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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 7 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray strongly criticised the BJP on Monday, accusing the party of trying to divide Maharashtra and pushing an anti-Marathi narrative to create fear and political instability in the state. Speaking to reporters, Aaditya Thackeray said, '...This is exactly the BJP's mentality, which is anti-Maharashtra. We have asked everyone not to react to such crazy and dirty minds because they want to create fear and instability in Ma ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 7 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Monday slammed BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for his reported "patak patak ke marenge" (will thrash you) remarks targeting MNS chief Raj Thackeray and his cousin Uddhav amid violence against Hindi-speaking people in Maharashtra. "To those beating Hindi speakers in Mumbai, if you have the courage, try beating Urdu speakers in Maharashtra. Even a dog is a tiger in its own home. Decide for yourself who is the dog and who is the tiger," the God ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 7: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief, Uddhav Thackeray on Monday slammed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for terming as "rudali" his speech at the victory rally held to celebrate the government's decision to withdraw introduction of Hindi from Grade 1 in the state. "They don't even have the people to express their sorrow. They have to get those people from other parties. I can understand Fadnavis' reaction. But those who feel sad about the happy moments of Marathi people are very ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actor Hrishikesh Pandey known for his role as Inspector Sachin in the popular CID franchise, shared his views on the ongoing Marathi language debate in Maharashtra. Talking exclusively with IANS, he shared that while it is admirable to respect one's local language, it is not easy for everyone to learn a new language quickly. When asked about his views on the growing pressure in Mumbai about speaking Marathi, Hrishikesh stressed that we should promote living wit ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 7 (ANI): BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday accused the Congress party of being responsible for the rise of Bhindranwale and for taking help from the British Army during Operation Blue Star in 1984. He also alleged that Congress had committed multiple injustices against the Sikh community. Speaking to ANI, Dubey said, 'The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Britain had written a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1984. Operation Blue Star happened in June 1984, ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam): BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday accused the Congress party of being responsible for the rise of Bhindranwale and for taking help from the British Army during Operation Blue Star in 1984. He also alleged that Congress had committed multiple injustices against the Sikh community. Speaking to ANI, Dubey said, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Britain had written a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1984. Operation Blue Star happened in June 1984, this letter is dated Fe ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 7 (ANI): BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday accused the Congress party of being responsible for the rise of Bhindranwale and for taking help from the British Army during Operation Blue Star in 1984. He also alleged that Congress had committed multiple injustices against the Sikh community. Also Read | Kozhikode Shocker: 2-Month-Old Baby Boy Dies After Developing Uneasiness During Circumcision Procedure in Kerala, Case Registered. Speaking to ANI, Dubey said, "The ...Read More >
New Delhi [India] July 7 (ANI): Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday lauded the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raising the issue of the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, which disturbed the peace in Kashmir at the BRICS summit, where all member nations condemned it in unison. He said while talking with ANI, "...Pakistan Army and the government did plan the Pahalgam attack and disturbed the peace that was in Kashmir post abrogation of Article 370... PM Modi raised this issue in BRICS, and ...Read More >
Mumbai: An old video of Bal Thackeray, the late founder of Shiv Sena, has resurfaced, where he asserts, "I may be Marathi in Maharashtra but I am Hindu in Hindustan." This clip gained attention during ongoing tensions between his successors, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, and the ruling Mahayuti alliance, led by the BJP, over the primacy of the Marathi language versus the 'imposition' of Hindi. In the video, Bal Thackeray, adorned with a saffron shawl, emphasizes the need to prioritize Hindutva over ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 7 (ANI): Hitting at BJP Mumbai chief Ashish Shelar for comparing the violence in the Hindi-Marathi controversy to the Pahalgam terror attack, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said that it is wrong and shows the BJP's mindset. Speaking to reporters, Sanjay Raut said, 'A few people refuse to accept the culture and the Marathi language. If not in Maharashtra, where would the Marathi language be - in Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Nepal? If people do a movement ...Read More >
