New Delhi: Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar will on Monday take oath as Rajya Sabha member in the chambers of RS Chairperson Hamid Ansari. Sachin was nominated to the Upper House along with film actress Rekha and industrialist Anu Aga in April, but had to wait to take his oath until the end of IPL season 5. The nomination of Tendulkar had sparked a political slugfest with the opposition parties questioning...
07:54 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Chandrapur: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday said that poaching of tigers in Chandrapur could not have taken place without the support of local people. Thackeray, who was here to collect facts regarding poaching of tigers said that "It is impossible for any outsider to lay traps in deep forests without help from local people. It is the local people responsible for the act". Talking about tiger conservation,...
02:59 AM, Jun 01, 2012
London: A British priest has apologised for some unholy language on his Facebook page, his bishop says. Canon Paul Shackerley, Vicar of the Minster Church of St George in Doncaster in northern England, raised eyebrows by using the f--- word and remarking that "alas, I have religion tomorrow" in some Saturday evening postings. Peter Burrows, the bishop of Doncaster, met with Shackerley on Friday and later said the priest regretted...
11:13 AM, May 28, 2012
Mumbai: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa is a "human bomb" within the BJP whose president Nitin Gadkari's path is "paved with landmines", Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said in Mumbai on Saturday. In a candid reflection on the divisions in BJP, marked by the resignation of Sanjay Joshi as a special invitee to its national executive to secure the attendance of Narendra Modi, Thackeray, the oldest ally of the...
04:49 PM, May 26, 2012
Mumbai: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray at the latter's residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra. The meeting comes a day after the national executive meeting of BJP concluded in Mumbai. BJP sources described the meeting as a courtesy call by Gadkari. The BJP chief had also met Thackeray last month, in an apparent effort to remove the "misunderstanding" that had crept into their relations...
03:27 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: After launching attacks on a number of websites in protest against Internet censorship, hacker group Anonymous Operation India is planning a more traditional way of protest. Anonymous India announced its plans in an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) press conference and also posted a YouTube video to promote the protest. In the press conference, Anonymous India claimed hacking into Reliance Communication's servers and accessed a list of URLs blocked...
04:34 PM, May 25, 2012
Anonymous Operation India, the hacker group apparantly behind recent attacks on a number of Indian websites in protest against the government and court orders to restrict access to certain websites had invited the media to join them on a Internet Relay Chat press conference on Friday. The hacking group alleged that the media chose to ignore their operations. The transcript follows: [14:30] <~BitMentor> Greetings ladies and gentlemen [14:31] <~BitMentor> Welcome...
03:04 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: Calling for a united opposition to demand roll back in petrol price hike, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Thursday asked people to stand together against the government's move. "Shiv Sena and NDA will start a nationwide movement against this hike. Even a call for Bharat Bandh on the issue will be acceptable," Thackeray said in his party mouthpiece 'Saamana' in Mumbai on on Thursday. Despite the UPA government...
12:51 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Hackers Anonymous on Thursday hacked the Supreme Court of India (supremecourtofindia.nic.in) and the All India Congress (aicc.org.in) websites. According to a report on thednetworks.com, Anonymous cited internet censorship as the reason for hacking the two Indian websites. This comes after torrent sites like The Pirate Bay and Vimeo have been blocked by most of the Indian Internet Service Providers (ISP) on government request. ISPs like BSNL, MTNL, Airtel...
06:46 PM, May 17, 2012
Mumbai: Following complaints of respiratory problems, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra in Mumbai, a senior party leader said. The condition of Thackeray, who was hospitalised on Saturday, is now normal and he is expected to be discharged on Monday, the Shiv Sena leader told. "Everything is fine. He will be discharged on Monday," another Shiv Sena functionary said. ...
08:32 PM, May 13, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Tuesday asked the Karnataka government to allow the telecast of Bollywood star Aamir Khan's maiden television show 'Satyameva Jayate'. While hitting out at the BJP government in Karnataka, Thackeray lavishly praised Aamir's show which went on air last Sunday and secured thumbs up around the country. In an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamna Tuesday, Thackeray said that Karnataka's decision on grounds that the...
10:45 AM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will be hearing a Central Bureau of Investigation petition seeking restoration of conspiracy charges aganist senior BJP leader LK Advani, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and others in the Babri Masjid demolition case on July 25. The apex court had on March 4, 2011 issued notice to 21 people including LK Advani, Bal Thackeray, Kalyan Singh, Uma Bharti, Satish Pradhan, CR Bansal, MM Joshi, Vinay...
12:42 PM, May 04, 2012
Mumbai: Over 6000 villages in 15 districts of Maharashtra are drought affected, and while the state government has announced extra funds for the areas, the government's plan to send 25 MLAs on the annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Board tour to Europe at such a time has met with severe criticism, particularly from MNS Chief Raj Thackeray, whose party sent out a letter requesting the MLAs to cancel the planned trip. Said...
08:01 AM, May 04, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has made it amply apparent that the Upper House of Parliament holds no allure for him. So, while queering the pitch for Sachin Tendulkar's new innings as a Rajya Sabha member after Congress nominating the Master Blaster, Thackeray, on Sunday, also touched upon the fact that a relative had approached him for a ticket to the Council of States, which he had denied her....
01:08 PM, May 02, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Tuesday said he will not meet social activist Anna Hazare as long as he is surrounded by key aides Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Kiran Bedi. "Till Kejriwal, Sisodia and Kiran Bedi are part of Team Anna, I cannot think of meeting him (Hazare)," Thackeray told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Mumbai. Last week, Thackeray had refused to meet Hazare,...
04:31 AM, May 02, 2012
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