
Amravati: An embarrassed Congress legislator and President Pratibha Patil's son Raosaheb Shekhawat Tuesday said a "communication gap" resulted in Rs 1 crore cash being seized by Maharashtra Police only days before the polls to major municipal corporations in the state. "There was some communication gap as the state Congress could not inform when and how the money was being sent. I learnt (of it) only after the police seized the...

08:24 PM, Feb 21, 2012

Mumbai: Fresh from his victory in the Mumbai civic polls, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has hit out at critics for predicting doom for his party saying it has been able to retain power in the civic body because of its strong foundation. "It is only because of the strong base and foundation of social service that my party has been thriving despite vicious attacks from political rivals and the...

07:33 PM, Feb 20, 2012

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12:14 PM, Feb 19, 2012

Bal Thackeray in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN slammed Sharad Pawar and Prithviraj Chavan for saying the Shiv Sena was on the decline. ...

08:04 PM, Feb 18, 2012

Following the victory in Mumbai and Thane, Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray said people liked the work of the party. ...

05:54 PM, Feb 18, 2012

Youva Sena chief Aditya Thackeray said he is elated after the fourth victory of Shiv Sena in Mumbai and Thane civic polls. ...

05:30 PM, Feb 18, 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

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11:48 PM, Feb 17, 2012

In Pune, the NCP is likely to emerge as the single largest party, but will be able to take the control of the civic body only with the help of the Congress. ...

11:18 PM, Feb 17, 2012

Akola: No party has won a clear majority in the Akola Municipal Corporation, as the results of Thursday's election came in on late Friday afternoon. The Congress and the BJP, with 18 seats each, are the biggest parties in 73-member House. Party-wise final results are as follows: Congress (18), NCP (5), BJP (18), Shiv Sena (8), BRP-BMS Samyukta Vikas Aghadi (7), UDF (2), Akola Vikas Aghadi (2), Samajawadi Party (1),...

07:49 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

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that the alliance with RPI has helped the party in the Maharashtra civic polls. ...

06:07 PM, Feb 17, 2012

NCP chief Sharad Pawar said that the Congress contested in 70 per cent of the seats in Mumbai. ...

05:07 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