Tag: Raj Thackeray

Claiming that Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has received death threats, a party leader on Wednesday warned that even if his hair is touched, "entire Maharashtra will burn".

Claiming "90 per cent success" on the first day of the anti-loudspeakers drive, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray vowed to continue the campaign on a long-term basis till the issue resolved completely, here on Wednesday.

However, MNS functionaries Sandeep Deshpande and Santosh Dhuri managed to quickly leave from the spot in a vehicle when a police team tried to catch them.

Raj Thackeray had on Tuesday urged people to play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers on Wednesday wherever they hear loudspeakers "blaring azaan (Islamic prayer call) .

The morning prayers were offered peacefully at many mosques, an official said.

Setting the stage for a possible confrontation as he urged people to show the "strength of a Hindu now or never", Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray late on Tuesday called upon the people to play "Hanuman Chalisa" outside those mosques where "azaans' (prayer calls) are sounded from Wednesday.

The political temperature in Maharashtra soared as Aurangabad police on Tuesday filed a FIR against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray for alleged violations of police conditions at his mega-rally held in that city late on Sunday.

Mumbai: Fugitive mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar wants to return to India and is currently negotiating a settlement with the BJP-led government at the centre, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray said here on Thursday. Making the sensational claim, Thackeray said that Dawood is now very sick and crippled, he is very keen to return […]

Mumbai: Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev called on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray at his Shivaji Park residence here on Wednesday morning. However, scotching all speculation, a MNS official claimed that it was a mere ‘courtesy visit’ as Ramdev was in Mumbai. The two, who were together for about half an hour, reportedly discussed their […]

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray, who otherwise shares a good camaraderie with the superstar, once tore down the latter for defending the artists across the border who come to work in Bollywood. 

Mumbai: In a stinging attack, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known as a “Feku” (fibber) the world over for his penchant of resorting to lies. He said that since the past five years of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule, Modi has been spreading “untruths” […]

Mumbai: Over 100,000 activists led by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray, marched in a mega-procession to demand the ouster of Pakistani-Bangladeshi infiltrators living in the country, here on Sunday afternoon. Accompanied by the MNS top brass, the Thackerays headed the procession from Girgaum Chowpatty as it wend its way to the historic Azad […]

Mumbai is where all the decisions regarding Bollywood are taken. It is the place where all megastars from the Hindi film industry live and it is also a place of Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS). Similar to Shiv Sena, MNS also has a big following in Mumbai and some parts of […]

Mumbai: A day after demanding the resignation of state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray on Sunday sought a Central probe to unearth how an explosives-laden SUV came to be parked near the home of industrialist Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai last month, besides firing a salvo of unanswered questions. “The basic […]