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Mumbai: A Shiv Sena legislator beat up an MLA hostel canteen employee on Tuesday night for what he alleged was "stale food". The assault was captured by several people on their phones, but so far no action has been taken against the politician, Sanjay Gaikwad. The legislator representing Buldhana, who was staying at the hostel, had ordered dinner from the canteen. According to people in the know, Gaikwad, claiming that the food served to him in his room was stale, trooped down in a vest and towel, abused the canteen staff and then slapped and repeatedly punched one employee. Gaikwad has not denied attacking the employee and said it was in "self-defence". Neither the food contractor nor the employee filed a police complaint.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 9 (ANI): Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad on Wednesday issued a clarification after a purported video of former allegedly beating a poor helpless canteen worker went viral on social media. Gaikwad, an MLA from Buldhana stated his repeated pleas to the canteen staff to serve quality food fell to deaf ears. I have been coming to Akashwani canteen for 30 years and staying here for 5.5 years. I have repeatedly requested that they serve good food. Eggs 15 days old, non-veg 15-20 days old, vegetables 2-4 days old. Nearly 5,000-10,000 people eat here, and everyone has ...Read More >
Mumbai: Two days after a video of Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad assaulting staffers at the Akashwani MLA hostel canteen in Colaba over "stale dal" went viral, Marine Drive police registered a non-cognisable offence against him on Friday.The NC was filed soon after CM Fadnavis contradicted minister of state for home Yogesh Kadam in an embarrassment of sorts for the state govt. While Kadam said police cannot act against Gaikwad as there is no complaint, the CM said cops should definitely probe the case and no one needs to file a complaint for that, report Mateen Hafeez & Chaitanya Marpakwar. A co ...Read More >
Mumbai: Shiv Sena minister Bharat Gogawale caused a flutter on Saturday by alleging that criminal cases, jail stint, fights and "murder" aided BJP MP and former CM Narayan Rane's rise in politics. A day later, Nitesh Rane, Rane's son and BJP minister, said his father has no police record related to any murder, and that he will meet Gogawale and "broaden his understanding" of certain facts.Political observers said Gogawale may have got carried away in the heat of the moment but he had embarrassed the Ranes, who are in BJP. The Ranes are likely to play down his comment to prevent any slugfest be ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 9 (PTI) Viral video footage showing a ruling Shiv Sena MLA slapping and punching an employee at the MLAs' hostel canteen here for serving "stale food" has drawn widespread condemnation from government and opposition, with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis denouncing the act. The CM said such behaviour sends a "wrong message" about legislators misusing their power. The widely circulated video shows Buldhana MLA Sanjay Gaikwad, wearing a vest and a towel, confronting the canteen contractor and forcing him to smell a packet of dal before slapping and punching him. The c ...Read More >
Mumbai: Criticising Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad's assault on MLA hostel's canteen staff, CM Devendra Fadnavis said in the legislative council that elected representatives indulging in violence and videos of such attacks going viral lowers the image of elected representatives and creates an impression of misuse of power. Fadnavis termed the MLA's conduct as "improper" and the issue as "serious." Gaikwad's party chief, Dy CM Eknath Shinde, said he had "censured" the Buldhana MLA and added "it was not right" for him to beat up the canteen staffer. However, while the opposition demanded action ag ...Read More >
Mumbai: Shiv Sena Shinde faction MLA Sanjay Gaikwad is now facing a non-cognizable offence case for assaulting and threatening a canteen employee at the MLA hostel near Churchgate. Mumbai's Marine Drive Police have initiated legal proceedings in the case, acting independently without the need for a formal complaint, reported IANS, quoting the cops. The move follows a viral video that surfaced earlier this week, showing Gaikwad physically assaulting a staff member over alleged complaints of stale and substandard food being served at the canteen. The footage sparked widespread criticism and pol ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 9 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the incident of Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad slapping an employee of a canteen at the MLAs' hostel in Mumbai sends out a wrong message about all legislators that they indulge in misuse of power. The issue was raised in the legislative council by Shiv Sena (UBT) legislator Anil Parab, who accused the ruling party MLA of being high on power, and said such incidents also damage the image of CM Fadnavis. "Such a conduct does not behove anyone. It impacts the image of the state legislature and as an MLA," Fadnavis ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Fresh off slapping a canteen worker over "stale food," Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad on Friday upped the ante by publicly threatening AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel. "I will beat Imtiaz Jaleel so badly that he will not be in a position to run a hotel," Gaikwad told news agency PTI, reacting to Jaleel's criticism of the assault.The original incident began when Gaikwad, a two-time MLA from Buldhana, ordered dinner on Tuesday night and claimed the dal and rice were stale and foul-smelling. Enraged, he stormed into the canteen, forced a worker to smell the food, and slapped and punched him. ...Read More >
Raj Thackeray, MNS chief, claims 96 lakh fake voters are on Maharashtra's electoral rolls. He challenges the Election Commission to clean the lists before local body polls. Thackeray alleges this is an attempt to finish regional parties and fix election outcomes. He urges party workers to verify voter lists. The State Election Commission states voter lists are managed securely. MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday alleged that 96 lakh fake voters have been added to Maharashtra's electoral rolls and ...Read More >
