Pranab meets Bal Thackeray, thanks him for support
July 14th, 2012 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee late Friday called on Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray at his residence and thanked him for his ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa likely to come for BJP meet
May 24th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) After settling differences with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders may now try to resolve issues with former Karnataka chief minister ... Read more...
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Sonia refuses red beacon for car
May 23rd, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi has refused the use of a red beacon on her car, official sources said ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena’s Sunil Prabhu is new Mumbai mayor
March 9th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) The Shiv Sena's Sunil Prabhu was Friday elected the new mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, India's richest and biggest civic body.Prabhu, 42, defeated Congress nominee Sunil ... Read more...
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Goa speaker biased: Parrikar
October 8th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 8 (IANS) A day after he was replaced as chairman of Goa assembly's public accounts committee (PAC), leader of opposition Manohar Parrikar of the Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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NHRC seeks report on school shutdown for BJP meet
September 6th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 6 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Bihar government for an inquiry into a complaint that a government school was shut down for ... Read more...
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BJP signals a stormy monsoon session
July 30th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Signalling a stormy monsson session of parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Pary (BJP) Saturday said it would seek parliamentary debates on the alleged rampant corruption ... Read more...
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Prove bribery allegation or quit, Bal Thackeray dares Chavan (Lead)
April 30th, 2011 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Thane, April 29 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Friday challenged Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to prove allegations that his party had taken Rs.5 billion from 11 corporates ... Read more...
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Lata felicitated on father’s death anniversary
April 25th, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Thane (Maharashtra), April 24 (IANS) At an event organised to remember her father Dinanath Mangeshkar, singing diva Lata Mangeshkar was felicitated for her contribution to the world of music ... Read more...
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No Jaitapur n-plant if people don’t want it, says Sena
April 9th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Jaitapur (Maharashtra), April 9 (IANS) The Shiv Sena will not allow the Jaitapur nuclear power plant to come up here in this Maharashtra district if the people do not ... Read more...
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Mumbai youth enjoy Valentine’s Day as MNS, Sena lie low
February 14th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) Youngsters in Mumbai and other places in Maharashtra celebrated Valentine's Day by openly exchanging flowers and gifts and headed out for some fun at multiplexes and malls ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena in trouble over Dussehra rally
October 20th, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) A Mumbai court Wednesday allowed police to conduct an enquiry against the organisers of Shiv Sena's Dussehra rally for causing noise pollution, an activist said.The probe will ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena hauled up for Dussehra rally noise pollution
October 18th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 18 (IANS) A day after the Shiv Sena held its Dussehra rally at the Shivaji Park, the Mumbai police Monday registered a case against party officials for violating court ... Read more...
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Bal Thackeray, Uddhav thunder at Dussehra rally
October 18th, 2010 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray was his usual fiery self at the party's annual Dussehra rally and took potshots at all and sundry in a 45-minute-long speech ... Read more...
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Three generations of Thackeray may share dais on Dussehra
October 11th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 11 (IANS) If all goes well, then three generations of Maharashtra's numero uno political family -- the Thackerays -- may be seen together next Sunday, sharing the stage in ... Read more...
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NDA to bring adjournment motion in Lok Sabha on price rise
July 26th, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Monday said it will introduce an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha Tuesday on the issue of rising ... Read more...
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BJP meet to begin with Gadkari’s speech
February 17th, 2010 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Indore, Feb 17 (IANS) The three-day Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national convention begins here Wednesday with a meeting of the national executive and newly appointed president Nitin Gadkari delivering his first ... Read more...
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UN special rapporteur on human rights visits Myanmar
February 15th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Feb 15 (DPA) UN Special Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana arrived in Myanmar Monday for a five-day official visit to assess the country's political and human rights situation.
Ojea was scheduled to meet ... Read more...
