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TopicRaj Thackeray

Topic: Raj Thackeray

It’s cough, cold & cousinhood at the Thackerays’, while Revanth hopes to hush hecklers with Harvard certificate

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty, and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Cracks appear in Thackeray alliance as Raj’s MNS backs Shinde Sena’s mayor bid in Kalyan-Dombivli

Former MNS MLA Raju Patil has announced the decision on behalf of the party’s 5 corporators to support the Sena's Eknath faction in Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal corporation.

Powered by BJP juggernaut, Mahayuti storms to power in BMC. Uddhav Sena stumbles despite strong showing

BJP clinched a solid 89 wards in 227-ward BMC, ally Shinde Sena got 29. Uddhav Sena won 65 wards, while MNS, won just 6. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's NCP at a measly tally of three.

Mumbai’s elite host Cocktails Pe Charcha before BMC polls. Netas & their wives are invited

Breaking the ice with voters is easier when the bar is well stocked.

‘Not against any one person, but the way Mumbai’s been given to Adani is wrong,’ Uddhav tells ThePrint

Since the time of Samyukta Maharashtra movement, Gujarat had eyes on Mumbai, he says & clarifies that his party had nothing against Gujaratis settled in the metropolis.

‘Shah company’ on target, Thackerays want Mumbai civic poll to play out like Samyukta Maharashtra 2.0

Shiv Sena and MNS have invoked memories of Samyukta Maharashtra, the 1950s movement that led to the creation of Maharashtra, with Mumbai at its core.

Take the train Santa, sleighs are tariff prone & Error 258: justice not found

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Thackeray cousins reunite: The clan that shaped Maharashtra politics—from Prabodhankar to Aaditya

As Uddhav & Raj Thackeray forge electoral pact for BMC polls, a look at the family that dominated Mumbai politics for decades but now faces existential crisis.

Shivaji Park’s ‘Deepotsav’ sparks political row as MNS slams Mahayuti govt for taking credit

Criticism comes after a social media post by Maharashtra tourism dept about Shivaji Park ‘Deepotsav,’ without any mention of MNS or Raj Thackeray.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.