Topic: Uddhav Thackeray
6-inch swab not enough for a certain leader and BJP’s game plan for Bihar
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
Maha Vikas Aghadi allies to contest BMC polls together, says Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress last year forged an alliance to form government after the Uddhav Thackeray-led party parted ways with long-term ally BJP.
BJP member booked for allegedly posting objectionable tweets against Uddhav Thackeray, son
BJP IT Cell member Sameet Thakkar was asked to appear before VP Road police station in Mumbai on 5 October in connection with the issue.
Bal Thackeray’s father and Ambedkar used Navratri festivities to counter Brahmin Ganesh utsav
Keshav Sitaram Thackeray ‘Prabodhankar’ had joined BR Ambedkar in a movement to allow ‘untouchable’ to worship alongside Brahmins during Ganesh utsav in Mumbai.
CBI will now need approval from Maharashtra govt to probe cases in state
Maharashtra govt has withdrawn the ‘general consent’ accorded to CBI in 1989 to probe cases in the state.
Sharad Pawar defends CM Thackeray, says he is ‘working from home’ on MVA leaders’ request
Pawar’s defence of Thackeray came after BJP’s stinging criticism of the CM’s ‘work from home’ style when parts of Maharashtra have been battered by floods.
With car shed at Kanjurmarg, new Mumbai Metro corridor could now connect to Thane towns
Mumbai govt is planning to connect Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro with the proposed Kanjurmarg-Badlapur Metro and the Swami Samarth Nagar-Vikhroli elevated line.
‘We thank Amit Shah for understanding reason of our anger’ — Sena on Governor letter row
Home Minister Amit Shah had said Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari could have chosen his words better while writing to CM Uddhav Thackeray.
Maharashtra Governor’s joke book, and finance ministry’s ‘piggybank’ incentives
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
Aarey to Kanjurmarg in 9 yrs — Mumbai Metro car shed to still take over 2 yrs if all goes well
CM Thackeray has shifted the car shed for Mumbai’s costliest metro rail out of Aarey Colony. But it took years of political back and forth for the project to reach Kanjurmarg.
Globalisation of revenge
Nobody looks more ridiculous in the whole Iraq situation than the Europeans. A bit of their hypocrisy was on show in New Delhi.
Reliance Industries posts 15% profit drop as Covid hits oil demand
The company posted a net profit of Rs 9,567 crore in July-September compared with Rs 11,262 crore a year back.
Defence
First phase of Quad members’ Malabar exercise from 3-6 November in Bay of Bengal
Last week, India had announced Australia will take part in the exercise along with US and Japan, making it a drill by all 4 member nations of the Quad or Quadrilateral coalition.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.