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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
TopicRaj Thackeray

Topic: Raj Thackeray

BJP, AAP or Shiv Sena — Leaders don’t have time for governance. Power is all about vendetta

From Maharashtra’s Hanuman Chalisa fiasco to Modi’s chat on fuel tax, statesmanship is out the window. And poor Indians suffer.

Raj Thackeray calls off ‘maha aarti’ on Eid, as Maharashtra sees red after his explosive speech

Tuesday’s ‘aarti’ was to be held at central Mumbai’s Prabhadevi Temple at 6.30 pm and was expected to see participation from Hindu groups.

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.

Raj Thackeray praises Yogi for action on loudspeakers, says Maharashtra only has ‘bhogis’

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief congratulated UP CM for removing loudspeakers from religious places, 'specially masjids'. He had earlier given Maharashtra govt 3 May deadline for similar action.

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.

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.

Another Thackeray son arrives: Raj Thackeray preps son Amit for 2022 Maharashtra civic polls

Amit Thackeray, who officially joined politics in January 2020, has already done two tours of Nashik and held meetings with MNS functionaries there.

Raj Thackeray defies cousin Uddhav’s mask appeal, finds it ‘suffocating’

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Hindutva, Marathi pride — how Raj Thackeray plans to fuel MNS comeback in ‘mini state polls’

MNS has big plans for municipal polls scheduled in 2021 and 2022. It currently has just one corporator in Mumbai civic body, and one MLA in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra govt reduces security cover of Devendra Fadnavis, Raj Thackeray

The Uddhav Thackeray govt downgraded the security of 11 people, including former UP governor Ram Naik, and withdrew it from 16 others.

On Camera

BJP’s 2024 election manifesto only looks tech-savvy. It is quite outdated

The manifesto’s silence on legal reforms in the digital space is concerning. The outdated Information Technology Act, about two decades old now, remains India’s nodal tech law.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.