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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.

Loudspeakers & ‘Maha Aartis’ — why temple-mosque politics keeps making a comeback in Maharashtra

Temples-mosques are dominating political discourse in Maharashtra. Parties in the state have time and again raised these issues in a bid to underscore their commitment to Hindutva.

MNS claims nephew Raj Thackeray is ‘true heir’ of Balasaheb in poster outside Shiv Sena office

MNS claimed Maharashtra CM and Balasaheb's son Uddhav Thackeray was banning Hindus from reciting Hanuman Chalisa prayers.

How Raj Thackeray and his MNS are planning to resurrect themselves in ‘do-or-die’ BMC polls

Fifteen years since it contested its first BMC election, Raj Thackeray's MNS has been reduced to having just one seat each in the Mumbai civic body and Maharashtra assembly.

MNS vice president booked for organising Dahi Handi event near CM’s house despite ban

Six FIRs have been registered so far in Mumbai against several MNS workers, including senior leader and ex-MLA Bala Nandgaonkar, for organising Dahi Handi events.

On Camera

Bring odd-even back in Delhi. It has healing properties

I am not saying Odd-Even is the solution, but it's a long-term measure that should be normalised in cities choking from congestion. What's happening to our cities—not just Delhi—is unsustainable.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Doctor-led terror module behind Delhi blast was in phase 2 of ops, planned serial bombings in December

While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.