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Karunakaran seeks his son’s re-admission to Congress
November 17th, 2009 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 17 (IANS) The Congress party's Kerala unit president Ramesh Chennithala Tuesday said he has received a letter from party veteran K. Karunakaran asking that his son K. Muraleedharan and ... Read more...
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Fissures in Congress over re-entry of Muraleedharan
November 8th, 2009 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 8 (IANS) Trouble appears to have broken out in the Kerala unit of the Congress over the question of former party state president K. Muraleedharan's re-entry into the party.
Muraleedharan was ... Read more...
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Sena defector alleges Uddhav behind attack at Joshi’s home
September 25th, 2009 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) A day after he was refused a ticket to contest the Maharashtra assembly polls, senior Shiv Sena leader Sada Sarvankar Friday pointed an accusing finger at party ... Read more...
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Janmashtami sans ‘dahi-handi’ in swine flu scared Maharashtra
August 12th, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) With swine flu spreading rapidly in Maharashtra, the main opposition party Shiv Sena will celebrate the Janmashtami festival Friday without the popular "dahi-handi" ritual.
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First ‘Indian Idol’ Abhijeet Sawant joins Shiv Sena
July 25th, 2009 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Abhijeet Sawant, the winner of the first edition of the TV show "Indian Idol", joined Shiv Sena Saturday with a mandate to attract the youth to the ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray discharged from hospital
March 8th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) After spending 11 days in hospital here, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was discharged Sunday. His condition was described as 'fine' by a party spokesman.
Thackeray, 82, returned to ... Read more...
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DMK urges for a ceasefire and permanent solution in Sri Lanka
February 3rd, 2009 - 3:07 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Feb 3 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) urged both the Indian and Sri Lankan government to find a permanent solution to the ethnic crisis in northern Sri Lanka.
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Shiv Sena urges president to dismiss Maharashtra government
December 2nd, 2008 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 2 (IANS) A delegation of Shiv Sena members Tuesday met President Pratibha Patil here and urged her to immediately dissolve the state legislature and impose President's Rule as "the people ... Read more...
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Udhav Thackeray also demands railway jobs for Maharashtrians
October 20th, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) Shiv Sena leader Udhav Thackeray Monday joined his cousin Raj Thackeray's demand for reservation for Maharashtrians during railway recruitment in the state even as Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi hints at sharing power with Congress
September 21st, 2008 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Tiruchirappalli Sep 21 (IANS) For the second time in a week, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday hinted at sharing power with the Congress in the state."If the Congress high command ... Read more...
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Former NCP leader Datta Meghe to join Congress
August 16th, 2008 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Aug 16 (IANS) Former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Datta Meghe is all set to join the Congress on Aug 20, the birth anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, subject ... Read more...
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Mr. Chaiya ready to rejoin Cabinet
July 28th, 2008 - 1:38 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
The People Power Party executive, Mr. Chaiya Sasomsub, says he is ready to take on another ministerial post, and is confident thatMr. Chaiya says the Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Mr. Samak ... Read more...
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Chandrasekhara Rao withdraws resignation as TRS chief
June 4th, 2008 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 4 (IANS) Bowing to the pressure from Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) cadres, K. Chandrasekhara Rao Wednesday withdrew his resignation as party president and declared that the movement for separate statehood ... Read more...
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Chandrasekhara Rao resigns as TRS chief
June 3rd, 2008 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 3 (IANS) K. Chandrasekhara Rao Tuesday resigned as the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president, owning moral responsibility for the party's crushing defeat in by-elections. KCR, as the TRS leader is ... Read more...
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BJP to discuss poll strategy at national conclave
May 29th, 2008 - 8:33 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), upbeat after the victory in Karnataka, is set to discuss the roadmap for the forthcoming assembly and Lok Sabha elections at its ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh BJP to raise price rise issue
May 13th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by admin
Bhopal, May 13 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh Tuesday resolved to take on the United Progressive Alliance-led (UPA) central government for its failure to check price-rise and ... Read more...
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