Bal Thackeray's party has suffered multiple rebellions, most damaging of which came in 2022 when Eknath Shinde led a revolt, triggering fall of Uddhav govt & becoming CM himself.
Built by Mughals, seized by Marathas, and site of simmering communal tensions since 1960s, Durgadi fort is now a flashpoint every Eid as litigation drags on.
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.
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
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.
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.
After Rahul Gandhi says Savarkar was fearful of British & sent mercy petitions from jail, Eknath Shinde camp of Shiv Sena & BJP target Uddhav Thackeray, son Aaditya, for ties with Congress.
A high-level political dialogue between Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu, supported by the Indian government, followed by a joint mechanism for cooperation would be a useful first step.
Passage of Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 in House of Representatives gives Trump power to impose tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian oil.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
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