Pune bandh: FIR against Shiv Sena leaders Mumbai: Pune Police have registered cases against Shiv Sena executive chief Udhhav Thackeray's personal assistant Milind Narvekar and Sena MLC Neelam Gorhe.

This for allegedly plotting disruption in Pune during the bandh called by the Sena-BJP combine. The Police booked them after tapping their conversations.

The duo had torched trucks on the Mumbai-Pune highway and damaged state transport buses in different part of the city.

About 50 buses were damaged in stone pelting by agitators in various parts of the city. The Pune police on Wednesday booked Shiv Sena executive chief Udhhav Thackeray's personal assistant Milind Narvekar and Shiv Sena MLC Neelam Gorhe for allegedly hatching the plan to disturb the law and order situation in Pune during the bandh call given by Sena-BJP....more    
10:10 AM, Dec 30, 2010

Pune bandh turns violent, Sena workers held New Delhi: The bandh call by Shiv Sena on Tuesday turned violent as Sena workers went on a rampage to protest the removal of a statue of Shivaji's guru Dadoji Konddev. Shiv Sena activists pelted stones at buses in Pune and stopped two trains near Lonavala. Sinhagadh Express and Indore Express were stopped at Lonavala by Sena activists. Lonavala Police detained 15 Sena activists including Shiv Sena district president for...  
08:19 AM, Dec 28, 2010

Dadoji statue removal: Sena calls Pune bandh Mumbai: Slamming NCP for removal of Dadoji Konddev's statue from Lal Mahal in Pune, Shiv Sena called for a bandh in the city on Tuesday as a mark of protest. In a statement, Executive President Uddhav Thackeray said it was "unfortunate" that the Pune Municipal corporation removed the statue of Dadoji Konddev, considered a "guru" of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, as if it was the statue of a "terrorist". "Congress-NCP government...  
08:06 AM, Dec 28, 2010