MIRA/BHAYANDaR: MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Friday said if Hindi was made mandatory for Classes 1 to 5 in schools in Maharashtra, his party will “shut down schools”. Speaking at a rally in Mira Bhayandar, he referred to CM Devendra Fadnavis’s latest reported statement that the three-language policy will be implemented in the state. Earlier…
Raj Thackeray (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) supremo Raj Thackeray on Friday lashed out at the chaos and violence that erupted at the Maharashtra Assembly, questioning the decline in political standards and decorum. Referring to the clash between BJP and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar faction) leaders, Thackeray called it a reflection of an…
Minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said that the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government will not tolerate incidents of “bullying” non-Marathi speakers in the state.“Those who indulge in such bullying will be taught a lesson,” Athawale said…
Centre tells SC blood money only option to save Kerala nurse in Yemen; Air India CEO says no mechanical fault in AI-171 crash The Centre told the Supreme Court that the only recourse in Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya’s death sentence in Yemen is a “blood money settlement” as diplomatic options remain limited. Air India CEO…
Priyanka Chaturvedi on Marathi-Hindi Row: राज ठाकरे की महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेना (MNS) के कार्यकर्ताओं की ओर से गैर-मराठी भाषी लोगों पर किए गए हालिया हमलों को लेकर काफी बवाल मचा है. इसमें मुंबई के एक राजस्थानी मूल के दुकानदार पर हमला भी शामिल है. इन हमलों को लेकर लोगों के गुस्से पर शिवसेना (UBT) की…
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing row in the state over the “imposition” of Hindi, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has instructed party members to refrain from making any public or media statements.“A clear directive… No one from the party is to interact with newspapers, news channels, or any digital media,” Thackeray said in a…
Raj and Uddhav Thackeray Reunion: महाराष्ट्र की राजनीति में एक ऐसा दृश्य सामने आया, जिसने बीते दो दशकों की दूरियों को मिटा दिया. चचेरे भाई राज ठाकरे और उद्धव ठाकरे, जो वर्षों से अलग राह पर चल रहे थे, अब एक साथ एक ही मंच पर नजर आए. इसे सिर्फ एक राजनीतिक मुलाकात नहीं, बल्कि…
NEW DELHI: “What Balasaheb Thackeray could not do, chief minister Fadnavis has managed to do.” This is what Raj Thackeray said as he shared the stage with his estranged cousin Uddhav Thackeray after almost twenty years.This came after both parties – MNS and Shiv Sena (UBT) – took credit for compelling the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra…
NEW DELHI: Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, once estranged cousins vying over Bal Thackeray’s legacy, are now uniting in opposition to the imposition of Hindi in Maharashtra’s schools. In a post on X, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut announced that Thackeray’s brothers will jointly lead a protest march on July 5 against the imposition of…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has issued a stern warning to the educational institutions in the state not to support the Fadnavis government’s plan to impose the language that is “spoken in some northern provinces.“Thackeray asserted that if schools’ actions support the government’s “hidden agenda,” then MNS will consider it a “betrayal”…