"We are hopeful. You be hopeful. Let's pray." This is what Bal Thackeray's son Uddhav said to people who assembled outside the ailing Shiv Sena patriarch's residence Matoshree in suburban Bandra past midnight.
Five years since he supported UPA's Presidential nominee Pratibha Patil after breaking ranks with National Democratic Alliance, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Thursday appeared having second thoughts on the issue.
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray likened BJP president Nitin Gadkari's plight after his remarks on Swami Vivekananda to that of L K Advani, who had to step down as chief of the saffron party following his comments hailing Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah as secular.
Bharatiya Janata Party's oldest ally Shiv Sena on Tuesday said that while L K Advani "lost ground" due to the controversy over his remarks on Jinnah, similarly Nitin Gadkari has been jolted because of the Swami Vivekananda comments row.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday asked 'staunch Hindus and patriotic public' not to allow the ensuing Indo-Pak cricket matches in India, unless Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde withdraws his statement on 'forgetting the past' to play cricket with Pakistan.
The Centre assured foolproof security to the Pakistan team during its upcoming India tour to play limited over cricket series beginning December 25.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday urged leaders of Maharashtra and the 'Bihar lobby' in the media to learn lessons from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and not compromise when it comes to protecting the 'dignity of Maharashtra' before the world.
The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit stating what action it proposes to take against the police officials who arrested two girls from nearby Palghar district for posting comments on Facebook.
'The cases have not reduced because the prosecution has found some other way to stop people from using their right to free speech.'
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani on Wednesday drew parallels with Emergency while hitting out at the Congress over the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi charged with sedition, but the comparison was dismissed as a "hyperbole" by key National Democratic Alliance ally Janata Dal-United.
Traditional Hindu priests of the Vishnupad Temple in Bihar's Gaya town -- known as Gaywal Pandas -- are busy trying to find out if Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, his son Uddhav Thackeray and his nephew and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray were originally from Bihar.
Appearing unruffled over the flak his attack on Jnanpith awardee Kannada writer Chandrashekara Kambara has drawn in neighbouring Karnataka, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday warned of a "backlash" in Maharashtra. "Those ruling Karnataka should check the goondas indulging in anti-Marathi activities. Don't let them spark a fire here," Thackeray said. "The Karnataka government should stop police protection to the goondas attacking Marathi," he said.
'The urge to name the upcoming Navi Mumbai airport after well-known personalities and the equally strong urge to rally in large numbers supporting this name and that; all of this amidst COVID-19, felt deplorable,' asserts Shyam G Menon.
Terming as "shocking" the Maharashtra government's decision to share water with people in the scarcity-hit districts in neighbouring Karnataka, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday said the Congress-led government in Maharashtra has "betrayed" the state.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday launched a veiled attack on the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, led by his estranged nephew Raj Thackeray, following publication of a photo showing an MNS leader with a functionary of Raza Academy.
Will Uddhav Thackeray manage to hold the Shiv Sena together without his charismatic father? And what will his maverick cousin Raj do?
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, who had criticised senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani for his controversial blog, on Saturday supported him on the 'illegitimate' United Progressive Alliance government comment.
No doubt in the Shiv Sena's history, the party has close links to the Shivaji Park but does that make it Sena's own? asks Mahesh Vijapurkar.
Indian Premier League chairman Rajiv Shukla, on Thursday, took exception to Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's opposition to conferring the Bharat Ratna to Sachin Tendulkar, saying the iconic cricketer deserves the country's highest civilian award.
TDSAT had squashed the limit after Uddhav Thackeray's son Aditya had questioned TRAI's decision.
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.
In a relief to the two girls who were arrested over a Facebook post criticising shutdown during Bal Thackeray's funeral, Maharashtra Police has decided to drop the case against the duo.
In the backdrop of a crucial meeting of Nationalist Congress Party, which is on the offensive against Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, party chief Sharad Pawar's old friend Bal Thackeray on Monday said Chavan's post may be in a "jeopardy".
The ashes of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray were on Thursday immersed in the holy Sangam in Allahabad. Thackeray's ashes were brought to the city by Shiv Sena leaders from Maharashtra, who were joined by the party's local unit members.
The urn containing ashes of Shiv Sena chief late Bal Thackeray was brought in Nashik and will be kept at the party office for 'darshan' till Thursday, official sources said on Wednesday.
Appealing for restrain over the debate on erecting a memorial for his late father and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, party executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said, the decision in this regard will be taken by lakhs of sainiks.
Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora on Tuesday slammed the Mumbai police for 'acting in haste' by arresting two young girls for their Facebook post questioning shutdown of the city for Bal Thackeray's funeral and called for checks to prevent misuse of the IT Act.
In a strongly-worded press release, the Maharashtra State Committee of the Communist Party of India Marxist has slammed the arrest of two girls, who posted comments questioning the total shutdown in the wake of Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray's death on Saturday.
Telecom and IT Minister Kapil Sibal Monday said he was "deeply saddened" by the arrest of two girls over their Facebook post questioning the shutdown in Mumbai for Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray's funeral and said the IT Act should not be used to "throttle dissent".
Press Council of India chief Markandey Katju on Monday demanded "immediate" action against police personnel for reportedly arresting a woman in Mumbai protesting the shutdown in the city on Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's demise on social networking site Facebook.
Mumbai police has reportedly arrested a 21-year-old girl for criticizing the total shutdown in the city for Bal Thackeray's funeral on Facebook.
Lata Mangeshkar looks back at her long association with the late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.
Refuting reports in a section of the media, Shiv Sena on Sunday night said it has not called for a bandh in Mumbai on Monday. The clarification was made by Sena spokesman Sanjay Raut in the wake of reports that shops, commercial establishments and educational institutions would remain closed on Monday to mourn the death of Bal Thackeray.
In one of the nicest ironies in Shiv Sena supremo and `Hindutva' champion Bal Thackeray's life, the doctor who treated him for the past five years and was with him in his last hours was a Muslim.
Federation of Associations of Maharashtra has called upon its constituents and the trading community to observe a bandh in Maharashtra on Monday as a mark of respect to Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray, who passed away on Saturday.
They sat there, quietly, along with hundreds of other men and women, mourning the loss of the one man who had given them both hope and pride. Maharashtra's mighty 'Tiger' has been silenced forever, felled by the twin arrows of old age and ill-heath, leaving his cubs (the organisation he had created, the Shiv Sena) mewling in sorrow.
'Thackeray could organise, but lacked a vision and wisdom to take it further. The man who boasted that if he were prime minister for a day, he would solve the Kashmir problem permanently, could not halt Mumbai's slide into an urban nightmare despite his wielding supreme authority over the city government for decades,' says Shreekant Sambrani.
If a strong leadership doesn't emerge in the Shiv Sena, the BJP -- a junior partner of the Sena at the state level -- would see itself dwindling away in Maharashtra, writes Aditi Phadnis
Senior Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on Saturday met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, in the backdrop of BJP president Nitin Gadkari taking offence at the language used to describe his party's leaders in Sena mouthpiece Saamna. Blaming Saamna editor Sanjay Raut, Gadkari had recently said such writings were causing a rift between the BJP-Shiv Sena's three-decade-old alliance.
Shiv Sena president Balasaheb Thackeray is no more. After hours of uncertainity, the 86-year-old leader passed into ages, reports stated.
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