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Show courage in checking hate speeches: SC to Centre, States

Apr 29, 2013

Voicing concern over hate speeches by politicians and religious leaders, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central and state governments to show courage and take penal action in such cases which "disturb the basic fabric". #NewsTracker #Supreme Court #Raj Thackeray #Akbaruddin Owaisi #All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
No question of Ajit Pawar resigning, says NCP

Apr 12, 2013

NCP on Friday said that its leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's controversial remarks on drought and load-shedding were a "closed chapter", and he would not resign. #Congress #NewsTracker #Raj Thackeray #Ajit Pawar #NCP
Five MNS workers arrested in connection with Mumbai Indiabulls attack

Mar 26, 2013

Five Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers were arrested by the Mumbai Police on Monday for allegedly vandalising the Indiabulls Finance Centre in Dadar on Sunday. #NewsTracker #MNS #Raj Thackeray #Mumbai Police #Indiabulls

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By spurning Uddhav, Raj Thackeray throws open Maharashtra polls

Feb 13, 2013

Raj Thackeray has discomfited the Sena and the BJP and given some room to the Congress and NCP to smile. Also, he makes the next round of Maharashtra Assembly elections quite interesting. #HowThisWorks #Uddhav Thackeray #MNS #Raj Thackeray #Shiv Sena #Chhatrapati Shivaji
Raj Thackeray is wrong, but Bihar is a worse offender

Sep 04, 2012

The Bihar police is perhaps responsible for allowing Raj Thackeray to return to his favourite platform of migrant-bashing. #PoliticsDecoder #Raj Thackeray #bIhar #Nitish Kumar #television news channels
Riots, roses and Thackeray: Mumbai police heading for crisis?

Aug 22, 2012

The 11 August violence and incidents at Raj Thackeray's rally indicate that there are serious problems with Mumbai's law-enforcers. They could be heading towards a crisis which neither the force nor the city can afford. #ConnectTheDots #Raj Thackeray #Mumbai Police #Arup Patnaik #Raza Academy #Aza Maidan #Constable Pramod Tawde

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For Cong-led UPA,major reverses in UP, Maharashtra & Delhi

2013-05-19 13:20:00

New Delhi: Inflation, allegations of large scale corruption, economic slowdown and indecision at the highest level of government is finally taking its toll on the Congress party. As UPA completes nine years in office, ABP News-Nielsen survey shows the ru #New Delhi #Indian National Congress #Uttar Pradesh
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LBT strike: Raj Thackeray asks traders to open shops

2013-05-12 17:21:00

MUMBAI: Amid ongoing stand-off between traders and state government over proposed imposition of Local Body Tax (LBT), Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray today asked traders to not hold common people to ransom and open their shops. In a press #Raj Thackeray #Mumbai
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Let Shah Rukh Khan enter Wankhede: Raj Thackeray

2013-05-08 06:33:00

Mumbai: After the Congress, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Tuesday demanded that Mumbai Cricket Association lift its five-year ban on actor Shah Rukh Khan from entering Wankhede Stadium. Khan's Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolka #Mumbai Indians #Raj Thackeray #Shahrukh Khan

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