Thane, Dec 26 (VOICE) A couple has been arrested in connection with the abduction, rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Thane district. Coming barely after the Badlapur sexual assault on two nursery class girls in August, this is the second case that has sparked outrage with people demanding the noose for the alleged perpetrators - Vishal Gawli, 35 and his wife Sakshi Gawli, 25. Vishal Gawli is accused of kidnapping the girl from near her home, where she was playing on Monday, taking her to his house, assaulting, raping, killing and then dumping her body near a cemetery in ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 9 (PTI) Maharashtra Shiv Sena legislator Sanjay Gaikwad slapped an employee at the MLAs' hostel canteen in Mumbai after being served stale food, drawing condemnation from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as well as the opposition parties. As a video of the assault went viral and led to an outrage, CM Fadnavis said such a conduct does not behove anyone and sends out a wrong message about all legislators that they indulge in misuse of power. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, also termed his party leader's actions as "inappropriate". Gaikwad, the MLA fro ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a strong and clear message, Shiv Sena supremo and Deputy Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde asked the party ministers, legislators and office bearers to strictly follow party discipline and not compel him to take action. "In the past few days, certain incidents have taken place. People don't point fingers at you -- they point at me for what you do. They ask me: 'What are your MLAs up to? You all are my people. We are one family. Your disrepute is my disrepute. Don't waste your energy on unnecessary matters. Speak less, work more. "Some ministers had ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A delegation led by chief minister Siddaramaiah, his deputy DK Shivakumar and some cabinet colleagues met Union defence minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday and sought central support for a wide range of proposals -- from setting up two defence industrial corridors and securing defence land for major infrastructure work in Bengaluru, to hosting an Indian Air Force (IAF) air show during this year's Mysuru Dasara celebrations.In a letter to Singh, Siddaramaiah urged the Centre to establish a defence industrial corridor each in North and South Karnataka, like those announced in Uttar Prade ...Read More >
Bareilly (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) A teacher from Bahedi district, who went viral recently after reciting a poem mentioning Kanwar Yatra, approached the police on Thursday stating a threat to his life from anti-social elements. A case has been registered at Bahedi police station based on a complaint from Dr Rajneesh Kumar Gangwar, a teacher at MGM Inter College in the district. According to Circle Officer Arun Kumar Singh, Gangwar's complaint says that ever since his recitation of the poem 'Tum Kanwad Lene Mat Jana, Gyaan Ka Deepak Jalaana' (You don't go get Kavad, light the lamp of knowledge inste ...Read More >
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday attributed the clash between supporters of NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad and BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar in the assembly lobby and the incident of Shiv Sena legislator Sanjay Gaikwad slapping a canteen staffer over 'stale' dal to "arrogance born out of power".The scuffle in the assembly has tarnished Maharashtra's image, Uddhav told mediapersons on Vidhan Bhavan premises on the last day of the monsoon session. He hit out at the BJP-led Mahayuti govt, noting the conduct of those in power was bringing shame to the dignity of the state. Assert ...Read More >
In a major political shift, former Shivsena (UBT) corporator Tejaswi Ghosalkar joined the BJP. Her move is seen as a significant setback for the Uddhav Thackeray-led party ahead of the crucial BMC elections in Mumbai. Former Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) corporator and Shivsena (UBT) leader Tejaswi Ghosalkar on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a move that could significantly alter the political landscape in North Mumbai ahead of the upcoming BMC elections. Add Asiane ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 9 (PTI) The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday collected the samples of food from the canteen of an MLAs' hostel here and sent them for testing, a day after Shiv Sena legislator Sanjay Gaikwad assaulted its staffer for allegedly serving stale food to him. Gaikwad, who represents the Buldhana assembly constituency, sparked a controversy after a video of him slapping a canteen worker went viral on social media. The MLA claimed the food served to him was stale, and said his repeated complaints to the authorities had gone unheeded. As the monsoon session of t ...Read More >
Buldhana (Maharashtra), Oct 16 (PTI) Echoing the Opposition's allegations of anomalies in electoral rolls, ruling Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad on Thursday demanded that the Election Commission remove 'dual' voters as well as the dead ones from the lists. Talking to reporters, he said every voter should be linked to the Aadhaar card and death certificate, so that the name of a deceased person can be removed from the lists immediately after the death. "Why is the Election Commission not deleting dual voters (voters whose names figure in two or more lists) and those who figure in the list despi ...Read More >
MUMBAI: After taking up the issue of alleged voter list fudging directly with the Election Commission (EC), political parties, mainly the opposition, have decided to take the matter to the people. Questioning the integrity of the poll body, they will hit the Mumbai streets on November 1 in a march similar to the one led by Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi in August. All the senior leaders such as Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Raj Thackeray and Harshwardhan Sapkal are expected to participate in the march, which will be the first such protest against the EC in Maharashtra. The details of the march w ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) A non-cognisable offence is being filed against Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad in the MLA hostel canteen worker assault case, Mumbai Police said on Friday."The process to file the offence is underway at the Marine Drive police station," a police official told PTI. After the incident, which happened on Tuesday night, sparked a furore, the two-time Buldhana MLA refused to express regret and said he would repeat his actions if needed. ...Read More >
