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Baghtos Kay… Mujra Kar! review: Phony Shivaji bhakts get a tongue-lashing they deserve
Annavetticad • 8 years agoBKMK is about phony Shivaji followers who use the iconic monarch’s name for political gain without any true commitment to him or his legacy.
Watch: The Kolis, the original inhabitants of Mumbai fear the construction of Shivaji memorial statue
Fp Staff • 8 years agoThe Kolis are the original inhabitants of Mumbai, but they fear that a plan to build the world's tallest statue in the Arabian Sea, will threaten their way of life.
Narendra Modi's highly advertised project launch is a poll stunt: Gurudas Kamat
• 8 years agoFormer union minister Gurudas Kamat on Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s highly "advertised" launch of projects in Mumbai as a "poll stunt"
BJP may end alliance with Shiv Sena for BMC elections, hints at contesting all 227 seats
Fppolitics • 8 years agoDespite being allies, Shiv Sena, in reality, behaves as BJP's opposition in Maharashtra. This acrimony between the allies is not new.
Raj Thackeray has an apt question: Why spend on memorials when forts are in state of neglect?
Fp Staff • 8 years agoAs the state govt is busy basking in the glory of another multi-billion project to claim the legacy of Shivaji, over 3oo forts that he built and captured are languishing in neglect.
Shiv Sena's ignorance is the real insult to Hanuman, not the mural at IIT-Bombay
Sandipan Sharma • 8 years agoIf Shiv Sainiks knew their mythology and related literature, they would have known that in the Tulsidas hymns, Hanuman is depicted as an unparalleled symbol of both bravery and wisdom. So, who is really insulting Hanuman by objecting his depiction as a man carrying a mountain in one hand and a pen in the other? Obviously the ignorant Shiv Sainiks.
Mumbai gets ready for Chhatrapati Shivaji memorial foundation-laying ceremony
Fp Staff • 8 years agoThe beautiful memorial besides a life size statue will house a history-museum to showcase the fighting qualities of Shivaji Maharaj. It will be a tourist spot and revenue will be earned. The cost of the project to some extent will be recovered, Fadnavis claimed
Modi's speech: Demonetisation is well-intentioned, but how short is short-term?
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 • 8 years agoThe key takeaway from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at the National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) campus near Mumbai on Saturday is his reiteration that the NDA-government doesn’t think that demonetisation is an accident
As it happened: PM Modi in Mumbai warns corrupt people to be afraid: 'Time is running out'
Fp Staff • 8 years agoPrime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a day's visit to Maharashtra on Saturday, where he will lay foundation stones for the grand memorial of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the metro rail projects in Mumbai and Pune.
Shivaji statue: BJP is turning on the heat ahead of civic polls; Shiv Sena, Congress, NCP wary
Rakshitsonawane • 8 years agoWhen Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Mumbai on Saturday to lay the foundation stone of the Chhatrapati Shivaji memorial, a 192-metre structure off the coast, he would kill multiple birds with one stone