Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray

Shirdi bandh to be withdrawn from Sunday midnight

12:21 am January 20, 2020

Shirdi: Residents of Shirdi in Maharashtra will call off from Sunday midnight the day-long bandh, observed in the temple town amid a row over the birthplace of 19th century saint Saibaba. Leaders representing the Shirdi residents said that the decision to call off the shutdown was taken at a ‘gram sabha’ on Sunday evening in […]

Shirdi bandh: Shops, eateries, local transport shut

4:19 pm January 19, 2020

Shirdi: Shops, eateries, various other commercial establishments and local transport remained shut in the Shirdi temple town of Maharashtra on Sunday in response to the bandh called over a controversy on the birthplace of 19th century saint Saibaba. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has convened a meeting over the issue at the state secretariat in Mumbai […]

V-P, PM pay tributes to Savarkar on birth anniversary

NCP calls for withdrawal of Seva Dal’s booklet on Savarkar

12:45 pm January 4, 2020

Mumbai: The NCP, a key Congress ally, Saturday called for withdrawal of a controversial Seva Dal booklet which claims that Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Savarkar and Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse were in a physical relationship. NCP’s chief spokesperson Nawab Malik said that since Savarkar was not alive, it was wrong to make such a claim. […]

Sena worker pours ink on man for criticising Thackeray

5:58 pm December 31, 2019

Beed: A woman Shiv Sena worker poured ink over a man in Beed district of Maharashtra after he put up a social media post criticising Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. The man had used the words “nalayak” (unworthy) and “udhvast” (destroyed) in his Facebook post. Thackeray, who is president of the Shiv Sena, last month joined […]

Maharashtra CM assures complete farm loan waiver

9:02 pm December 25, 2019

Pune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday assured a complete farm loan waiver in the state. Thackeray’s statement came a day after the Shiv Sena- led government formally approved a loan waiver scheme under which short-term crop loan up to Rs 2 lakh taken by farmers between April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2019, […]