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TopicBal Thackeray

Topic: Bal Thackeray

‘Won’t ignore your games like my gullible father did’ –– Uddhav Thackeray warns BJP

Speaking during an event organised by Marathi daily 'Loksatta', Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray accused the BJP of deceiving Bal Thackeray when the two parties were still partners.

Thackeray vs Patil vs Shivaji: Navi Mumbai airport’s 2 yrs away, but fight over name’s begun

The Rs 16,000-cr Navi Mumbai airport is touted to be one of the world’s largest greenfield airports, with two parallel runways. The first phase is likely to be operational by 2023.

From vandalism & threats to silence — what led Shiv Sena change its stand on Valentine’s Day

Shiv Sena leaders say there aren’t ‘repulsive demonstrations of Valentine’s Day anymore’, which is a result of the party’s relentless protests over the years. 

Uddhav govt naming schemes after Bal Thackeray since a year, Congress says they’re overdoing

The MVA govt has named at least three schemes & certain projects after Sena founder Bal Thackeray. Some of these were considered pet projects of former CM Devendra Fadnavis. 

Why Shiv Sena won’t back down from renaming Aurangabad despite risk to alliance govt

In 1988, Bal Thackeray said Aurangabad would be called Sambhajinagar after Chhatrapati Shivaji’s son. Now, his son and Maharashtra CM Uddhav is pushing for it again.

More political & more cartoon-centric — Bal Thackeray’s 60-yr-old weekly Marmik gets new look

Since 17 November, Marmik has published three more editions along the lines of its revamp plans of making the weekly almost like a deeper shadow of Shiv Sena’s Saamana. 

Covid ‘anniversary’ discounts, and delayed introspection by Congress

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Bal Thackeray’s father and Ambedkar used Navratri festivities to counter Brahmin Ganesh utsav

Keshav Sitaram Thackeray ‘Prabodhankar’ had joined BR Ambedkar in a movement to allow ‘untouchable’ to worship alongside Brahmins during Ganesh utsav in Mumbai.

Dev Anand to Kangana Ranaut — Shiv Sena has had a long love-hate relationship with Bollywood

Kangana Ranaut’s spat with the Shiv Sena is only the latest incident in the party’s long history of an oxymoron relationship with Bollywood.

Why Raj and not Uddhav will be watched closely on Bal Thackeray birth anniversary tomorrow

Raj Thackeray, the MNS chief, has been struggling for relevance but has been approached by the BJP to promote Hindutva, which the Shiv Sena has shunned for now. 

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.