A day after joining the Congress, former Shiv Sainik Sada Sarvankar on Friday alleged that party executive chief Uddhav Thackeray ordered the recent attack on the residence of former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi.
"Uddhav gave us the orders to attack Joshi's house," said Sarvankar, who was elected to the Maharashtra assembly in 2004 on a Sena ticket.
No state, barring Uttar Pradesh , elects more MPs to the Lok Sabha than does Maharashtra. It is part of the industrial heartland of India, and Mumbai is undoubtedly the country's financial and commercial headquarters. Yet there is little or no excitement in the air though the last date for filing nominations to the Vidhan Sabha is Friday, September 25.
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Jain sadhus want the community to exploit its collective strength in the state assembly elections. They have urged Jains not to contest against one another; instead,they should vote for the same candidate.
Community leaders claim that one in five voters in Mumbai and its suburbs is a Jain. According to their estimates, of around 98 lakh voters in 36 constituencies in the city, 18-19 lakh are
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Political parties arrive at an unspoken understanding of not fielding north Indian candidates against each other during the upcoming Assembly elections
In a rare show of solidarity, north Indian leaders across parties have come to an unspoken understanding of supporting candidates from their region for the October Assembly elections.
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has suffered a jolt with its vice president and general secretary, the husband-wife duo of Sanjan and Sanjay Ghadi, quitting to join the Shiv Sena.
The couple, who joined the Shiv Sena on Sunday, refered to it as a "homecoming". "After all, it is like homecoming for us because we are originally Shiv Sainiks.
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The elections to Mumbai’s 36 Assembly seats will hinge on two questions: whether Raj Thackeray’s MNS will once again upset equations for the BJP-Shiv Sena, and whether the Congress and the NCP will forge an alliance.
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MNS chief Raj Thackeray has demanded that the Maharashtra Energy Regulatory Commission (MERC) should withdraw the power tariff concessions announced for malls, multiplexes and construction sites. He has threatened to stop work at these sites if the MNS demand was not accepted by MERC in the next two days.
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वसई-विरार महापालिकेत समाविष्ट केलेली ५३ गावे वगळण्यात यावी या मागणीसाठीच्या सर्वपक्षीय आंदोलनास रविवारी रात्री हिंसक वळण लागून ग्रामस्थांच्या उदेकात आमदार हितेंद ठाकूर, खासदार बळीराम जाधव हे समर्थकांसह जखमी झाले. 'बदला' म्हणून सोमवारी ठाकूरसमर्थकांनी विरार-नालासोपारा भागात धुमाकूळ घातला. त्यामुळे आगाशी, बोळिंज येथे संचारबंदी लागू केली असून १५ जणांना ताब्यात घे्ण्यात आले आहे.
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इथे महिला सुरक्षित नाहीत, कार्यकर्ते बलात्कार करतात, असे काहीजण म्हणतात. बलात्कार करा, असा मी काही पक्षादेश काढलेला नाही. एखाद्या कार्यकर्त्याचे डोके फिरले, तर कुठलाच पक्ष काहीच करू शकत नाही, असे मत मनसे अध्यक्ष राज ठाकरे यांनी व्यक्त केले.
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The Lokmanya Tilak Award will be given to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. The declaration was made by president of the Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust, Deepak Tilak at a press conference on Friday.
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मानापमानाचा अंक मारहाणीपर्यंत लांबवणाऱ्या मनसेचे सरचिणीस प्रकाश महाजन यांची पक्षाध्यक्ष राज ठाकरे यांनी सोमवारी पक्षातून हकालपट्टी करून पक्षात सुरू असलेल्या वादावर पडदा पाडला. जिल्हा संपर्कप्रमुख कर्णबाळा दुनबळे यांना मारहाण करणाऱ्या महाजन यांच्यावर पक्षविरोधी कारवाया केल्याचा ठपका ठेवत राज यांनी त्यांची हकालपट्टी जाहीर केली.
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उद्धव ठाकरे यांनी सोमवारी काढलेल्या मोर्चात महाराष्ट्राला बिल्डर आणि कॉन्ट्रॅक्टर यांच्या पडलेल्या वेढय़ाबद्दल तीव्र टीका केली. त्यांच्या त्या टीकेनंतर राज्यातील सर्व राजकीय पक्षांच्या नेत्यांमध्ये आणि खुद्द मंत्रिमंडळातही एकच खळबळ उडाली आहे.
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Raj Thackeray led MNS suffered its first big jolt before the assembly polls, with its general secretary Shweta Parulkar quitting the party and joining the rival Shiv Sena on Thursday.
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कर्नाटकात रेल्वे भरती बोर्डाची परीक्षा देण्यासाठी आलेल्या उत्तर प्रदेश आणि बिहारच्या विद्यार्थ्यांना कर्नाटक रक्षा वैदीके ( केआरव्ही) संघटनेने जोरदार चोप दिला आहे. महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेनेने केलेल्या आंदोलनातून प्रेरणा घेऊन कर्नाटकातही उत्तर भारतीयांविरोधातील आंदोलनाची धार आता तीव्र झाली आहे.
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