ठाकरे ब्रदर्स के ‘मिलन’ का महाराष्ट्र की सियासत पर कितना असर? फायदे कई लेकिन चुनौतियां भी कम नहीं

ठाकरे ब्रदर्स के ‘मिलन’ का महाराष्ट्र की सियासत पर कितना असर? फायदे कई लेकिन चुनौतियां भी कम नहीं

महाराष्ट्र की सियासत में शनिवार को एक बड़ा राजनीतिक घटनाक्रम देखने को मिला, जब शिवसेना (यूबीटी) के प्रमुख उद्धव ठाकरे और उनके चचेरे भाई (मनसे अध्यक्ष) राज ठाकरे ने लगभग 2 दशक बाद पहली बार एक मंच साझा किया. ये मौका था मुंबई के वर्ली डोम में हुई ‘विजय रैली’ का, जिसे राज्य सरकार द्वारा … Read more

Sanjay Raut’s book refers to BJP bigwigs as ‘ingrates,’ triggering a political row

Sanjay Raut’s book refers to BJP bigwigs as ‘ingrates,’ triggering a political row

Shiv Sena (UBT) Sanjay Raut presents his book ‘Paradise in Hell’ to NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar and extends a formal invitation to the book launch ceremony, in Mumbai on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut’s controversial and as yet unreleased book Narkatala Swarg (Heaven in Hell) has made several claims … Read more

Fact Check: This Sanjay Raut tattoo is photoshopped!

Fact Check: This Sanjay Raut tattoo is photoshopped!

Some people take their adoration of politicians a little too far. One photo going viral right now, ahead of Assembly elections in Maharastra, purports to show just that. The photo shows prominent Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leaders Uddhav Thackeray, Aditya Thackeray, and Sanjay Raut tattooed on his back and buttocks! The archives of two … Read more

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s ‘insult’ at NITI Aayog meeting doesn’t suit democratic norms: Sanjay Raut

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s ‘insult’ at NITI Aayog meeting doesn’t suit democratic norms: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut said the “insult” of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is not good for democracy. File | Photo Credit: PTI Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on July 28 said the “insult” of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the NITI Aayog meeting held in New Delhi a day … Read more

Sanjay Raut dismisses Modi’s ‘mellow’ remarks on Uddhav Thackeray, says PM afraid of losing election

Sanjay Raut dismisses Modi’s ‘mellow’ remarks on Uddhav Thackeray, says PM afraid of losing election

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut. File | Photo Credit: PTI Pune A day after PM Narendra Modi in an interview said he would be the first to help Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray if the latter was in trouble, Sena (UBT) spokesperson Sanjay Raut called the PM “a liar” while stating that Mr. … Read more

CBI clean cheat over Air India-Indian Airlines merger: BJP must apologise to ex-PM Singh, says Raut

CBI clean cheat over Air India-Indian Airlines merger: BJP must apologise to ex-PM Singh, says Raut

Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on March 28 asked the BJP to apologise to former prime minister Manmohan Singh after the CBI filed a closure report in its Air India-Indian Airlines merger case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a closure report in … Read more

Thackeray Dussehra rally is a tradition and legacy, rest all ‘duplicate’: Sanjay Raut

Thackeray Dussehra rally is a tradition and legacy, rest all ‘duplicate’: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said the annual Dussehra rally held at the Shivaji Park in Mumbai has been a tradition and is a legacy of more than five decades. File | Photo Credit: ANI Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the annual Dussehra rally held at the Shivaji Park in … Read more

People voted for PM Modi’s charisma, not degree: Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar

People voted for PM Modi’s charisma, not degree:  Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar

Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Ajit Pawar. File | Photo Credit: ANI Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar has credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma for the BJP’s victory in 2014 and said inflation and jobs for the youth are more important issues in the country than the PM’s academic degree. Mr. Pawar’s … Read more

EC recognising Shinde faction as real Shiv Sena an act of ‘political violence’: Sanjay Raut

EC recognising Shinde faction as real Shiv Sena an act of ‘political violence’: Sanjay Raut

There is a party that is more than 50 years old and some of whose MLAs and MPs defected under pressure, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut said while referring to Shiv Sena. File | Photo Credit: PTI Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on February 18 slammed the Election Commission (EC) for … Read more

Rahul Gandhi calls up Sanjay Raut; Sena MP says such gestures becoming rare in times of political bitterness

Rahul Gandhi calls up Sanjay Raut; Sena MP says such gestures becoming rare in times of political bitterness

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday said he received a call from Congress MP Rahul Gandhi who enquired about his health, and claimed such gestures were becoming rare in times of “political bitterness”. Raut said Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, a mass contact initiative underway from September 7, is getting a massive … Read more