Nashik: Elections for 29 municipal corporations in the state were announced on Monday, including Nashik and Malegaon. Following the formal announcement, political activity has intensified in both cities. In Nashik, a straight contest between the Mahayuti and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is expected, while in Malegaon, the possibility remains that the MVA and the Mahayuti may contest separately against the AIMIM. Nashik is considered one of the politically significant municipal corporations in the state. In the 2017 elections, the BJP won 66 seats and formed the government on its own, while the ...Read More >
Mumbai: The assembly was briefly adjourned on Tuesday after a ruckus broke out over delayed redevelopment of around 10,000 slums on defence land in Bandra East.Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Varun Sardesai, who raised a calling attention motion, said the issue has been pending since 2017 and pointed out delays in getting an NOC from the defence ministry as well as in transferring the land to the state govt. Seeking a time-bound solution, he said the state govt was only giving bureaucratic replies, with officials merely sending letters to the Centre but nothing moving on the ground.Irked, Shiv Sena minister ...Read More >
NAVI MUMBAI: Political observers suggest that the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is on the verge of a fracture in Navi Mumbai and Thane with both parties likely to contest the municipal elections in the two cities separately. The divide between the allies has deepened amid mutual allegations as the civic elections approach.Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde and industries minister Uday Samant recently launched a fierce attack on BJP's Airoli MLA Ganesh Naik ahead of the elections.The Shinde-Naik rivalry has only intensified over the past few days, signalling a potential face-to-face contest as the BJ ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 9: Ruling Shiv Sena's MLA Sanjay Gaikwad allegedly slapped an employee of a canteen at the MLA's hostel in Mumbai after complaining about being served stale food. After the incident on Tuesday night, the Buldhana MLA said the food served to him was of poor quality and he will raise the issue during the ongoing monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature. A video of the incident, which took place at the Akashvani MLA hostel, has gone viral on social media platforms. Raj Thackeray Issues Gag Order to MNS Cadres Amid Hindi-Marathi Language Row in Maharashtra, Prohibits Party Membe ...Read More >
The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has suspended the licence of a caterer that operates the canteen at the MLA hostel in Mumbai, where a staffer was assaulted by a Shiv Sena legislator for allegedly serving stale food. Mumbai, July 10: The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has suspended the licence of a caterer that operates the canteen at the MLA hostel in Mumbai, where a staffer was assaulted by a Shiv Sena legislator for allegedly serving stale food. The FDA, in its suspension order on Wednesday evening, stated the contractor (Ajanta Caterers) had violated pr ...Read More >
Mumbai: Former Shiv Sena UBT corporator Tejasvee Ghosalkar on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, triggering fresh political churn in north Mumbai ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections. Her switch is being seen as a significant setback for the Shiv Sena (UBT), particularly in the Dahisar-Magathane belt, where the party's organisational strength has been steadily eroding over the past few years. Joined BJP in Presence of Senior Party Leaders Tejasvee Ghosalkar, who had served as the women's wing head of the Sena (UBT) in the Dahisar Assembly constituency, joined the ...Read More >
Deputy CM Eknath Shinde has urged Shiv Sena legislators and ministers to adhere to discipline amidst scandals involving party members. Incidents include an MLA assault and a viral video of a minister with cash. Shinde warns against power abuse and highlights the need for restraint and accountability. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has stepped in to restore order within the Shiv Sena amidst public backlash over recent controversies involving senior party members. In a party meeting held on ...Read More >
Mumbai: Shiv Sena legislator Sanjay Gaikwad on Thursday said his act of assaulting a staffer at an MLA hostel canteen for serving "stale food" may have been harsh, but it led to a swift action from the government on the food quality issue despite repeated complaints earlier. A viral video footage showing the Buldhana MLA slapping and punching an employee at the Akashwani MLAs' hostel canteen here on Tuesday night for serving "stale food" has drawn widespread condemnation from government and opposition, with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis denouncing the act. The Maharashtra Food ...Read More >
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) MLA Sanjay Gaikwad during Monsoon session of the Maharashtra Assembly, at Vidhan Bhavan, in Mumbai, Wednesday, July 9, 2025.Source : PTI A day after a video of him brutally assaulting a canteen contractor went viral, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) MLA Sanjay Gaikwad made controversial remarks on Thursday with a communal tirade targeting South Indian communities. The Buldhana legislator questioned the decision to award food contracts to non-Marathis, particularly South Indians, accusing them of "spoiling Maharashtra's culture". "Why was a contractor named ...Read More >
Nagpur: Pardi flyover, which was expected to be East Nagpur's only functional route during the rains, has succumbed to the first monsoon downpour. Torrential rains have resulted in multiple potholes, uneven patches, and loose gravel deposits on the flyover, turning the Kalamna, Itwari and Bhandara wings into pothole-ridden stretches resembling a booby trap. Additionally, the roundabout above has developed several depressions, posing risk to motorists.Commuters have raised concerns over the safety and longevity of the structure, demanding immediate repairs and fixing accountability of the execu ...Read More >