Sena puts up posters in Mumbai asking people to visit Ayodhya after Thackeray announces plan
The party put up posters in Bandra and Dadar; Thackeray is expected to visit after Diwali, a move seen as an attempt to corner BJP over its poll promise of building the Ram Mandir.
By Swapnil Rawal | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUL 26, 2018 01:39 PM IST
A day after Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said that he would soon visit Ayodhya and Varanasi, the Sena put up posters in Mumbai, calling people to visit the two holy cities.
The move is seen as an attempt to mobilise Hindu votes and take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha and Maharashtra elections.
Posters put up by Thackeray’s aide and party secretary Milind Narvekar bear slogans of ‘Chalo Ayodhya... Chalo Varanasi’, and have been put up in Bandra and Dadar.
In his interview in the party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Thackeray said he would visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi, where he will perform the Ganga Aarti on the banks of the river. “Uddhavji has already announced that he will visit these two places. Even Balasaheb [Bal Thackeray] wanted to visit Ayodhya. Uddhavji will go to Ayodhya and Varanasi after Diwali,” said a senior Sena leader, on condition of anonymity.
The Sena chief, in the interview, had also said that he does not know when work on building the Ram Mandir would begin. The party has been critical of it ally BJP for not fulfilling its poll promise of building the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya despite having a majority government at the Centre. Though it has always taken a hardline Hindutva stand, the move is seen as an attempt to corner the BJP over its poll promise.
The Sena, which has so far relied largely on the Marathi votebank, is also seen as trying to widen its reach and tap into Hindu votes.
Bombay HC refuses pre-arrest bail to judicial magistrate booked in bribery case
By Kanchan V. Chaudhari, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 10:17 AM IST
- While rejecting the anticipatory bail, the court said there was a strong indication of the applicant’s involvement in the offence.
Autopsy report of owner of SUV found near Ambani's house 'reserved'
Posted by Prashasti Singh | PTI, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 09:26 AM IST
The autopsy report of Hiren (46), who was found dead in a creek in neighbouring Thane on Friday morning, reserved the opinion on the cause of death, officials said.
International Women's Day: Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus lights up
Written by Prashasti Singh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 06:14 AM IST
International Women's Day is observed every year on March 8 in order to create awareness about women's issues.
Death of owner of car found near Ambani house fans row
By Swapnil Rawal, Anamika Gharat, Mumbai/thane
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 12:35 AM IST
BJP raised questions over circumstances surrounding Hiren’s death and said it would urge Centre to have NIA take over probe.
Mumbai reports 1,188 new Covid cases; 26,442 inoculated in 24 hours
By Mehul R Thakkar, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 12:26 AM IST
The surge in daily reporting of Covid-19 cases continued on Saturday with 1,188 new cases of Covid-19 in the city
Mumbai: Bird-ringing exercise identifies Akshi Beach as crucial habitat for migratory waterbirds
By Prayag Arora-Desai, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 12:23 AM IST
Of 105 migratory water-birds that were ‘ringed’ or tagged as part of a Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) study at Akshi Beach in September 2019, 31 specimens were resighted at the same location during subsequent months, between October and December 2019
Mumbai: Man dies by suicide after killing father, grandfather
By Manish K Pathak, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 12:19 AM IST
A 20-year-old student died by suicide on Saturday morning after allegedly murdering his father and grandfather
Maharashtra goes past 2.2 million Covid-19 infections
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
UPDATED ON MAR 07, 2021 12:20 AM IST
The state’s death toll reached 52,440 after 47 casualties were reported, of which 30 occurred in the past 48 hours and 10 were in the past week. The other seven deaths were from the period before last week, officials said.
After Surat success AAP targets Mumbai civic body polls
By Naresh Kamath, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 12:10 AM IST
‘Surat today, Mumbai tomorrow’, read the tagline of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the city as they celebrated their remarkable performance in the Surat Municipal Corporation, where they won 27 seats in their debut election
ED arrests NCP MLC from Pune in a ₹71 crore bank scam
By Vijay Kumar Yadav, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 12:06 AM IST
The
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) member of Legislative Council (MLC) Anil Bhosale and three others in Pune’s Shivajirao Bhosale Co-operative Bank scam
Bombay HC allows man to tender evidence to counter wife’s charge of impotency
By Kanchan Chaudhari, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 12:03 AM IST
The Bombay high court (HC) recently allowed a Borivli resident, whose marriage has been annulled by a civil court at Sangli on the ground of his impotency, to submit medical evidence to prove his “physical competence” at the appellate stage
Mumbai: Man arrested for molesting woman at Bandra station
By Megha Sood, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 12:01 AM IST
The Bandra Government Railway Police (GRP) on Saturday tracked and arrested a 49-year-old man from Antop Hill for allegedly molesting a woman twice at Bandra railway station on Wednesday
Mumbai civic body plans to build Suvidha centre in Dharavi for better sanitation
By HT Correspondent, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 11:18 PM IST
In Asia’s largest slum Dharavi where 80% of locals depend on community toilets, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to set up a ground-plus-two storey Suvidha centre. The centre will have 111 toilets along with other facilities such as laundry, water ATM. Citizens will also be given education on sanitation at the centre.
Mumbai: Pocso court sentences man to 5-year rigorous jail for molesting minor
By Charul Shah, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 11:15 PM IST
In a speedy trial, a special Pocso (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) court on Friday sentenced a 52-year-old man to five years of rigorous imprisonment, about two-and-a-half months after he molested a 7-year-old girl residing in his neighbourhood.
NCB charge sheet based on inadmissible evidence: Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer
By Charul Shah, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 11:12 PM IST
A day after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) filed its charge sheet in the drug case that the agency probed in connection with untimely death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, actor Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer advocate Satish Maneshinde on Saturday said that it appears to be based on inadmissible evidence.