MNS leader, Raj Thackeray once again plays the Marathi card. This tine around, he claims that the builders of the apartments that collapsed on Thursday were from Uttar Pradesh. Raj Thackeray has always been known politicise any issue in Maharashtra.
After attacking Indiabulls' property in Mumbai yesterday, MNS workers attacked another office of the company in Amravati. The attacks happened soon after MNS chief Raj Thackeray accused the Maharashtra government of diverting drinking and irrigation water mean...
Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari's secret midnight meeting with MNS chief Raj Thackeray has set tongues wagging in the political circle. Gadkari meeting with Thackeray at latter's home in Dadar, Mumbai, could mean there is some sort of realignment between th...
The MNS workers have once again made news for their hooliganism by beating up parents from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar who had come to a school in Satara district for the admission of their children.
Centre Stage | Mayhem reigns in Mumbai as street violence erupts between workers belonging to Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). MNS workers were demonstrating against the alleged stoning of Thackeray’s v...
The clashes between the party workers of NCP and MNS refuses to die down in Maharastra. The workers from Raj Thackeray's MNS vandalised the offices of NCP. As the violence between the party workers increases, NCP has increased security around their offices.
The NCP workers stopped Raj Thackeray's convoy in Ahemdnagar followings his derogatory comments against Ajit Pawar. The MNS workers retaliated with violence by vandalising the NCP office in Mumbai and burnt effigies of Ajit Pawar. A MNS leader said that if the...
In response to Raj Thackeray's comments on Ajit Pawar, NCP workers showed up at a MNS rally waving black flags. This upset MNS workers who then vandalised NCP offices in Pune, Mumbai and Ahmednagar. Ram Kadam along with other MNS workers were arrested in Mumba...
MNS chief Raj Thackeray's verbal attacks on NCP leaders Sharada Pawar and Ajit Pawar angered his party followers so much so that they pelted stones on his convoy in Ahmednagar. Police had to use lathicharge to disperse a mob of NCP men that had surrounded Raj'...
A morning wrap of all the political, crime, sports news stories that made headlines across the nation. The latest Defence deal kickbacks controversy, Raj Thackeray, fallout of Afzal Guru's hanging are the morning's top news.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has ended speculations of a possible merger with Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls. Rejecting Uddhav's offer, the MNS chief has said that his party will fight the electio...
Raj Thackeray chooses to remain quiet on his brother Uddhav Thackeray's comments. Uddhav had expresed his desire to join hands with Raj in the party mouthpiece 'Saamna'. All that Raj was willing to say was that he would respond to these comments when the time ...
In an interview given to Saamna, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece, Uddhav Thackeray has hinted at a possible alliance with cousin Raj Thackeray. In the interview, the new Shiv Sena president says the Marathi vote cannot be split, and Raj and he will have to sit togeth...
In a press conference, Shiv Sena leader, Sanjay Raut, said that there is no need to misunderstand Uddhav Thackeray's interview in Saamna. He also said that the media should refrain from over analysis of any part of the interview.
Uddhav Thackeray in an article in Shiv Sena's mouthpiece, Saamna, wrote that if anyone came to him with an open heart he would definitely welcome them back. When he was asked if he was ready to patch up with brother Raj Thackeray, he said that it a two way pro...
In an interview to Shiv Sena's mouthpiece, Saamna, Uddhav Thackeray says that to solve any problems both the parties should come forward. He also added that if anyone comes back to Shiv Sena he would welcome them with an open heart. When asked about Raj Thacke...
Slamming MNS chief Raj Thackeray over his insensitive remarks over the death of Indian jawans, Lance Naik Hemraj's family members have asked him not to politicize the death of jawans. Commenting on the death of Indian jawans along the Line of Control, the MNS ...
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's insensitive remarks have shocked the nation. The MNS chief has claimed that the tension along the Line of Control is a ploy to divert the attention from the political crisis faced by the UPA government. He...
MNS chief, Raj Thackeray, kicked up yet another political storm when in a public gathering he said that all the six accused were Biharis and he also added that where ever Biharis go they create violence and indulge in crime. The politicians from Bihar were vis...
