Thane, July 4 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief leader Eknath Shinde was rushed to a private hospital in Thane on Friday after his health deteriorated suddenly. According to preliminary reports on Saturday, Shinde is currently under the care of a team of specialist doctors, and his condition is stated to be completely stable.Shiv Sena sources indicate that Dy CM Shinde’s health suffered due to extreme physical exertion and heavy work pressure over the past few days.O…
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Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) Launching a fierce political volleys at the Shiv Sena-UBT Chief Uddhav Thackeray, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane on Friday levelled grave allegations against the former Chief Minister, labeling him a “Pakistani agent” and mockingly referring to him as “Uddhav Ulla Haq” and “Uddhav Al Haq”. Addressing a press conference, Minister Rane accused Thackeray of echoing the rhetoric of those hostile to India, claiming that his political ide…
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) Hours after Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray announced a statewide ‘Ram Raksha’ agitation over alleged financial irregularities in the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation funds, the rival Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Friday hit back, dismissing the upcoming protest as political opportunism and hypocrisy. Slamming Thackeray’s allegations that stolen temple money was being funnelled to engineer political defections, Shiv Sena Minister and spokesperson Sanjay Shirsat termed …
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday accused the BJP of robbing donations from the Ayodhya Ram Temple and announced a statewide agitation beginning with a ‘Ram Raksha’ protest in Mumbai’s Dadar area on July 5. Addressing a press conference at his residence, Matoshree here, Thackeray alleged that the BJP had “robbed” money donated by devotees at the Ram Temple and demanded accountability. He said the protest would be held near the Hanuman Temple at Dada…
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) has launched a fierce attack on the current ruling dispensations at the Centre and in Maharashtra, saying that the peaceful and content nature of the state’s political culture has been completely eradicated, replaced by an “insatiable, ravenous greed for power”.The Thackeray camp, in an editorial in the party’s mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’, sharply criticised legislators who are allegedly “selling themselves for Rs 50 crore” or defe…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday that investments have been a big driver of India’s partnership with Japan, and these are set to strengthen.In a conversation with NDTV’s Editor-in-Chief Rahul Kanwal at ‘The Indo-Japan Strategic Dialogue’, Goyal said Japan’s engagement with India has largely focused on investments.The discussion came against the backdrop of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s arrival in Delhi for the 16th India-Japan S…
Thane (Maharashtra), July 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the current political landscape in the state and the country, describing it as “dirty and horrifying”.Speaking at a press conference in Thane, Thackeray targeted the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and took a sharp dig at the rebel MPs and MLAs who split from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction.Commenting on the shifting loyalties and split within the poli…
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Shiv Sena UBT leader and MLC Sachin Ahir, who jumped ship to the Eknath Shinde camp, was on Wednesday elected unopposed as the Deputy Chairperson of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. The unanimous election was secured after the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) nominee, J M Abhyankar, withdrew his nomination candidature in adherence to the traditional conventions of the Upper House. Following the withdrawal of the opposition’s challenge, Ahir’s election to the constit…
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief leader Eknath Shinde on Tuesday took sharp jibe at his predecessor and political rival, Uddhav Thackeray, advising him to look inward rather than throwing brickbats at those exiting the Shiv Sena-UBT. Dismissing allegations of engineering splits within the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction, Deputy Chief Minister Shinde emphasised that leaders are joining him voluntarily due to his administration’s development-driven age…
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) UBT rebel legislator Sachin Ahir, after switching loyalty to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and filing a nomination for the Maharashtra Legislative Council’s Deputy Chairperson’s post, on Tuesday expressed his gratitude to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. He launched a scathing attack on the Thackeray faction, expressing disappointment over how departing leaders are targeted. Responding to the Thackeray faction labelling him “traitor” and “opportunist,” Ahir stated, “It is u…