Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray met his uncle and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray at Matoshree in Mumbai on Monday. Bal Thackeray has been ailing for some time and sources say that Raj enquired about his health. Earlier, in July Raj had also meet his estranged cousin and Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, who was admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital. Raj even drove Uddhav back to his...
01:30 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Sydney: Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel (NSP) on Thursday included Victorian spinner Jon Holland into the Australian squad for Friday's tri-series match against Sri Lanka as cover for Xavier Doherty who suffered back spasms during Thursday's training session at the...
12:06 AM, Sep 07, 2012
Biharsharif: A complaint case was on Monday filed in Nalanda district court against MNS chief Raj Thackeray for his comments against the people of Bihar. A social activist Biresh Pandey filed the case in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Krishna Bihari Pandey under several sections of IPC. The petitioner submitted that the people of Bihar felt insulted and their sentiments were hurt by Thackeray's recent speech in which he...
06:27 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: JD(U) President Sharad Yadav on Sunday alleged that MNS chief Raj Thackeray was a "stooge" of the Congress which was using him against the Shiv Sena-BJP combine for electoral gains in the state. "Raj Thackeray is a stooge of the Congress and the ruling party in the state is using him against the Shiv Sena-BJP combine," Yadav told reporters when asked about the MNS' chief's remarks on the...
10:34 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Mumbai: Six suspected workers of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) allegedly ransacked a theatre located at Grant Road of south Mumbai, protesting screening of a Bhojpuri film, police said. According to police, a group of around six persons barged into Super Cinema, a single-screen theatre, on Friday night and threatened the security guard, Mohammed Alam (19) and the management of dire consequences if they did not stop screening the Bhojpuri film...
06:48 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Patna: MNS chief Raj Thackeray's 'anti-Bihari' remarks on Friday created a furore in the state with political parties on Saturday asking the Centre to take strong action against him for his divisive comments. BJP leader Giriraj Singh condemning Thackeray said he should be booked on charges of sedition for attacking the unity and integrity of the country. The Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) chief's anti-Bihari jibe on Friday was also violative...
05:27 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Mumbai: MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Friday threatened to brand Biharis as "infiltrators" and force them out of Maharashtra if authorities in Bihar take legal action against Mumbai policemen who picked up a teenager from there without informing their counterparts in that state. Thackeray, whose party has often launched violent campaigns against Hindi-speaking people in Maharashtra, was reacting to a media report that Bihar chief secretary Navin Kumar has written...
06:29 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Mumbai: An auto rickshaw driver was on Saturday arrested for allegedly making a fake call claiming that three explosives had been planted to eliminate MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday during his rally, sending the security agencies into a tizzy, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the accused Rajesh Kumar Sharma (34), auto rickshaw driver by profession, was apprehended this morning from suburban Vile Parle and a mobile handset and...
07:43 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Mumbai: 4.30 pm: Mumbai Police constable Pramod Tawde goes on to the state and gives Raj Thackeray a flower. 4.20 pm: Raj Thackeray blames Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil and Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik for Azad Maidan violence on August 11. 4.05 pm: Raj Thackeray demands that state Home Minister RR Patil and Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik resign. He says that the Mumbai Police was aware of the Azad Maidan...
11:56 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Mumbai: While steering ailing cousin and Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav from Lilavati Hospital to Matoshree, MNS chief Raj Thackeray drove home the point that family ties run deep in Maharashtra politics, a fact never more in evidence than in times of adversity. It was also an occurrence that gladdened many leaders from both parties, who construed this as " if not a precursor to a possible political alliance in...
02:02 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Mumbai: All's fair in love, war and political feuds, even depriving your estranged uncle his daily cigarette fix. Last week, the Yuva Sena, led by Sena cub Aaditya Thackeray, flagged off a 'drive' against shops and tapris selling cigarettes near school premises. The very first joint it cracked down on was Shaarda Paan Bhandar. Sena's youth wing insists that they targeted the shop because it was selling cigarettes within 100...
06:31 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Mumbai: Lauding the developmental work undertaken by Nitish Kumar in Bihar after he took over as Chief Minister, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Saturday took a dig at his estranged nephew MNS President Raj Thackeray for opposing Kumar's visit in Mumbai and then back-tracking. "The role of the "natwarya" (veteran actor) to first oppose and then not to oppose has been exposed. The delicious 'vada' (a local snack) has...
04:49 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena has lashed out at the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) for criticising singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle who had opposed the Peddar Road flyover. The flyover planned 16 years ago to ease heavy traffic was put on the backburner after opposition from local residents and singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. On Saturday, Mumbai guardian minister Jayant Patil hinted that the project could be scrapped and...
10:18 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Mumbai: Peddar Road flyover issue is fast emerging as a fresh flash point between the MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, with the latter accusing the former of indulging into politics of convenience. Launching a veiled attack on his political bete noire and Maharashtra Navnirmann Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, Uddhav on Wednesday said, "All citizens are equal before the law. However, some people demanded...
09:46 PM, Dec 07, 2011
Mumbai: Reacting to Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam's dare to the Thackerays to move around without security, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray blamed Shiv Sena for "making Nirupam big". A war of words is currently on between the Congress MP and Shiv Sena following Nirupam's remark that north Indians can bring Mumbai's life to a standstill. Nirupam, earlier in the day, dared the "three Thackerays" to step out without security....
11:18 PM, Oct 27, 2011
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