The Shiv Sena has slammed the Centre for giving a visa to former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad. Raj Thackeray claims that Miandad is helping notorious terrorist Dawood Ibrahim. Javed Mianded was granted a visa by the Ministry of Home Affairs to watch an In...
Sardar Patel ground buzzes with activity as VVIPs pour in for the swearing-in ceremony of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. Modi was sworn-in as the CM of Gujarat by Governor Kamla Beniwal for the fourth time. He won a third consecutive election in Gujarat, with a thu...
Modi has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for the third successive term. At the ceremony Modi made it clear that he had his political future mapped out. He also expressed his Delhi plans. Only time will tell whether the top brass of BJP agree wit...
Sardar Patel ground buzzes with activity as VVIPs pour in for the swearing-in ceremony of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. Top BJP leaders like Venkaiah Naidu, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani and Arun Jaitely have been spotted on the stage. Also gracing the c...
Modi greets the Governor of Gujarat, Dr. Kamla Beniwal. The other leaders present at the swearing in ceremony are Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani, BJP president Nitin Gadkari, Shah Nawaz Hussain, Punjab CM Prakash Singh Badal, Madhya Pra...
Modi has taken the centre stage at the Sardar Patel Stadium and is greeting all the dignitaries arriving at the event. The leaders present at the swearing in ceremony are Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani, BJP president Nitin Gadkari, Punj...
Gujarat is all set to welcome Narendra Modi as its Chief Minister for the fourth time in a row. Modi will take the oath at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahemdabad. Around 40,000 people are expected to gather to watch the ceremony. The security in and around the stad...
After the massive landslide victory, Modi is all set to take up his fourth tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Apart from the top brass of BJP the other major names who will attend the oath taking ceremony include Chief Ministers of Punjab, Parkash Singh ...
First the Shiv Sena and now the MNS. The Palghar police have arrested a 19-year-old boy Sunil Vishwakarma for posting derogatory remarks about MNS chief Raj Thackeray. However, the police are treading cautiously after the controversy over the Facebook post arr...
First, the Shiv Sena shut down Palghar to protest the arrest of police officers who were in trouble for taking action against the two girls who posted anti-Thackeray comments on their Facebook wall. Now, the MNS also get involved in hooliganism against a teena...
The Shiv Sena shut down Palghar to protest the arrest of police officers who were in trouble for taking action against the two girls who posted anti-Thackeray comments on their Facebook wall. The two girls had criticized the full bandh-like state in Mumbai fo...
Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan warns the Shiv Sena and says that he will not allow any law to be broken in the name of building a memorial for Bal Thackeray. This statement comes after Manohar Joshi, Shiv Sena leader, threatened to construct a memorial the '...
The report, submitted by the police to the Maharashtra DGP, indicts the local Thane police for bowing down to pressure and arresting two girls who allegedly put up an anti-Thackeray post on their Facebook walls. The report says that the local police acted unde...
The police reports on the Facebook arrests in Mumbai have been submitted to the Maharashtra DGP. A girl and her friend were arrested for allegedly posting an anti-Thackeray status on her social network account. The girl's uncle's clinic was also vandalized by ...
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray was snubbed by Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray at the ash immersion ceremony of late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray. MNS appears to be not so keen on a memorial for Bal Thackeray at Shivaji Par...
The Thackeray family arrived at Mumbai's Gateway of India for immersion of the ashes of Bal Thackeray. Raj Thackeray too was there, but he did not board the boat that took Uddhav and other family members into the sea. Raj merely paid obeisance to the urn conta...
The entire Thackeray family of Uddhav, his son Aditya and wife, and joined by Raj Thackeray, arrive at the Gateway of India with the urn containing the ashes of Bal Thackeray. The ashes will be immersed in the sea off the Gateway of India.
After Raj Thackeray's party MNS objected to Shiv Sena-proposed memorial at Shivaji Park, the rift between Raj and Uddhav Thackeray is out in open. While speculations were rife about a possible patch-up between Raj and Uddhav in the wake of Balasaheb's illness ...
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has suggested that the sprawling Indu Mill compound be used as the site for a memorial to Bal Thackeray instead of Shivaji Park. Dalits are up in arms over the proposal as they had been suggesting the same site fo...
