"He was raised here at Matoshree, played with other children. I never expected that he would go so far. I don't know who misguided him, but they did so to fulfil their own gains," Thackeray said.
The Bombay high court had sentenced the Sena chief to years' imprisonment in a contempt case.
Thackeray also took a veiled dig at chief minister Shinde as the allocation of portfolios is yet to be done though the cabinet was expanded recently after a long wait.
The action by Karnataka Legislative Assembly against Belgaum-based Marathi daily 'Tarun Bharat' for giving voice to atrocities on Marathi populace there is akin to what the Taliban do, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said on Thursday.
Rediff.com's Sanjay Sawant captures the mood outside the Shiv Sena headquarters
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Friday virtually defended the attack on Team Anna member and lawyer Prashant Bhushan for his remarks on Kashmir advocating a plebiscite, saying he had paid the price for advocating Pakistan's cause.
Coming out in defence of old friend Amitabh Bachchan, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday said the actor has done nothing wrong by attending the inauguration of the second phase of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.
Angry over the racial attacks on Indian students, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today said Australian players in IPL cricket teams should be removed till such incidents continue Down Under.
Shiv Sainiks had attacked the Mumbai office of Zee TV on Wednesday.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has attacked industrialist Mukesh Ambani over his recent statement that Mumbai belongs to all Indians. "Marathi people have as much right over Mumbai as Mukesh Ambani has over the Reliance companies," Thackeray said in an article published in Sena mouthpiece Saamana.
Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray has equated nephew Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena with a carbon copy of the outfit he founded in 1966.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has promised financial help to Tejaswini Sawant, the first Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championships.
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who died on February 6, was cremated at the ground situated in Dadar.
"Balasaheb Thackeray is a great leader. There are many who would say that people are afraid of him. Mumbai doesn't fear him; it loves him". This is what Bharatiya Janata Party leader Prakash Javadekar has to say about ailing Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.
The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court there was no evidence against Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, Maharasthra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray and Congress leader Narayan Rane in a case relating to four separate incidents of political vandalism in 2009.
Thackeray criticises Jaya Bachchan over demand for separate Mumbai
Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka over the border row, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Friday said Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is heaping 'grave atrocities' on Marathi people in the neighbouring state."Marathis are being assaulted with sticks and guns and beaten up like cattle. If the Karnataka government wants to display its masochism by attacking Marathi people, it should remember that Maharashtra is land of Shivaji Maharaj," fumed Thackeray.
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray is back, in an implicit admission that he erred in his political judgement. A few years ago, Thackeray had annointed his son Uddhav as the party's executive president bypassing his cousin Raj, who went on to form the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). Incidentally, the MNS spoiled the prospects of the Shiv Sena in the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday bitterly traded charges and used caustic terms like "traitors" and "betrayer" as rival Shiv Sena groups headed by them held Dussehra rallies in Mumbai in what was a parallel show of strength by the rivals after the change of government three months ago.
Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray on Friday attributed the party's poor show in the Maharashtra assembly polls on the young generation's 'ignorance about the travails' the party has gone through for the state. "The young generation is a stranger to the history of Maharashtra and the Sena's fight for the Marathi cause. They have ruined Marathi unity in just a day," Thackeray rued in an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamna'.
"The huge influx of UP migrants in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra has virtually paralysed the state and the migrants have destroyed the city. But we have never called them beggars. Hunger has no caste or region," Thackeray said in Wednesday's editorial of his party mouthpiece Saamana
Mumbai Mayor Sunil Prabhu on Wednesday rejected reports claiming that civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had spent taxpayers' money on the funeral of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray in November last year."The Shiv Sena had borne all the expenses made during Thackeray's final rites," Prabhu, who belongs to the Sena, said, but conceded that the BMC had spent money on installing CCTV cameras at the venue.
The Maharashtra government wants to withdraw prosecution against Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and 24 party workers in a 1991 riot case.
Scotching speculation of any alliance between the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party and Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Sena chief Bal Thackeray said there was no need for a "third entity" in the combine.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Tuesday flayed Home Minister P Chidambaram for withdrawing his remarks on migrants' role in crimes in Delhi after having "spoken the truth".
Lashing out at the government for its handling of the Azad Maidan violence, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday said Mumbai police have been demoralised due to commissioner Arup Patnaik.
In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi accused the prime minister of twisting his words and said he was speaking about the power of which Modi was wearing the mask.
Raut also refuted the speculation of NCP leader Ajit Pawar joining the BJP.
The dinner meeting was supposed to take place on Tuesday night at a five-star hotel in suburban Andheri in Mumbai.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said on Wednesday that he saluted the patriotic spirit of Muslim body Islam Gymkhana for deciding to terminate the services of Abbas Kazmi as its trustee for defending Mumbai attacks terrorist Ajmal Kasab.
The former CM is expected to sound the poll bugle for next year's Lok Sabha elections with the convention and rally.
Lauding the developmental work undertaken by Nitish Kumar in Bihar after he took over as chief minister, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Saturday took a dig at his estranged nephew Maharashta Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray for opposing Kumar's visit to Mumbai and then back-tracking.
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, under attack from within his own party, has found an ally in Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray.
The Shiv Sena today said it had not yet received a copy of the non-bailable arrest warrant issued by a Bihar court against party supremo Bal Thackeray for allegedly making uncharitable and inflammatory remarks against Biharis in party mouthpiece Saamana.
Thackeray is the editor of the daily while Nirupam was then the executive editor of the Hindi daily.
Shiv Sena president Balasaheb Thackeray is no more. After hours of uncertainity, the 86-year-old leader passed into ages, reports stated.
AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and the MNS for their tirade against people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Taking a jibe at Shiv Sena and MNS for their campaign against "outsiders" in Maharashtra, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Thursday advised the Bal Thackeray family to "strictly" follow his Art of Living regimes to calm their nerves. "Thackeray parivaar ko Art of Living ki sakht zaroorat hai (The Thackeray family strictly need Art of Living lessons)," Ravi Shankar told reporters.
Patil revealed that CM Shinde called him on Tuesday morning after his remarks caused a row and asked him to clarify.
In an interview to Samana newspaper, Thackeray said politicians have taken the sheen out of the country's highest civilian award by recommending names of people who do not deserve it.
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