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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicShiv Sena (UBT)

Topic: Shiv Sena (UBT)

Fadnavis ‘invites’ Uddhav to come over to ruling Mahayuti. How Shiv Sena (UBT) chief reacted

Mumbai: If you want, you can join us. That was Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' open offer in the state assembly to Shiv Sena...

Will Uddhav Sena dump MVA for Raj Thackeray ahead of BMC polls? Sanjay Raut’s teaser sparks suspense

BMC polls will be 1st major electoral test for both ruling & oppn allies after Maharashtra elections last November, when NDA secured thumping win and BJP emerged as largest party.

Thackeray cousins share stage for 1st time in 20 yrs. Raj says ‘Fadnavis did what even Balasaheb couldn’t’

Thousands of Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS workers gathered at NSCI Dome campus in Mumbai’s Worli to witness the first joint rally by Uddhav and Raj Thackeray in nearly 20 years.

Maharashtra govt lost to power of ‘Marathi manoos’—Uddhav after Fadnavis withdraws 3-language policy orders

Addressing a press conference, the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief said CM Fadnavis attempted to create a divide between Marathis & non-Marathis.

‘India should learn self-respect from Iran, it has not bowed down,’ says Sena (UBT)’s Sanjay Raut

Raut also emphasised that Iran has always stood by India, be it on the Kashmir issue or conflict with Pakistan.

Shinde & Thackeray revive Shiv Sena’s classic ‘Marathi manus, sons of soil’ pitch ahead of BMC polls

At separate Shiv Sena Foundation Day rallies, Uddhav implied he's open to allying with Raj Thackeray, while Shinde said BMC polls will be fought as Mahayuti, with details to come later.

‘BMC a centre for corruption’: Cong MP Gaikwad seeks white paper on BMC under Mahayuti govt

Congress MP and Mumbai party unit chief Varsha Gaikwad alleges that BMC funds are being used like party funds and are given to middlemen, contractors.

When nuisance replaces news sense & coming together of the Cousins Thackeray

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

Another family feud brews in Sena UBT as ex-corporator Ghosalkar resigns from party posts

Tejasvee Ghosalkar, ex-corporator and widow of slain leader, resigns as Dahisar chief citing “personal reasons” amid outreach from BJP and Shinde Sena.

Uddhav Sena draws Mahayuti flak for skipping Pahalgam all-party meet, slams Amit Shah

In Saamana, the party asked what a govt 'that clamps down on Oppn' will achieve with the meeting. MP Arvind Sawant said, he & MP Sanjay Raut were traveling for parliamentary work.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.