Narendra Modi arrived in Mumbai and drove to 'Matoshree' to console the family of deceased Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. Modi, along with state BJP leader Gopinath Munde, met Uddhav Thakceray and later called up Raj Thackeray.
IT Minister Milind Deora offers his sympathies to the families of the two girls who were arrested for allegedly posting an anti-Thackeray comment on their social media account. Deora said that the arrests were equivalent to harassment and that the vandals who ...
Shaheen Dhada and Renu Srinivasan, girls who were arrested for allegedly posting an anti-Thackeray post on Facebook finally speak out. 'People like Thackeray are born and die daily. One should not observe bandh', she had posted. Her friend Renu Srinivasan who ...
About nine people have been arrested in connection with the vandalism of a clinic in Mumbai. The clinic belonged to the uncle of a 21-year-old girl who was arrested for posting an anti-Thackeray status on her Facebook page. 'People like Thackeray are born and ...
Newshour | A 21-year-old girl was arrested for posting a Facebook status that slammed the 'bandh' that had been declared due to Bal Thackeray's death. The girl along with her friend, who 'liked' her status, were arrested under the IT act. The Shiv Sainiks even...
News Night | Manohar Joshi, senior leader, Shiv Sena, now demands that the iconic Shivaji Park be converted into a memorial ground for Bal Thackeray. It was in this park that Thackeray first started his party and ended his journey too. However, should such an ...
Shiv Sena now demands that the iconic Shivaji Park be converted into a memorial ground for Bal Thackeray. It was in this park that Thackeray first started his party and ended his journey too on these very same grounds. However, should such an iconic cricketing...
A 21-year-old girl was arrested for posting a Facebook status that slammed the 'bandh' that had been declared due to Bal Thackeray's death. The girl along with her friend, who 'liked' her status, were arrested under the IT act. The Shiv Sainiks even vandalized...
To honour the late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, several followers in Tondiyarpet, Chennai, go on a procession. The followers paid their respects to the leader and carried out a peaceful demonstration.
While the Shiv Sena has said that the party has not called for a bandh, the Traders' Union has requested the people to observe a Shraddhanjali day in remembrance of Bal Thackeray. Several schools and colleges have declared a holiday on Monday.
Lakhs of grieving Sena supporters from across Maharashtra walked all along the procession route which saw massive security - a three-tier security comprising the Mumbai Police in the first layer, the Rapid Action Force (RAF) in the second and party volunteers ...
A sea of humanity advance Thackeray's last journey, approximately 20 lakh people have descended upon the streets of Mumbai to bid him farewell. Emotions run high as son Uddhav Thackeray breaks down before Bal Thackeray's body draped in tri-colored left Matoshr...
Bal Thackeray's death has removed from the scene a man who not only headed his own party, but was also in one sense a figure head for the MNS, as also the BJP. Arnab Goswami says considering the occassion the debate in the studio will stay away from the BJP an...
A sea of humanity follows Bal Thackeray's funeral cortege from 'Matoshree' to Shivaji Park at Dadar. The story also discusses Thackeray's place as foremost regional leader, the fore runner of the important regional leaders who arose around the time. That marke...
In one sense, the close-knit family of Bal Thackeray itself became a symbol and representative for other Maharashtrians. Here the entire Thackeray clan climbs onto funeral cortege. Earlier MNS chief Raj Thackeray comes out of 'Matoshree' to make a last-minute...
The funeral cortege is likely to leave anytime now. Lakhs of people are waiting to take his body from Matoshree to Shivaji Park where his body will be kept for the public to pay their respects. To pay respect to the man who loved films and other fields of life...
After Bal Thackeray, who? Despite handing over charge of day-to-day functioning of the Shiv Sena to son Uddhav, it is Bal that people still turn to. Now that he is no more, stepping into his shoes -- both as inheritor of his ideology, winning the hearts of bot...
The roar of the Lion of Mumbai will no longer be heard. Balasaheb Thackeray died at his home 'Matoshree' in Bandra, Mumbai, just when it appeared that he would make a recovery. Shiv Sainiks were stunned into silence at the announcement made by doctors.
