The BJP game-plan: Take the top slot, or a close second, either for the 'Lotus' or the larger NDA, if it can and push the AIADMK to the third place, explains N Sathiya Moorthy.
After the anti-halal meat drive, right-wing outfits led by Bajrang Dal and Sriram Sena have now called for a ban on loudspeakers in mosques.
"The case was filed based on the complaint lodged by Vandana Dongre, a functionary of the Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The complainant alleged that Gandhi hurt the sentiments of citizens through his derogatory statements against Savarkar," the official said.
Addressing the annual Dussehra rally at the iconic Shivaji Park ground in Mumbai, Thackeray lashed out at Shinde, whose rebellion in June this year brought down the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in the state.
Chandrabhaga Shinde, one of the Shiv Sena's oldest supporters, made the journey to Matoshree, Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray's home in Kala Nagar, the artist's enclave in Bandra East, north west Mumbai, on Friday, June 24, 2022.
Interestingly, among all the six former CMs, only Fadnavis, the first BJP leader to hold the top post in the state, completed full five-year term.
The Dronacharya awardee was given a guard of honour by young cricketers on way to the crematorium.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said the Election Commission's order recognising Eknath Shinde faction as the real Shiv Sena was "dangerous for democracy", and he would challenge it in the Supreme Court.
'I came here to witness the historic message this oath-taking ceremony has sent to the nation and Maharashtra.'
Film folk, politicians and sports personalities joined hundreds of fans as they paid their last respects to Lata Mangeshkar.
Raut's remarks came in the wake of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray being recently targeted by the opposition for not moving out of his house during the pandemic. Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Raut said Thackeray has given directives to ensure that Fadnavis, who is leader of opposition in the state Assembly, gets the best treatment.
Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore and Satish Bodas capture the most moving moments at Shivaji Park.
'For no other leader of India do so many people turn up for an event every year without invitation.'
Rane's tour is being seen a major show of strength by the BJP ahead of the crucial BMC polls, due early next year.
Pawar said no one gave such a proposal to the Nationalist Congress Party.
The chief minister, accompanied by his wife and sons Aaditya Thackeray and Tejas Thackeray, visited the Shiv Sena founder's 'smritisthal' (makeshift memorial) at the Shivaji Park in Dadar area in Mumbai.
According to insiders, "talks are on" between the Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena at "an exploratory level".
'Raj saheb and I are trying to fill the backlog of the last ten years.'
It will be the first major electoral contest in the state after Shinde's rebellion brought down the previous Maharashtra government led by Uddhav Thackeray in June this year.
The legendary actor's funeral saw a sprinkling of film personalities.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi tells Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar he is shocked that the Marathi Manoos, for whom Balasaheb Thackeray did so much, are raising objections to a samadhi to the Shiv Sena patriarch at Mumbai's Shivaji Park.
'I am happy Sanjay Raut and Sharad Pawar changed the game of Maharashtra politics.'
Thousands of ordinary Shiv Sainiks poured in from different parts of the Mumbai and state on Sunday for a last glimpse of their ultimate leader -- but many of them were left disappointed at the end of it all. Savera R Someshwar reports from Shivaji Park, Dadar.
Mumbai has not seen scenes like what it witnessed on Sunday when Balasaheb Thackeray's cortege made its way to Shivaji Park. Will Uddhav Thackeray, Balasaheb's political heir, use this huge surge of support to revive his party's electoral fortunes, wonders Abhishek Mande.
Hordes of Indians frequent temples, markets, bazaars regardless of the consequences.
For years Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has enthralled his supporters with his fiery speeches from Shivaji Park at Dadar, central Mumbai. On Sunday, thousands of mourners will pay their last respect to him at the same ground.
Tope stressed on the need to impose restrictions wherever there is crowding.
For the first time in 23 years, India's campaign for the World Cup will not feature Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.
He was 24 and thought he would get into the restaurant business. But fate had other plans.
Sachin Tendulkar was among the many who paid their last respects to the cricketer, coach-manager and administrator.
The city police has registered a case against Shiv Sena workers for flouting Noise Pollution Control Rules during the party's Dusshera rally, held at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. "A case under Bombay Police Act has been registered against the organisers of the rally for exceeding the 50 decibel noise level," Assistant Commissioner of Police Madhukar Sankhe told PTI.
With the Bombay high court declaring the Shivaji Park ground as silence zone, the city police has refused permission to Shiv Sena to hold Dussehra rally here, for the first time in over four decades.
The power failure comes at a time when the state is reeling under power deficit.
As Sachin Tendulkar completes his 50th birthday, an A-Z listing about the 'Little Master'.
'We have been hardcore Hindutvawadi, are so today and will be so tomorrow too'
Speaking at a rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Saturday, Raj Thackeray had criticised Sharad Pawar, accusing him of 'playing the caste card from time to time and dividing society'.
'Our fight is against his political masters, the BJP and Devendra Fadnavis.'
Shreyas Iyer's father Santosh has a unique WhatsApp DP: his son donning the whites and holding the 2017 Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Angry Shiv Sena workers on Saturday shouted slogans against senior party leader Manohar Joshi and forced him to leave the venue of Sena's annual Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai.
Thackeray, 59, became the third Sena leader after Manohar Joshi and Narayan Rane to occupy the top post.
