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Sena show of strength at Dussehra rally today
Sunday 21 October '07The Shiv Sena is preparing for a grand display of power during its much-touted annual Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park on Sunday.
Ties with Sena intact: State BJP chief
Saturday 18 August '07Maharashtra BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the party’s alliance with the Shiv Sena was intact as of now
CV of first would-be ‘woman President’: backed Indira, backed by Rajiv
Friday 15 June '07To what extent did the Left and the UPA discuss the credentials of Pratibha Patil may not be known given the way her candidature for the Presidential elections was decided.
To invest in future, Sena chief woos NCP: join hands
Wednesday 21 March '07When Bal Thackeray used a book-release function at his home today to declare that a Shiv Sena alliance with NCP could work wonders for Maharashtra, he was not just reiterating an old view.
Rise of chhote sarkar
Tuesday 6 February '07For the first time, Uddhav Thackeray will be viewed as a politician in his own right
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BMC win puts Uddhav firmly in father’s shoes
Monday 5 February '07The Shiv Sena’s success in the BMC elections has put the stamp of approval on Uddhav Thackeray’s claim to Bal Thackeray’s legacy.
Sena in poll mode, no b’day bash for chief
Tuesday 23 January '07This time, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s birthday celebrations would be a low key affair.
Speak in mother tongue, Thackeray tells Marathis
Friday 5 January '07For the Shiv Sena, struggling to revive its sagging fortunes in the city and other parts of the state, it is back to the trusted emotive plank again.
Saddam is a martyr, says Sena mouthpiece
Wednesday 3 January '07Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna has strongly criticised the hanging of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Sena mouthpiece targets Raj Thackeray
Friday 22 December '06For the first time since Raj Thackeray parted ways with the Shiv Sena to form the Maharshtra Navnirman Sena...
Finally, CID files chargesheet against Congress moneylender-MLA, family
Tuesday 26 September '06Barely three months after The Indian Express first reported on the money-lending business run by Congress MLA from Khamgaon Dilip Sananda...
No questions against me: moneylender MLA to House
Saturday 8 July '06Congress MLA Dilip Sananda, who along with his family runs Vidarbha’s biggest moneylending business, has written a letter to the Speaker and Chairman of the two Houses of the State Legislature threatening to take legal action against any member who tries to “malign” his image.
Moneylender MLA says I’m clean, facts show the opposite
Tuesday 4 July '06Congress MLA Dilip Sananda, member of Vidarbha’s most prominent money-lender family and whose reach goes right to the Maharashtra Chief Minister...
‘The MLA has money, muscle, he can kill me but I am educated so I must fight’
Sunday 2 July '06Meet the Vidarbha farmer who borrowed Rs 40,000 from Cong MLA’s money-lender family in June 2002. He’s repaid Rs 1.75 lakh but they still want more...And the Chief Minister doesn’t want any action
Suicide belt’s key moneylender is Cong MLA, CM tells police go easy
Friday 30 June '06If debt is the root cause of farmers’ suicides in Vidarbha, private moneylenders are its prime agents. Last year alone, the Maharashtra government registered cases against 1,234 of them
Mumbai plans to free space, resettle slumdwellers in developed salt-pans
Friday 16 June '06The Centre is working on a comprehensive policy for redeveloping the slums in Mumbai so that precious real estate in the island city can be freed up for infrastructure and development.
Out of jail, Naik blames govt, eyes Cabinet return
Tuesday 13 June '06Former Maharashtra Minister Surupsinh Naik, on completion of his 30-day jail term, today blamed the government for not defending his case properly.
Deshmukh govt goes house-hunting for Pakistan in Mumbai
Tuesday 23 May '06Suggests three sites for Pak mission, sends names to MEA which hopes this will speed up opening of Indian consulate in Karachi
After SC blow, addl chief secy refuses to surrender
Monday 15 May '06Sentenced to a month in prison for contempt of court by the Supreme Court, suspended additional chief secretary Ashok Khot today said he’s not ready to surrender immediately.
Naik surrenders, but Khot says not today
Sunday 14 May '06Former Maharashtra Transport Minister Surupsinh Naik on Saturday morning surrendered at the Malabar Hills police station after the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed his plea...
All doors shut, Naik to surrender today
Saturday 13 May '06Maharashtra Transport Minister Swarupsinh Naik has resigned and will surrender to the police tomorrow to undergo the one-month prison term ordered by the Supreme Court for contempt of court.
Three held with RDX say it was meant for Gujarat
Friday 12 May '06The three men arrested on Tuesday night near Aurangabad with 30 kg of RDX and 10 AK-47 rifles have told police officers grilling them that the explosives were meant for use in Gujarat, sources said today.
In Maharashtra he was ‘PM’
Thursday 4 May '06Whenever the Sena tiger roared, Mahajan would step in and ease the strain with Vajpayee; now with rifts in Sena and BJP, ‘PM’ will be missed.
‘I should’ve got my gun serviced’
Sunday 30 April '06Six days ago, Pravin Mahajan—who allegedly shot at his brother BJP general secretary Pramod three times on April 22...
Torn between two sons, Mahajan mother has one query: how did it happen?
Thursday 27 April '06The Mahajan siblings have never seen their mother break down. She didn’t when their father Venkatesh died. And she certainly didn’t when it all came down on her to bring up her five children, Pramod (eldest), Prakash, Pratibha, Pragnya, Praveen.
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