Raj Thackeray

Speaking at a press conference here, he also hit out at the Maharashtra Police for detaining his party workers and `letting off' those who do not follow law.

In 2008, Raj Thackeray was booked under sections 109 and 117 (abetment of offence) of IPC for allegedly making inflammatory speeches.

In UP, nearly 11,000 unauthorised loudspeakers had been removed from religious places and volume of another 35,000 was set to permissible limits Pradesh following a government order, a senior police official said on Wednesday.

Dilip Walse Patil’s comments came amid the demand raised by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the BJP for the removal of loudspeakers from mosques.

“We are not opposing their prayers. But if they insist on using loudspeakers then they will have to listen to our prayers on loudspeakers,” the MNS chief said.

Ajit Pawar said that Maharashtra has ensured communal harmony for years, but "leaders of some parties" have of late been talking about installing loudspeakers "here and there".

Devendra Fadnavis and his wife Amruta met Raj Thackeray, his wife Sharmila at the latter’s new residence 'Shivteerth' at Dadar in central Mumbai. All four of them were seen chatting in the balcony of the MNS president’s house.

Earlier, the state government had announced the promotion of students in classes 1-8 without conducting offline exams.

Reacting to the government's decision, Fadnavis said he had no complaints or worry.

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While some of the leaders gathered at Mantralaya (state secretariat), others, including Uddhav Thackeray himself, took part in the meeting through video conference, an official in the Chief Minister's Office said.

Pointing to the fact that the state's treasury is fast depleting, the MNS chief said that wine shops would help boost revenue.

Talking to reporters here, he said government teams should first check mortality rate of the viral infection.

The BJP and the Shiv Sena, which had fought the assembly polls in alliance, had secured a comfortable majority by winning 105 and 56 seats respectively. However, the Sena broke its three-decade-long ties with the BJP after the latter declined to share the chief minister's post.

On Sunday, the MNS had organised a well-attended march from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan in south Mumbai demanding eviction of Pakistani and Bangladeshi infiltrators from the country, with Thackeray also voicing support for the Citizenship Amendment Act.

This comes days after MNS declared its support to the Narendra Modi government over the eviction of Bangladeshi and Pakistani “infiltrators”

Before unveiling the flag, MNS chief Raj Thackeray paid tributes to his uncle and late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray on the latter's 94th birth anniversary on January 23

Raj Thackeray is expected to make a major announcement regarding MNS’ strategy at a party conclave on January 23. Reports suggest the party may shift its ideological position to Hindutva

The mentor-protege equation of uncles with their nephews has slipped into unpleasant territory in the struggle for power in not just the NCP but also the Shiv Sena and the BJP.

Addressing a rally in Pune, Thackeray said," Looking at the condition of Maharashtra, the state needs a strong opposition which will not bend and crawl before the government."