Bid to revive militant days: Analysts
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena is cleverly using the issue of Bal Thackeray's 'samadhi' at Shivaji Park to revive its militant agenda. The Sena gameplan is to transport partymen back to the 1970s when...
View ArticleCM warns Shiv Sena over Thackeray memorial
Mumbai, December 10: Even as Shiv Sena continues to press for a Bal Thackeray memorial to be built at the Shivaji Park, the Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra has warned the party to vacate the...
View ArticleBJP to move fresh no-trust motion
NAGPUR: Bharatiya Janata Party has said that it would bring a fresh no-confidence motion against the DF government. Leader of the opposition in the state...
View ArticleMaharashtra opposition to feast on controversies during session
Tweet Nagpur, Dec 9 (IANS) A feast of controversies awaits the Maharashtra opposition to put the ruling Congress-NCP coalition government on the mat during the fortnight-long winter session of the...
View ArticleSena firm on Thackeray's samadhi demand
NAGPUR: Shiv Sena legislators made it clear on the very first day that they will not relent on the demand for a Samadhi (memorial) for the party's founder Bal Thackeray at the centre of Shivaji Park....
View ArticleCracks in opposition over no-trust move timing
NAGPUR: Despite festering difference within the opposition ranks, Maharashtra government could find itself facing a no-trust motion in the assembly within the next two days. Sources said the three...
View ArticleMNS opposes Sena bid to rename Shivaji Park
The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is opposed to the Shiv Sena’s move to rename Shivaji Park as “Shiv Tirth.” Despite the virtual memorial to Shiv...
View ArticleAjit Pawar entry as Deputy CM not legitimate: Opposition
Day One of the winter session of the state assembly kicked off with drama. The Opposition, on Monday, raised strong objection over the swearing-in of Ajit Pawar as the deputy chief minister as it was...
View ArticleShiv Sena councillors want to promote Uddhav Thackerays book
After Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s death, party corporators in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) are allegedly on a sycophancy spree to please bosses. After proposing to name the...
View ArticleShiv Sena se isolated in its demand to rename Shivaji Park
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena seems to be isolated in its demand to rename Shivaji Park as 'Shiv Teertha'. Not only the Congress-NCP and the Raj Thackeray led MNS are opposing the move, but even Sena's ally for...
View ArticleShiv Sena isolated in its demand to rename Shivaji Park
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena seems to be isolated in its demand to rename Shivaji Park as 'Shiv Teertha'. Not only the Congress-NCP and the Raj Thackeray led MNS are opposing the move, but even Sena's ally for...
View ArticleMore parties stand up against Shiv Tirth idea
Even as the imbroglio over removing the makeshift structure from Dadar’s Shivaji Park is yet to be resolved, the demand of renaming the ground has acquired a political hue. The structure was built for...
View ArticleMaha oppn refuses to have tea with 'tainted' Ajit Pawar
Opposing re-induction of senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar as deputy chief minister, entire opposition on Sunday stayed away from attending the customary tea party hosted by Maharashtra Chief...
View ArticleMaha oppn boycotts CM's tea party over Ajit Pawar's comeback
Opposing re-induction of senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar as deputy Chief Minister, entire Opposition today stayed away from attending the customary tea party hosted by...
View ArticleMNS against Sena move to rename Shivaji Park
The Raj Thackeray-led MNS said on Monday it was opposed to Shiv Senas move to rename the historic Shivaji Park here Shiv Tirth. Making his partys stand clear, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena...
View ArticleMaha CM warns Shiv Sena over Thackeray memorial
Zeenews Bureau Mumbai: Even as Shiv Sena continues to press for a Bal Thackeray memorial to be built at the Shivaji Park, the Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra has warned the party to vacate the...
View ArticleShivaji Park row: Shiv Sena takes a U-turn, gives some ground
The Shiv Sena has taken a U-turn on its demand to rename Shivaji Park. After crying hoarse to change the name to Shiv Tirth, the party claimed that it never wanted the entire ground to be renamed but...
View ArticleSena no-faith motion plan divides opposition
Unable to hide its disunity over a proposed no-confidence motion by Shiv Sena, the opposition seems to be left with only one issue re-induction of Ajit Pawar into the state cabinet to corner the...
View ArticleShiv Sena agrees to move Thackeray memorial
Zeenews Bureau Mumbai: Apparently buckling under pressure from the government, the Shiv Sena on Thursday agreed to shift the temporary structure built in the memory of its departed leader Bal...
View ArticleNo constitutional obstacle in Pawar becoming DyCM: Speaker
Nagpur: Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Dilip Walse Patil on Tuesday rejected the Opposition's contention that there was no provision for the post of Deputy Chief Minister and ruled that there was no...
View ArticleMaharashtra Opposition boycotts CM's tea party over Ajit Pawar's comeback
Nagpur: Opposing re-induction of senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar as deputy Chief Minister, entire Opposition on Sunday stayed away from attending the customary tea party hosted by Maharashtra Chief...
View ArticleSena's no-trust move hangs in balance
December 11: The fate of no-trust motion moved by Shiv Sena against the Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra hanged in balance on the second day of the winter session here today. The motion...
View ArticleAjit Pawar's comeback as Deputy CM unconstitutional: Maharashtra Oppn
Nagpur: The winter session of Maharashtra Assembly began on a stormy note on Monday with Opposition parties joining ranks to criticise re-induction of senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar as deputy Chief...
View ArticleNo trust fiasco has Sena under lens
NAGPUR: As the drama surrounding the opposition's no-trust motion reached a frantic conclusion on Tuesday, it kicked up a different political churn. This time within the Shiv Sena. Barely a month...
