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A 25-year-old man hailing from Uttar Pradesh died after being beaten up on board a local train from Khopoli to Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station. read more »
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After days of pressure on the state government to rein in Raj Thackeray, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief was arrested at Ratnagiri at 3 am today for Sunday's brutal attack on North Indian rail exam candidates by MNS workers. read more »
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday withdrew the agitation against Jaya Bachchan's controversial comment. His decision came in the wake of the public apology tendered by Amitabh Bachchan.

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Smartest thing raj has done so far. read more »
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I never agree with Saisuresh Sivaswamy. But he has written an article in rediff which is very detailed, and puts across the point of very well. I think its a good idea to read it, even though I disagree with every point he has to make! read more »
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Pawar says he has 3.6 crores total.

However, that is not what most people in maharashtra think. This is a very good story on the man from Maharashtra who almost became PM. read more »
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Noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar, whose experimentation with socially controversial themes jolted the orthodox Marathi theatre, died in Pune on Monday after a protracted illness. read more »
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Brilliant long detailed analysis of all the Twenty20 IPL teams.

Read if you are a cricket fan. Highly recommended by an amateur fan (me!) read more »
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Interesting article I found. This is sort of the view I have too...

1. We should punish Thackeray if he had a role in the violence.

2. But his freedom to talk, and his viewpoint, should not be silenced and controlled. That makes us like, what, Shiv Sena? :-D read more »
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You have to follow the link and read the full story!

This is just the beginning below...
The persistent blot on Sachin Tendulkar’s legacy has often been cited to be his inability to finish the game off in pressure situations, especially in tournament finals, knock-outs and the fourth innings of crucial Tests . While it may be argued that for nearly twenty years it has primarily been Sachin wh read more »
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The city unit of MNS has asked local Marathi workers having completed course in trades like fitting, tool making, welding, electrical fitting and carpentry to enrol their names with the MNS office in Nasik. read more »
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Vikas' long solutions to the migrant problem shortened by me for your reading pleasure! Please add your opinions. read more »
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Raj Thackeray and all Maharashtrians living in Mumbai, who think that North Indians are outsiders, should hear this one from Suresh Kalse, the chairman of the Vesawa Koli Sahkari Society. Kalse says, “The Koli community is the native Mumbaikar. The “outsiders” who must leave Mumbai include Maharashtrians from other parts of the state. Ironically, those wanting the North Indians to leave the city read more »
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After more than 35 years of service at the Lokmanya Tilak General Hospital (Sion Hospital), Dr Nivedita Moulick, 55, professor and head of the medicine department, did not expect to be labelled an "outsider" who has "no business practising in Mumbai."

Super na. read more »
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HAHAHA SORRY JUST JOKING.rnrn"No programme like UP Day, which shows north Indians' poltical goondaism will be allowed to take place here (Mumbai). We will first request them with folded hands. If that does not work, we will face them with open hands," Thackeray said in an interview to Marathi weekly Lokprabha.rnrnReally new style of requesting, I should say :DrnrnI think Raj operat read more »
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Ambadas Dharrao, too, got on a bus but he never completed his journey home. Stoned by suspected supporters of Raj, the 53-year-old bled to death by the time he was taken to a hospital in Nashik.

Dharrao, who worked in a plant of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), was a Maharashtrian — the populace Raj was trying to “protect” from north Indians. read more »
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