Calling it the “Congress Bureau of Investigation”, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Tuesday said investigative agency CBI was carrying out “politically-motivated probes” in various cases, including the Adarsh Society scam in Mumbai. In a stinging editorial in party mouthpiece Saamna, the Sena chief said for long the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been used [...]
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CBI is Congress Bureau of Investigation: Bal Thackeray
February 1st, 2011 |
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Lata Mangeshkar to sing for Shiv Sena on Maharashtra Day
April 3rd, 2010 |
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Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar will sing a specially-composed patriotic song May 1 at a celebration organised by the Shiv Sena to mark the golden jubilee of Maharashtra’s formation.
Making the announcement, Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray told mediapersons here Saturday that the song would be composed and set to music by well-known music director Anil Mohile.
“He [...]
The many lives of Amitabh Bachchan
April 3rd, 2010 |
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In the film “Dev” Amitabh Bachchan plays the role of an upright police officer who is horrified by the collusion between ruling politicians and a section of the police during a communal outbreak. The film provides a mirror image of the scene in Gujarat at the time of the 2002 riots. While it was being [...]
Sea Link row: Thackeray blasts Congress ‘immaturity’
March 27th, 2010 |
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Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Saturday hit out at the Congress after one of its leaders questioned the presence of Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan at the opening of the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link here.
Describing the hugely popular actor as a “true nationalist”, Thackeray attacked the “Congress’s allergy towards him”.
Labelling the controversy over Bachchan as immature, [...]
Marathi theatre actor Mohan Wagh dead
March 25th, 2010 |
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Eminent Marathi stage personality, actor and art director Mohan Wagh died here Thursday because of old age.
He was 80 and is survived by his wife Padmashree, daughters Sharmila and Aparna, a close family member said.
Wagh, whose daughter Sharmila is married to Raj Thackeray, president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), died at the latter’s residence in [...]
Bal Thackeray has quiet 84th birthday at home
January 23rd, 2010 |
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Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray celebrated a quiet 84th birthday with his family here Saturday, his age making it too tiring for him to meet his supporters at home.
“He had expressed a desire that he wanted to celebrate his birthday privately with his family members. Accordingly, there are no celebrations or crowds outside his home,” [...]
End turnaround politics, Bal Thackeray tells Chavan
January 22nd, 2010 |
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Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Friday urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan to end “turnaround politics” and compared Chavan’s U-turn on a proposal to make knowledge of Marathi mandatory for Mumbai’s taxi drivers to Michael Jackson’s “Moonwalk”.
In an open letter to Chavan, Thackeray said that despite the bane of power cuts afflicting the state, most [...]
Congress rebuts Thackeray’s Australia bashing
January 14th, 2010 |
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The Congress has rejected Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s criticism of India maintaining cricketing ties with Australia in the aftermath of attacks on Indians there, saying that linking sports with the attacks would reduce the gravity of the issue.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however, has preferred not to comment on Thackeray’s statement made in the [...]
Australian cricketers can’t play in Maharashtra: Bal Thackeray
January 13th, 2010 |
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In the wake of the ongoing attacks on Indians in Australia, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Wednesday warned that his party would not permit the Australian cricket team to play in the city and state.
In a statement in the party mouthpiece “Saamna”, Thackeray also rebuked the Indian cricketers for continuing to play with the Australian [...]
Now Bal Thackeray opposes voting rights to NRI
January 12th, 2010 |
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Mumbai, Jan 12 : Shiv Sena Bal Thackeray opposes has PM Manmohan Singh’s statement that the government was working towards granting voting rights to NRIs by the time of the next general elections.
“The Prime Minister should tread cautiously. Just because NRIs have loads of money doesn’t justify their getting voting rights,” Thackeray said in an [...]
Maharashtra CM assures journalists of action against attackers on IBN office
November 21st, 2009 |
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday assured the journalists delegation that strict actions will be initiated against the attackers of IBN Lokmat offices in Mumbai and Pune.
A journalist delegation led by Rajya Sabha member Vijay Darda and CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai met Chavan at his official residence here.
The delegation demanded Chavan to make attacks [...]
â€Saamna†defends Thackeray’’s stand on Tendulkar
November 17th, 2009 |
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A day after Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray criticised Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar for his “I am an Indian first” comment, Sena’’s mouthpiece ”Saamna” on Tuesday defended Thackeray’’s stand.
The article claimed that Thackeray’’s comments found support in Maharashtra.
The article said that while many political leaders have criticised Thackeray’’s stand, the Marathi people have backed him [...]
Maharashtra Protem Speaker orders inquiry into Azmi’s behaviour
November 11th, 2009 |
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The Protem Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly, Ganpatrao Deshmukh on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the behaviour of Samajwadi Party legislator Abu Asim Azmi in the assembly and in its premises.
Deshmukh made the announcement following repeated demands by opposition members, who alleged that Azmi had made provocative speeches and had insulted Shiv Sena chief Bal [...]
Sena-BJP will wrest power in Maharashtra: Thackeray
October 13th, 2009 |
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Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has said Maharashtra will see the exit of Congress-NCP government and ushering in of the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance after the Assembly elections.
“Shivshahi (Sena-BJP government) will come to power in the state,” 83-year-old Thackeray told reporters after exercising his franchise at a polling booth near ‘Matoshree’, his residence in suburban [...]
Low to moderate turnout in Maha, Haryana and Arunachal polls
October 13th, 2009 |
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Barring an incident of firing by naxalites in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, polling was on Tuesday by and large peaceful in the western state, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh with low to moderate turnout being reported in the first few hours.
In Gadchiroli district where 17 policemen were shot dead by the Maoists on 8th October naxalites opened [...]