View ArticleMNS not with Sena on no-faith move
Amid media speculation over the possibility of Raj and Uddhav coming together after the demise of Bal Thackeray, MNS distanced itself from a Shiv Sena no-confidence move against the state government....
View ArticleShiv Sena's no trust move heading nowhere
NAGPUR: Shiv Sena's plan to move a no-confidence motion against the DF government in the winter session of the state Assembly is heading towards a no-show, with the apparent reluctance of the...
View ArticleMaha legislature pays tribute to Gujral, Bal Thackeray
Nagpur: Maharashtra legislature today paid tributes to former prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray among other departed leaders on the opening day of the winter session...
View ArticleMaha legislature pays tribute to Gujral, Bal Thack
Nagpur: Maharashtra legislature today paid tributes to former prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray among other departed leaders on the opening day of the winter session...
View Article'Succession war in Sena led to trust vote fiasco'
NAGPUR: As the drama surrounding the opposition's no-trust vote concluded on Tuesday, it kicked up a different political churn. This time within the Shiv Sena. Barely a few days after the Sena...
View ArticleSena caught unawares, loses chance to move no-trust
Poor floor management and lack of coordination in the state assembly exposed the fissures between the Shiv Sena and the BJP on the second day of the winter session in Nagpur. When the speaker called...
View ArticleMaharashtra legislature mourns Gujral, Deshmukh, Thackeray deaths
Tweet Nagpur, Dec 10 (IANS) The Maharashtra legislature on the first day of its winter session here Monday paid rich tributes to late prime minister I.K. Gujral, former chief minister Vilasrao...
View ArticleOppn 'black paper' accuses govt of lying on irrigation facts
NAGPUR: The BJP-led opposition boycotted the traditional session-eve tea party hosted by the chief minister on Sunday, and released a 'black paper' to counter the state government's white paper on...
View ArticleSplits vertically over no-trust motion
A vertical split was witnessed among the Opposition parties on the eve of the winter session. While Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was not convinced over the no-confidence motion moved by the Shiv Sena...
View ArticleMNS snubs Shiv Sena's move to bring no-trust motion
Nagpur: Raj Thackeray-led MNS today described as "ill-timed" the Shiv Sena move to bring a no-confidence motion against ruling Congress-NCP dispensation of...
View ArticleAnother no-confidence move, and another rift between BJP, Sena
Sena wants another no-confidence motion next week, BJP for a symbolic one on last day After the Shiv Senas no-confidence motion fizzled out this week, ally BJP has decided to move a symbolic...
View ArticleBal Thackeray 'memorial': BMC accepts Shiv Sena's garden proposal
Shiv Sena-BJP controlled BMC on Tuesday accepted a Sena proposal for a garden at Shivaji Park in the memory to late leader Bal Thackeray, hours after the makeshift memorial there was dismantled. A...
View ArticleOpposition walks out over casual drought reply
NAGPUR: Enraged over failure of the government to spell out concrete measures to tackle the drought-like situation in some parts of the state, the opposition staged a walkout from the Assembly...
View ArticleShiv Sena denies rift in oppn ranks over White Paper issue
December 21: Shiv Sena today admitted that not doing due diligence of the draft of the no trust motion it wanted to bring against the Democratic Front (DF) government in the winter session of state...
View ArticleQuestion Hour disrupted for 4th day in Maharashtra Assembly
For the fourth day in succession, the Question Hour was disrupted following din in the ongoing Winter Session of the Maharashtra Legislature here today. As the House assembled, the Question Hour was...
View ArticleBal Thackeray 'memorial': BMC accepts Sena's garden proposal
Mumbai: A beautiful, landscaped garden dedicated to the memory of the late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray will bloom at Shivaji Park, where he was cremated last month, an official said here Tuesday. The...
View ArticleShiv Sena removes Bal Thackeray memorial from Shivaji Park
Zeenews Bureau Mumbai: After a long tussle with the Maharashtra government, the Shiv Sena early Tuesday removed the temporary Bal Thackeray memorial at Shivaji Park. As per reports, the party began...
View ArticleQuestion Hour disrupted for 4th day in Maharastra Assembly
For the fourth day in succession, the Question Hour was disrupted following din in the ongoing Winter Session of the Maharashtra Legislature here on Thursday. As the House assembled, the Question Hour...
View ArticleShiv Sena 'clears out' of Shivaji park
Tweet Mumbai, Dec 18 (IANS) Exactly a month after Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's death, his public cremation site from the historic Shivaji Park ground in central Mumbai was removed amidst tight...
View ArticleShiv Sena eyes Park garden, memorial across road
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena has softened its stand on a permanent memorial at Shivaji Park for its former chief Bal Thackeray . While it tabled a proposal for a green patch in Thackeray's memory at the...
View ArticleMaharashtra House adjourned amid din on SIT probe into irrigation scam
Nagpur: It was yet another 'no show' in the Maharashtra Assembly on Thursday, when proceedings were disrupted by the Opposition over the irrigation scam probe, prompting the House to be adjourned for...
View ArticleShiv Sena relents, agrees to shift Thackeray memorial
Mumbai: Shiv Sena on Friday said it may shift the temporary memorial to party chief Bal Thackeray, built at the spot where he was cremated last month, on December 17. "We may shift the makeshift...
View ArticleNot memorial, Bal Thackeray gets a 'garden'
Shiv Sena-BJP controlled BMC today accepted a Sena proposal for a garden at Shivaji Park in the memory to late leader Bal Thackeray, hours after the makeshift memorial there was dismantled. A proposal...
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