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut launched a counterattack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on a comparison between the Marathi language row and the Pahalgam terror attack, saying it shows the party's 'mindset'. This comes after Maharashtra minister Ashish Selar compared terrorists asking for religion before shooting tourists in Pahalgam to people being assaulted for not speaking Marathi. Raut asked if the Marathi language wouldn't be in Maharashtra, would it be in Pakistan? "A few people ref ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 7 (ANI): Hitting at BJP Mumbai chief Ashish Shelar for comparing the violence in the Hindi-Marathi controversy to the Pahalgam terror attack, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said that it is wrong and shows the BJP's mindset. Speaking to reporters, Sanjay Raut said, "A few people refuse to accept the culture and the Marathi language. If not in Maharashtra, where would the Marathi language be - in Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Nepal? If people do a movement ...Read More >
Mumbai: The first episode of 'Maharashtra Dharma', a new podcast series featuring chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, was released on Sunday. Titled 'Maharashtra Dharma: Foundation and Formation', the episode was focussed on Maharashtra's spiritual journey across centuries, from its mention in the mythological epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata, to the influence of Lord Buddha, and the rise of the Maratha empire and the freedom movement. The podcast comes amid a raging row in Maharashtra over the go ...Read More >
Mumbai: BJP Mumbai president and Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Adv. Ashish Shelar launched a sharp attack on Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray following their recent joint rally, calling the event "an over-staged spectacle" filled with incomplete thoughts and irrelevant speeches. Commenting on the performance of both Thackerays, Shelar remarked, "One left his thoughts incomplete, while the other rambled without relevance. It was more of a theatrical show than a political statement." D ...Read More >
New Delhi: The political fallout between US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk escalated sharply on Sunday, with Trump slamming Musk's newly announced "America Party" as a recipe for "total disruption and chaos." In a blistering post on his Truth Social account, Trump said Musk had "gone off the rails," accusing the Tesla and SpaceX chief of pursuing a "third political party" that would never succeed in America's entrenched two-party system. The comments come a day after Musk for ...Read More >
Following Uddhav and Raj Thackeray's joint rally celebrating the government's reversal on Hindi language imposition, Congress leaders downplayed their claim. Prithviraj Chavan acknowledged the Thackerays' celebration but highlighted widespread opposition to the GRs.After Uddhav and Raj Thackeray hosted a joint rally claiming credit for the government's climbdown on the "imposition" of the Hindi language, the Congress reminded the cousins that the government's move was opposed by various sections ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 6 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for comparing the Pahalgam terror attack to incidents of violence in Maharashtra amid the ongoing language controversy, and said that the ruling party holds 'a lot of poison' in its mind towards the state. He further questioned the ruling BJP in the centre over the delay in arresting the terrorists responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack. 'There is a lot of po ...Read More >
Following threats over his refusal to learn Marathi, investor Sushil Kedia's Worli office in Mumbai was vandalized on Saturday by unidentified individuals. The attackers, who raised slogans supporting MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Marathi pride, pelted stones at Kedia's office. Kedia had earlier challenged Thackeray and vowed not to learn Marathi in response to alleged misconduct.Unidentified persons raised slogans supporting MNS chief Raj Thackeray and vandalised the office of investor Sushil Ked ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 6 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for comparing the Pahalgam terror attack to incidents of violence in Maharashtra amid the ongoing language controversy, and said that the ruling party holds 'a lot of poison' in its mind towards the state. He further questioned the ruling BJP in the centre over the delay in arresting the terrorists responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack. 'There is a lot of po ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A day after celebrating government's rollback on "Hindi imposition," Shive Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday dismissed the controversy between Hindi vs Marathi in Maharashtra.Thackeray claimed that that the controversy is only on "biased media" and the issue was of "burden of three languages" on students."I think this controversy is only on biased media or social media. Otherwise, there is no Hindi vs Marathi in Maharashtra. The controversy was just about the burden of thr ...Read More >
