CWG chief will not campaign for the Pune Municipal Polls. Congressmen and women lined up at his Pune home...
09:12 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Pune: Notwithstanding the criminal charges and his suspension from Congress, supporters of city MP Suresh Kalmadi gave him an enthusiastic welcome when he arrived in Pune on Saturday evening for the first time after being released on bail in the Commonwealth Games scam. His arrival coincided with the last day of withdrawal of nominations for the civic elections, in which he could have played a major role for Congress with...
09:05 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Yavatmal: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alone can bring a total face-lift to the rural Maharashtra through focus on sustained development, party leader and Home Minister RR Patil has said. Patil was addressing a well-attended public rally at Danki on Thursday to kick off his party's election campaign for the ensuing Zilla Parishad (ZP) and Panchayat Samiti (PS) elections on February 7. State NCP President Madhukarrao Pichad presided over the function....
02:33 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Mumbai: Terming the arrested 13/7 accused Haroon Naik as "a very, very important member of Indian Mujahideen", Maharashtra ATS on Friday said he had undergone rigorous terror training in Pakistan and fought alongside al Qaeda in Afghanistan against "enemies" in the name of jihad. The Anti-Terrorism Squad was on Wednesday granted custody of jailed IM operative Naik in the blasts case as he was suspected of having participated in the...
07:26 PM, Feb 03, 2012
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