SHIV SENA

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: With the mud-slinging between Shiv Sena’s feuding factions reaching the Supreme Court’s corridors, the rebel Eknath Shinde has built an emotional case in his writ, saying the principles of party founder Balasaheb Thackeray of a strong “Hindu nationalist” ideology and party’s “Hindu Marathi” identity has been defaced, leading to this imminent division. Shinde […]

NEW DELHI: The ugly battle for the control of Shiv Sena – the ruling party of Maharashtra – has now reached the Supreme Court, with rebel MLA Eknath Shine now disputing CM Uddhav Thackeray’s move to disqualify him and 15 of his rebel companions inside the rooms of the apex court. The matter has been […]

MUMBAI: One of the key components of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the ruling coalition in Maharashtra, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday committed its support to embattled state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Speaking to the media, Deputy CM and key NCP leader Ajit Pawar said, “We will do everything we can to save the […]

NEW DELHI: Even as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government is facing a litmus test in Maharashtra, the Congress on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government of trying to destabilise a stable government in Maharashtra ahead of presidential polls. The Grand Old Party also said that all the three alliance partners will remain […]

NEW DELHI: As the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs hardened their stance against the MVA government, Maharashtra chief minister and party supremo Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said he was ready to resign. In a televised address, Thackeray appealed to around 40 rebel party MLAs camping in BJP-ruled Assam to return to the talking table. “I appeal […]

NEW DELHI: At a seemingly show of an anti-BJP front, in a throwback to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and in its run-up when the regional giants had stitched up a combine at the swearing-in of the JDS-Congress-BSP alliance in Karnataka, Mamata Banerjee convinced a galaxy of Opposition leaders to propose Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s […]

NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Thursday met the family members of slain Kashmiri Pandits Rajni Bala and Rahul Bhat. She also said that Sena is committed to speaking for them and demanded security for those who are working in the valley. Chaturvedi, who is also the spokesperson of the Shiv […]

Maharashtra: What better than shaking a leg to strengthen the bond – especially if it is a political connection! NCP MP Supriya Sule, daughter of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, was seen dancing with Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in a video that went viral on the Internet. As the video went viral, leaders across party […]

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: A day after Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) commissioned a vigilance probe against its 2008-batch IRS and Mumbai zonal director, Sameer Wankhede, following extortion claims made by an independent witness, Prabhakar Sail, in the drugs-on-cruise probe involving Shah Rukh Khan’s son, Wankhede appeared before top officials at drug law enforcement agency’s headquarters in Delhi. […]