Mumbai: A day after the estranged Thackeray cousins shared a political stage, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut cautioned Raj Thackeray against straying from the path of unity while reminding him that past forays into the BJP camp had brought him no dividends.Raut's comments in a column in the Sena (UBT) mouthpiece, coming after a widely debated moment in Maharashtra's politics, is indicative of wariness in the Sena (UBT) camp about Raj's unpredictable ways. Raut wrote Raj had cosied up to BJP and ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 6: Actor Rajkummar Rao has addressed the ongoing debate around the Hindi-Marathi language issue in Maharashtra and opened up about the silence of Hindi film actors on such sensitive topics. In a recent conversation with IANS, the 'Stree' actor shared his nuanced view on why not every actor publicly comments on every issue and why silence doesn't necessarily mean indifference. When asked whether Bollywood actors avoid speaking on Hindi-Marathi issue and controversial topics to remain ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 6 (ANI): Amid the political sparring over Hindi imposition charge by the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar on Sunday compared the agony of the Pahalgam terror attack, where Hindus were killed in the name of religion, and those getting 'beaten up' in the name of language. He said that these incidents were distressing for him. 'All these incidents cause pain, suffering, and mental distress. In Pahalgam, they shot ...Read More >
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing language row, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday criticised Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for his recent remarks, calling them controversial and promoting "dadagiri" (bullying). Athawale said that forcing people to speak Marathi is wrong and he also questioned Uddhav Thackeray's silence on attacks against Hindus and said strict action should be taken against MNS workers involved in violence. Ramdas Athawale questioned Raj Thackeray's sta ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister and Republican Party of India (RPI) leader Ramdas Athawale on Sunday strongly criticized Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and his party workers over their recent stance on the Hindi language and the violent incidents targeting Hindi-speaking citizens in Mumbai. Athawale called for an immediate end to "gundagardi" (hooliganism) and warned that such actions would damage Mumbai's cosmopolitan status. Reacting to the ongoing con ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 6 (PTI) Amid violence against Hindi-speaking people, Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Ashish Shelar on Sunday drew parallels between the Pahalgam terror attack and the beating of "Hindus" in Mumbai, which he said is condoned by some leaders. In a veiled attack on Uddhav Thackeray and his cousin Raj Thackeray who reunited on Saturday at a joint rally for the cause of Marathi people, Shelar said the state is watching how some leaders are "enjoying other Hindus being beaten up". Th ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 6 (PTI) With MNS resorting to street-fighting over Marathi, actor and singer Dinesh Lal Yadav, popularly known as Nirahua, has dared the Thackeray cousins to drive him out of Maharashtra for speaking in Bhojpuri. Hitting back, an MNS leader said Yadav should visit Maharashtra if he has guts. Also Read | No Change in Instructions for 'Special Intensive Revision' in Bihar, Says Election Commission After Advertisement Leads to Confusion. Yadav had unsuccessfully contested the 2024 e ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 6 (PTI) With MNS resorting to street-fighting over Marathi, actor and singer Dinesh Lal Yadav, popularly known as Nirahua, has dared the Thackeray cousins to drive him out of Maharashtra for speaking in Bhojpuri. Hitting back, an MNS leader said Yadav should visit Maharashtra if he has guts. Yadav had unsuccessfully contested the 2024 elections from Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency against Samajwadi Party's Dharmendra Yadav. "I am giving an open challenge. I do not speak Marathi. ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maharashtra minister Ashish Shelar dismissed the speeches of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray during their joint rally on Saturday as irrelevant, diversionary and vague. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, the Mumbai BJP chief also took a swipe at the Thackeray brothers for trying to hard sell their own agenda and narrative under the premise of opposing 'imposition' of Hindi language in the state. "Thackeray brothers boasted and br ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 6 (PTI) The coming together of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has unnerved ruling Mahayuti leaders, including Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut said on Sunday. Raut, who belongs to the Sena (UBT), told reporters here that leaders of the Mahayuti have been left clueless after the Thackeray cousins held their "victory" rally on Saturday to celebrate the rollback of the Hindi language GRs (Gov ...Read More >
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