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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicBal Thackeray

Topic: Bal Thackeray

As Senas squabble over Bal Thackeray, a group of cartoonists is quietly preserving his other legacy

Cartoonists’ Combine, founded by Bal Thackeray in 1983, held annual ‘Cartoon Mahotsav’ in Mumbai last week, putting on display 100 cartoons on burning issues of the day.

Senas battle it out over Bal Thackeray memorial. Team Shinde wants Uddhav ousted from chairman post

Proposal to remove former chief minister from the chairperson’s post of the Bal Thackeray memorial will be sent to Maharashtra CM by 24 January, ThePrint has learnt

Will the other Dighe roar in Thane? Uphill battle for late Sena leader’s nephew against Eknath Shinde

As Shinde eyes a fifth assembly term, his rival Kedar Dighe is giving it his all to take on the chief minister on his own turf. Experts believe it’s a one-sided fight.

Bal Thackeray’s divided legacy — one Sena lost in MVA, other full of ‘Modi’s men’

There are two claimants to his legacy—Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde. But the leaders, cadres, followers, and power are all divided.

In Sharad Pawar resignation drama, a Bal Thackeray shadow from the ’90s

Like with Bal Thackeray’s 1992 resignation, Pawar’s resignation too brought out the raw loyalty that party workers have towards him.

Special videos & trains, grand welcome — Sena gears up for Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde’s Ayodhya visit  

Shinde is expected to reach Ayodhya on Sunday. It’s also seemingly an attempt to project him as a Hindutva leader and also stake claim on Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray’s legacy.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.