Minutes before the team of physicians treating Bal Thackeray came out of Matoshree bungalow to make a formal announcement, there was hectic activity outside. Shiv Sainiks and others were hushed into silence, with everyone sensing but not speaking about the ine...
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray who was ailing, passed away today afternoon around 3.30 pm at his residence Matoshree. All top leaders of the Shiv Sena were present. The Shiv Sena has appealed the Shiv Sainiks to remain calm. Thackeray's pen and his statements w...
He was a cartoonist, got involved with many public causes in Mumbai, built an organisation from scratch, gave his cadre the purpose and dedication to fight for the cause of Maharashtrians in Mumbai, and created a space for a party that soon rose to power in Ma...
Tense situation and complete confusion prevails minutes before doctors came out of the Matoshree bungalow to make an announcement: Balsaheb Thackeray breathed his last breath at 3.30 pm. He has gone into cardio-respiratory arrest, and despite the efforts of th...
The man who was a tiger in deed, words, in speech and in action, is no more. For the past few days it seemed like he would jump back to good health, but Balasaheb Thackeray is no more. In a short announcement made by physician Dr Jaleel Parkar, Thackeray died ...
The corporators of the Shiv Sena will meet tomorrow in Mumbai. The meeting will of course discuss Bal Thackeray's health, but the sudden summoning has been surprising. More than 200 corporators will meet at Matoshree and will be briefed about Balasaheb's medic...
Shiv Sena MP Anil Desai says that Bal Thackeray is stable and is responding well to treatment. Desai also added that the doctors were taking care of Bal Thackeray very well. Thackeray has been suffering from a respiratory infection for the last six months.
First it was a meek 'stable' and then it progressed to 'strong pulse rate and heart rate'. Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray is no doubt out of danger. The steady stream of visitors has not diminished yet at Matoshree. The Sainiks have said that he is responding...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev visits the ailing Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray. Ramdev said that the Sainiks and his followers will continue praying for Thackeray's well-being. Thackeray, 86, was admitted to Lilavati hospital after he complained of breathing troubles. ...
Doctors have announced that there is a slight improvement in Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's health condition. They checked on him at Matoshree and said that he was responding to medical treatment. In the meanwhile, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev met Bal Thackeray an...
News Night | Bal Thackeray's health crisis unleashes a completely different political twist within the Shiv Sena. For the first time in several years, estranged nephew Raj Thackeray was seen inside Matoshree, constantly with the family and supporting them thro...
Centrestage | Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's health condition improves. The latest medical update is that he has been removed from the life support and that he is responding to treatment. At 86, Thackeray was in the prime of health, until he developed a res...
Uddav Thackeray appeals for peace as Bal Thackeray's health condition deteriorates. He has now been put on life support. Thousands have gathered outside Matoshree, the Thackeray residence, waiting for any word on the leader. Even estranged cousin Raj Thackeray...
Uddav Thackeray appeals for peace as Bal Thackeray's health condition deteriorates. He has now been put on life support. Thousands have gathered outside Matoshree, the Thackeray residence, waiting for any word on the leader. Even estranged cousin Raj Thackeray...
Wishes have been pouring in at Matoshree, the Thackeray residence, since last night. A close friend of Bal Thackeray, Amitabh Bachchan, also visited the house and enquired about the leader's health. Gopinath Munde and Sanjay Dutt were also among the other who ...
As thousands of people flocked in front of Matoshree, the Thackeray residence, to hear a word about their leader, the Mumbai police was in full swing. All leave requests were cancelled and close to 1000 policemen were deployed in and around Bal Thackeray's Ban...
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, known to be a close friend of the Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray, has appealed to his followers on Twitter to pray for the supremo. 'Balasaheb Thackeray: A fighter all his life, fights for his life!! Prayers needed now', Big B...
A medical team at Lilavati hospital has been attending on Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. The leader has been put on life support and his condition is said to be critical. Thackeray had been suffering from respiratory problems for the last six months and was ...
A medical team at Lilavati hospital has been attending on Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. The leader has been put on life support and his condition is said to be critical. Thackeray had been suffering from respiratory problems for the last six months and was ...
