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In a decision that would appear to flatter the MNS and Shiv Sena that have been agitating against North Indians in Mumbai, the Congress-NCP led Democratic Front government on Monday said it intends stricter implementation of policies that give preference to locals for jobs framed since 1968.

The government announced its decision to come up with state and district level committees for implemen read more »
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Even as the Financial capital of India and a global wannabe, Mumbai is reeling under anti-migrants campaign launched by a regional , hardliner party MNS, city of London has shown an example of its true composite culture by assimilating a strong Indian diaspora by making Diwali celebrations in heart of London , the Trafalgar Square , as its annual event. The Conservative Party Mayor, who was the c read more »
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At a gathering under the banner of the Uttar Bharatiya Sabha in Goregaon (east) on Sunday, speaker after speaker exhorted the north Indian migrants to stand up and be counted. The programme was organised by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam. read more »
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It's a birthday gift Raj Thackeray is expected to love, but one that could well mean more trouble for the thousands of migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in Maharashtra.

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has decided to launch a 364-day ‘Hatt Puja’ or ‘remove puja’ campaign on June 14, when Raj turns 40, to counter the one-day ‘Chhat Puja’ Union Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has announced h read more »
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In an attempt to create a network of migrants and promote interaction among them as rapid urbanisation has increased their importance politically, a website and an online newspaper would be launched exclusively for migrants on the occasion of Maharashtra Day on Thursday.
The website is still under construction though .. read more »
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Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has asked the civic authorities to strictly implement the anti-encroachment laws so that a strong signal is sent to those constructing illegal structures on public amenities that are meant for the taxpayers.

"People from all over the country are welcome to come and live here, but nobody has a right to construct hutments on the city's water pipelines, footpath read more »
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Five migrant labourers were today shot dead and four others injured by militants in Imphal East district, taking the toll in the attacks against outsiders since last night to 12.

Official sources said the labourers, who were north Indians, were shot dead by the militants at Takhel, Kangla and Sangomshang areas in the district.

The victims had bits of paper stuck to their backs reading "Go read more »
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Bollywood star Salman Khan says that his joining a signature campaign to oppose the gag order on Raj Thackeray did not mean that he or his family supported the breakaway Shiv Sena chief's campaign against north Indian migrants in Maharashtra. read more »
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After launching an agitation against the north Indians and forcing them to flee the city, the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has now trained its guns on the state government’s employment exchange for failing to ensure jobs for Maharashtrian youth.

The district employment office, with a registration of around two lakh youth, clarified that it was up to the industrial units read more »
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The signature campaign initiated by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to protest the gag order on its president Raj Thackeray received support from a few leading personalities in Marathi and Hindi film industries. read more »
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For the past few days, some Mumbaikars are waking up to find young Maharashtrian men supplying milk at their doorstep instead of the traditional milkmen from Uttar Pradesh.

The change has been forced by Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), as part of a new strategy in its campaign against migr read more »
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After the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's violent agitation against north indian's five engineering companies in pune are suffering the lack of low skilled labor.
They have sent 5 officers to latur to recruit 100 workers in a single day for the factories. There are mix reactions over this from both factories and factory workers. read more »
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Close on the heels of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray’s comments against North Indians are the Koli fisherfolk, who have demanded that three municipal corporations take action against enterprising north Indian fish-vendors who sell fish at their customers’ doorsteps.

The fishermen, across all party lines, have submitted a memorandum asking the Thane Municipal Corpo read more »
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Minutes after Raj Thackeray’s arrest, this diminutive housewife took to the streets, doing the rounds of central Mumbai areas with her foot-soldiers, forcing shopowners to down their shutters and chasing hawkers off the streets.

By evening, almost all Parel and Elphinstone Road—an area dominated by the Marathi-speaking Mumbaiites and the former hub of the textile mills now slowly making way f read more »
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In a sign that Shiv Sena is worried over its former leader Raj Thackeray 'hijacking' its 'Marathi pride' plank, Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has warned that his party will not tolerate workers 'brought from outside' for modernisation of Mumbai airport.

"There are going to be one lakh jobs for airport works. If you bring outside workers, then they will be packed off in a pa read more »
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