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BJP group leader’s plan: Rope in MNS to attack Cong-NCP

Sunday 1 November '09

Despite the war of words between Raj Thackeray-led MNS and the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance during the Assembly polls, Eknath Khadse...
Sena blames ‘wrong’ selection of candidates

Friday 23 October '09

After a crushing defeat in the Assembly polls, the Shiv Sena may have to return to aggressive identity-based politics to regain lost ground in the state....
BJP braces for blows from MNS in Mumbai seats

Friday 16 October '09

Already smarting under its reverses at the national level, the BJP expects a jolt from the Raj Thackeray-led MNS in some Mumbai seats in the Assembly polls, too.
Sena woos voters with Thackeray’s audio clips

Wednesday 7 October '09

Facing one of its most crucial tests for survival in the state Assembly polls, the Shiv Sena is now turning to its ailing but star campaigner, party supremo Bal Thackeray, for help.
Rane ahead but it’s a long run

Tuesday 6 October '09

In the battle for supremacy between Sena and its rebel-turned-arch enemy in Konkan, the Industries Minister fights to retain his edge....
Sarvankar sees ‘design’ in attack on Joshi’s house

Wednesday 30 September '09

Reiterating his allegation that Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray had incited him to attack the house of senior leader and former Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi...
Get a permit to work in Maharashtra: Raj’s way to get votes

Thursday 24 September '09

Announcing that his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena would extend support to any political party that would address “pro-Marathi” issues...
BJP to harp on govt record in infrastructure

Wednesday 16 September '09

The BJP is set to campaign on the state government’s poor record in implementing infrastructure projects in the city in the assembly polls.
Cong strategy for city: restrict NCP share, field Maharashtrians

Monday 14 September '09

The NCP will have to settle for fewer seats in Mumbai than the seven it contested in the last Assembly polls, the city unit of the Congress has indicated.
Race begins for Congress ticket

Wednesday 9 September '09

A doctor who believes that the educated class must enter politics, party activists desperate to wrest Assembly segments...
Sena vs Sena: Raj holds key to Mumbai, again

Tuesday 1 September '09

The elections to Mumbai’s 36 Assembly seats will hinge on two questions: whether Raj Thackeray’s MNS will once again upset equations for the BJP-Shiv Sena, and whether the Congress and the NCP will forge an alliance.
The Sena jawan

Tuesday 1 September '09

Just 19 years old, this college student has already published a volume of poetry, released a music album and founded an NGO.
Half of BJP candidates will be new

Saturday 15 August '09

Smarting after its poor showing in the recent Lok Sabha polls, the BJP is planning to allot half its seats to fresh faces in the Assembly polls.
MNS targets more Sena territory with new outfit

Thursday 13 August '09

In another encroachment on Shiv Sena territory, Raj Thackeray launched the Maharashtra Navanirman Janadhikar Sena....
US not pressuring India to resume talks: Hillary

Sunday 19 July '09

US Secy of State feels Pakistan has shown greater commitment to fight terror in the last six months...
Power-starved Maharashtra plans new plant at Dhule

Monday 29 June '09

The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MahaGenco) has cleared the plans for setting...
Patil, from mentor to accused

Monday 15 June '09

He may be now behind bars for the murder of Pawanraje Nimbalkar, but the relationship NCP MP Padamsinh Patil....
New airport plans, newer heights for city

Wednesday 10 June '09

The state government is planning to operationalise both the runways at the proposed Navi Mumbai airport in the first phase of the project.
The doctor with a sugar problem

Wednesday 10 June '09

If his rise to power was meteoric, the fall from grace was no less dramatic either.
MP’s arrest may cast shadow on NCP show in Assembly polls

Monday 8 June '09

The arrest of former state minister and Osmanabad NCP MP Padmasinh Patil for his alleged involvement in the murder of Congress leader Pavanraje Nimbalkar....
In hint to Pawar, Cong chooses his rivals from western Maharashtra

Thursday 28 May '09

The choice of Congress leaders to represent Maharashtra in the Union Cabinet is being seen as a bid by the party leadership....
No more queues for drivers’ learning licence, just click

Wednesday 27 May '09

Gone are the days when you require an agent or need to spend long hours at the Road Transport Office for applying to get a learning licence.
Monsoon and Assembly polls ahead, Sena’s brain on drains

Wednesday 27 May '09

Stung by the upset caused by estranged cousin Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in the Shiv Sena’s strongholds....
Rahul Raj encounter report to be submitted in a week

Wednesday 6 May '09

The committee set up by the state government to inquire into the death of Rahul Raj, the Bihar youth shot dead by the Mumbai police last October...
Generation shift: Sena for elders, MNS for youth

Friday 1 May '09

The Shiv Sena has been withstanding many a threat, from sworn enemies like Industries Minister Narayan Rane, who quit the party in 2005.
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