Uddhav Thackeray requests the people to not panic and not cause any violence. He has asked them to remain quiet and hope for the best. Bal Thackeray has been put on life support and his condition is said to be critical. Thackeray had been suffering from respi...
Bal Thackeray's health condition is a cause for concern, he is being treated at home, where a steady stream of close relatives, some of them like the estranged Raj Thackeray, are visiting him. Bal Thackeray is on a liquid diet. Uddhav told also held a meeting ...
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and his wife called on Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Thursday stirring up fresh speculations about a possible merger. This is the fourth such meeting between the once estranged uncle and nephew in the p...
Raj Thackeray meets Bal Thackeray as the Sena patriarch is unwell and this meeting has surprised many after the bitter history their parties share. Does this meeting have any political undertone or is it just a family matter?
Maharashtra's Congress leaders have asked their High Command to not to relent on the demands made by Ajit Pawar after he resigned over the alleged irregularities in sanction of irrigation projects. CM Prithviraj Chavan had earlier unilaterally announced that a...
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who refused to walk out of jail despite the bail granted, has finally decided to end his 'jail satyagraha' after Home Minister RR Patil said that the opinions of police and state law departments will be sought on the charges of sediti...
MNS chief Raj Thackeray has managed to be on the headlines with his hate rants. Now Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray too has come out in support of his nephew. The lackluster attitude of the centre and the state government against his divisive politics has given ...
Very few politicians have been in the news in the last few months like Raj Thackeray. From bringing Mumbai to a standstill, and a possible reconciliation with cousin Uddhav, to taking on Asha Bhonsle on her Pakistani-linked music reality show, Raj Thackeray ha...
In an excerpt from an exclusive interview with Times Now's Arnab Goswami, MNS chief Raj Thackeray makes his case in Hindi. He says he has chosen to give the interview in Hindi instead of Marathi because of the controversy created by the Hindi media. He speaks ...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's close aide, Devesh Chandra Thakur and MNS Chief Raj Thackeray's close aide, Nitin Sardesai debate in the newsroom with Arnab Goswami on Raj Thackeray's iron fist in Maharashtra. MNS Chief Raj Thackeray had threatened people ...
Raj Thackeray seems to be dictating the law of Mumbai. After his hate rants and death threats, Raj Thackeray bullied the producers of music show 'Sur Kshetra' for featuring singers from Pakistan. He even went to the point of threatening Asha Bhonsle for sharin...
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray now has to answer to the law of the land for his 'hate rant', played to the tune of vote-bank politics. While the government of Maharashtra is facing flak for not acting against the 'don' of Mumbai, the courts hav...
MNS chief Raj Thackeray is allowing the music show 'Sur Kshetra' to be aired after the producers of the show met him. Boney Kapoor says Thackeray has let them off the hook with a warning and they will ensure they will respect the MNS' sentiments. The show will...
Making a U-turn, MNS chief Raj Thackeray has give green signal to the musical reality show 'Sur Kshetra' which he had objected as it featured singers from Pakistan. Thackeray has relented after the producers of the show including Bony Kapoor met him, seeking h...
From the issue of involvement of a person Qadir from Bihar in the August 11 violence in Mumbai and desecration of the Amar Jawan Jyoti, to the issue of permit for Biharis wanting to enter Mumbai, master agent provocateur Digvijay Singh has turned the tables on...
Uddahv Thackeray hits out Congress leader Digvijaya Singh. He calls him mad for saying that the Thackeray family belonged to Bihar. Uddhav says the book written by his grandfather was about the Chandraseniya Kayasthan Prabhu community's origin, and not an acco...
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has done some research and that's based on a book written by Raj Thackeray's grandfather. According to this book, the Thackeray family originally hailed from the Magadh region in Bihar and later migrated to Dhar in Madhya Prades...
Raj Thackeray has done it before, and is now reiterating the anti-North Indian rant like never before. This time around, he has the backing of his estranged uncle, Bal Thackeray, giving him that added boost. Despite a political outburst and people taking to th...
It is too much, says Lalu Prasad Yadav in his typical style on Uddhav Thackeray's statement in Samna newspaper on permit for Biharis in Mumbai. Thackeray had written that if the Bihar government feels that its permission is required to arrest those involved in...