Convert Mumbai's Mahalaxmi Race Course into theme park, says Uddhav Thackeray
Written by Miloni Bhatt (with inputs from Prasad Kathe) | Tuesday May 14, 2013
Mumbai's iconic Mahalaxmi Race Course, the city's vital green lung, should be converted into a theme park, named after Bal Thackeray, his son and Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray said today. The suggestion came even as uncertainty looms large ove...
Sharad Pawar won't contest Lok Sabha elections: NCP
Press Trust of India | Thursday May 2, 2013
The NCP today said that Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has no Prime Ministerial ambitions and won't contest the next Lok Sabha elections.
Cop forgets gun in public toilet
Mid-Day.com | Thursday April 25, 2013
The police bodyguard of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's personal assistant Milind Narvekar forgot his loaded service revolver in a public toilet yesterday morning.
Stir at Mahindra's Nashik plant called off; work resumes
Monday April 22, 2013
The company management gave into the union's demand of reinstatement of the suspended workers after the intervention of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, who had a meeting with a senior Mahindra Group official on Saturday, a union leader said tod...
Narendra Modi has never asked for larger role, he is best performer: BJP chief Rajnath Singh
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Wednesday April 17, 2013
Narendra Modi has never asked for "a bigger role", BJP president Rajnath Singh said today, "not even once." He also said that "Nobody can deny that Narendra Modi is among the most popular (leaders) and also the best performer (in the BJP)."
Shiv Sena appears to warn BJP against Narendra Modi for PM
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Wednesday April 17, 2013
After the Janata Dal ( United) handed the BJP an eight-month deadline to announce its prime ministerial candidate for next year's general elections, another ally, the Shiv Sena, has suggested that the party name the leader who will lead the NDA, to a...
Threats, violence over Raj Thackeray's speeches in Sharad Pawar's strongholds
Edited by Mala Das | Wednesday February 27, 2013
Mumbai and other major cities in Maharashtra saw spasms of violence today provoked by two political parties at war - Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party or the NCP, and Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
Do I seem disappointed about Raj rejecting alliance? Uddhav Thackeray to NDTV: highlights
NDTV.com | Thursday February 21, 2013
Uddhav Thackeray speaks to NDTV: highlights
Raj Thackeray snubs Uddhav, says he doesn't want an alliance with anyone
Written by Tejas Mehta | Tuesday February 12, 2013
Ending his silence after nearly two weeks, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today rejected an offer from Shiv Sena president and cousin, Uddhav Thackeray, to form an alliance before the 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections.
Uddhav Thackeray slams Congress apathy to drought-hit Marathwada
Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday February 3, 2013
Starting his Maharashtra tour from this town in Marathwada region, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray Sunday criticized the Congress-led government for its apathy towards the drought situation in the region.
NCP slams Uddhav Thackeray, says Sharad Pawar not corrupt
Tejas Mehta | Thursday January 31, 2013
Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party or NCP has aggressively countered allegations that its leader is corrupt or has ambitions to be the next prime minister, charges levelled by Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray.
Thackeray peace process: would welcome alliance with Raj, says Uddhav
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Thursday January 31, 2013
Uddhav Thackeray, who stepped into his father Bal Thackeray's shoes this month as Shiv Sena chief, has made the first attempt at a political patch-up with cousin Raj Thackeray, saying he is open to an alliance.
Shiv Sena wants Sushma Swaraj as BJP's prime ministerial candidate
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Tuesday January 29, 2013
Yashwant Sinha's pitch for Narendra Modi as the BJP's candidate for Prime Minister in 2014 has expectedly put the cat among the pigeons. While other leaders in the BJP are yet to comment, the party's partners in the National Democratic Alliance have ...
Amitabh Bachchan launches BMC's virtual classroom
Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 23, 2013
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray today launched the latest stage of the 'virtual classroom' project of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation here.
Uddhav Thackeray appointed Shiv Sena president
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Wednesday January 23, 2013
On his father late Bal Thacekray's birth anniversary, Shiv Sena's executive president Uddhav Thackeray was today appointed as the party's president.