Mumbai: After the Congress, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Tuesday demanded that Mumbai Cricket Association lift its five-year ban on actor Shah Rukh Khan from entering Wankhede Stadium.
Khan's Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians were set to face off at the Wankhede Stadium here Tuesday and the star would miss the match if the ban is not lifted.
Thackeray said it was "wrong" on the MCA's part to ban Khan from entering the stadium.
"He is the owner of the team. Is he some terrorist," Thackeray said....
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12:03 PM, May 08, 2013
Mumbai: A Maharashtra government-appointed committee, which probed the assault on a traffic police officer by a group of legislators inside the assembly premises in Mumbai last month, on Tuesday submitted its report to the Speaker. The committee, headed by Ganpatrao Deshmukh, a veteran MLA of Peasants and Workers Party (PWP), comprised the entire panel of presiding officers belonging to different parties. The seven-member panel submitted its report to Assembly Speaker...
11:51 PM, Apr 16, 2013
More than 12,000 villages in Maharashtra are battling acute drought. At such a time when they thought the state government will bring them some relief, the following statement of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has shocked all. Pawar said, "Somebody is there on a fast for 55 days now. His name is some Deshmukh. He is asking us to release water from dams. How could one do that? We don't...
08:05 PM, Apr 15, 2013
There was uproar in the Maharashtra Assembly for the third consecutive day, the Opposition is demanding deputy CM Ajit Pawar's resignation over his controversial 'urine' comment. ...
11:59 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Mumbai: There was an uproar in the Maharashtra Assembly for the third consecutive day as the Opposition demanded Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's resignation over his controversial 'urine' comment. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has hit the streets of Mumbai in protest urging Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to sack Ajit Pawar. On Tuesday, the Maharashtra Speaker had rejected the Opposition's demand for a censure motion against Ajit Pawar. Meanwhile, a urinal...
02:57 PM, Apr 10, 2013
The Mumbai Police has withdrawn the security of suspended Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) MLA Ram Kadam, who was one of the MLAs who allegedly assaulted Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Suryavanshi. Ram Kadam had been provided four security guards before the attack on Suryavanshi. ...
02:39 PM, Mar 30, 2013
After attacking two offices of private company Indiabulls, Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) justified its violence, saying the party was just reflecting the anger and the anxiety of the common man in the face of the government's inability to deal with the drought. ...
07:33 AM, Mar 26, 2013
The politics of drought in Maharashtra is turning violent. Two Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers have been arrested after several of them went on a rampage, attacking the Indiabulls office in Mumbai. This came hours after MNS chief Raj Thackeray said that water meant for drought-hit farmers was diverted to private companies. ...
11:59 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Suspected Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists once again attacked the Indiabulls office, this time in Amravati. This comes a day after two MNS workers were arrested after several of them went on a rampage, attacking the Indiabulls office in Mumbai. ...
12:52 PM, Mar 25, 2013
The politics of drought in Maharashtra is turning violent. Two Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers have been arrested after several of them went on a rampage, attacking the Indiabulls office in Mumbai. This came hours after MNS chief Raj Thackeray said that water meant for drought-hit farmers was diverted to private companies. ...
07:49 AM, Mar 25, 2013
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers on Sunday allegedly attacked the Indiabulls Finance Centre in Lower Parel area. Police said 10 to 15 MNS workers started pelting stones at the office building and the security guards had to shut the main gate to prevent them from entering the premises. ...
11:31 PM, Mar 24, 2013
The interrogation of four MNS workers has revealed that the car which was set on fire by MNS workers belonged to them. This new development comes following the police probe on four MNS workers. ...
03:22 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Targeting Shiv Sena on its opposition to Jaitapur nuclear power project in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Friday asked the people of Konkan not to encourage petty politics obstructing the progress and development. ...
09:29 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Seen standing shoulder to shoulder in their moment of grief as they performed the last rites of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray two months ago, estranged cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray had so far steered clear of the question - will they bury the hatchet? Uddhav, newly elected president of the Shiv Sena, sought to answer that when he told party mouthpiece Saamna that the Marathi vote shouldn't be split....
08:45 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Unapologetic, even proud of having slapped a 65-year-old, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator Nitin Nikam called the brutal assault on the helpless municipal corporation employee 'justice MNS style'. And it took the police more than 24 hours after the shocking pictures were aired to arrest Nikam. He was later released on bail. ...
08:41 PM, Dec 03, 2012
A 65-year-old private contractor working with the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation was assaulted and hit by a MNS leader on Sunday for delay in water pipeline repair work. ...
06:56 PM, Dec 03, 2012
MNS corporator Nitin Nikam who was caught on camera assaulting a senior citizen and employee of Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation on Sunday for delay in water pipeline repair work was briefly arrested and released on bail on Monday. ...
04:41 PM, Dec 03, 2012
There has still been no action more than 24 hours after a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator was caught on camera beating up a 65-year-old contractor in Kalyan near Mumbai. What's more is that instead of apologising, the MNS is defending the action. Party leader Bala Nandgaonkar says even though Raj Thackeray was unhappy and won't approve of what the MNS corporator did, the fact remains that contractors don't do...
03:08 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator Nitin Nikam has defended his action on publicly slapping a 65-year-old private contractor. The MNS corporator was caught on camera repeatedly and publicly slapping a a KDMC contractor, DV Patil. The police are yet to take any action against the corporator. ...
02:02 PM, Dec 03, 2012
In a shocker from Maharashtra, Nitin Nikam, a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator repeatedly and publicly slapped a senior citizen who is a private contractor. The police are yet to take any action against the corporator. ...
07:35 AM, Dec 03, 2012
