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‘Last resort’ — why Eknath Shinde & fellow Sena rebels are ‘exploring’ merger with MNS

Shiv Sena rebel camp and MNS seem like a ‘logical’ pairing with their focus on Hindutva and Marathi pride. But some Sena MLAs are worried Raj Thackeray ‘will be supreme’.

Aurangabad or Sambhajinagar? Far from Kashi, communal politics simmers in Aurangzeb’s capital

Ahead of civic body polls, Shiv Sena’s decades-long quest to have Aurangabad renamed to Sambhajinagar has made a comeback in mainstream Maharashtra politics.

‘Didn’t want to walk into a trap’: Why Raj Thackeray cancelled his much-hyped Ayodhya visit

After taking up the ‘loudspeaker’ in Maharashtra, MNS chief Raj Thackeray was all set to visit Ayodhya on 5 June. Until BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh threw a spanner in his works.  

Shiv Sena comes up with ‘roar of true Hindutva’, to hold mega Mumbai rally to counter BJP, MNS

Shiv Sena's rally Saturday evening will be held at Bandra Kurla Complex grounds in Mumbai. Party expects lakhs to attend event, to be addressed by Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray.

Shiv Sena, MNS locked in race to visit Ayodhya amid tussle over loudspeakers in mosques

MNS chief Raj Thackeray is scheduled to visit Ayodhya on 5 June while Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray along with Shiv Sena workers will visit on 10 June.

Now, Pune unit of Raj Thackeray’s MNS threatens to play Hanuman Chalisa outside police stations

In letter addressed to Pune police commissioner, the party has demanded written assurance from mosques against use of loudspeakers, or else it will act on its threat.

Modi’s Europe visit, inflation top Urdu news, press freedom, loudspeaker rows also find mention

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

‘Our school of Hindutva is original,’ Shiv Sena’s dig at Raj Thackeray on loudspeaker threat

The Maharashtra Home Department, however, said 135 mosques of the total 1,140 in Mumbai had played the azaan on loudspeakers before 6 am.

‘We won’t participate in MNS’ Hanuman Chalisa event in Maharashtra’, says VHP activists

Accusing the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) of playing "propaganda politics", the RSS affiliate called the reports of its activists taking part in the event “fake and baseless".

Loudspeakers and political backflips: How ‘anti-migrant’ MNS became Hindutva’s latest advocate

MNS chief Raj Thackeray will address a Maharashtra Day rally in Shiv Sena’s stronghold Aurangabad. Analysts say MNS is trying to replace Sena as a champion of the Hindu cause.

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