Bal Thackeray

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Tuesday appealed to people to overthrow the Congress governments in the state and at the Centre, saying they had ignored crucial issues like rising inflation, electricity shortage, corruption and Indo-Pak relations.

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today dismissed reports of his being on ventilator and blamed a leading Marathi newspaper for spreading the "falsehood".

Amid rumours of deteriorating health of Bal Thackeray, his nephew and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray said on Saturday night that the condition of Shiv Sena supremo was "stable".

Shiv Sena Working President Uddhav Thackeray met the party's MPs and MLAs at noon on Friday amidst reports of party supremo Bal Thackeray's deteriorating health. Udhhav's office said it was a scheduled meeting of legislators before the winter session of both Lok Sabha and state assembly.

Shiv Sena Working President Uddhav Thackeray has called a meeting of the party's MPs and MLAs at noon amid reports of party supremo Bal Thackeray's deteriorating health.

Uddhav asks Mamata, Pawar to withdraw support to UPA

In an interview given to his party's mouthpiece 'Saamna', Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has lavished praises on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj and said that she would make an ideal Prime Ministerial candidate from the party.

A case was filed against Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray, party executive president Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navanirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray for making inflammatory speeches against migrants from Bihar and its people.

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was on Wednesday discharged from Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra, eight days after he was hospitalised.

Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray has been admitted to the ICU of Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital. Thackeray will undergo multiple tests for breathlessness and acute constipation.

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was today admitted to Lilavati hospital in suburban Bandra for a routine check-up, party sources said.

In the backdrop of a crucial meeting of NCP, which is on the offensive against Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, party chief Sharad Pawar's old friend Bal Thackeray has also said Chavan's post may be in a jeopardy.

UPA presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee would meet Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray here on July 13 to thank him for backing his candidature, a senior Congress leader said here today.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) said on Tuesday that they were looking for a candidate from the "Third Front", but since there isn't one, they will hold discussions with other political parties and then come out with its decision.

Giving a major boost to the UPA's Presidential candidate, key NDA constituent Shiv Sena on Tuesday described Pranab Mukherjee as the "right candidate" for the top post and sought unanimous support for him.

India may come to a standstill on Thursday with the BJP-led NDA and the Left giving a call for a nation-wide bandh to demand a rollback of the steepest-ever petrol price hike.

Calling for a united opposition to demand roll back in petrol price hike, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today asked people to stand together against the government's move.

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday alluded to Karnataka as a "snake" after expressing shock at the Maharashtra government's decision to share water with people in scarcity-hit districts in the neighbouring state of Karnataka.

The Shiv Sena-BJP alliance stuck to its early lead in the richest civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls as counting is underway on Friday. It's a do-or-die battle for the Shiv Sena, which has controlled the BMC since 1996.

Poll result for the country's richest municipal body, the Maharashtra Civic Polls, will be out on Friday. The Shiv Sena-BJP alliance took the initial lead in the richest civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).