Future Consumer to buy majority stake in MNS Foods

Last Updated: Saturday, May 16, 2015, 20:35

Kishore Biyani-led Future Consumer Enterprise on Saturday announced it will acquire majority stake in confectionery firm MNS Foods and exit from non-core beauty and wellness business.

Toll booths attack: Will Raj Thackeray be arrested today?

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 10:20

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray will on Thursday appear before a court here, in connection with the recent attacks on toll booths.

Bandra-Worli sea link toll booth vandalised, Raj Thackeray booked

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 19:50

Continuing their anti-toll agitation for the second day, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists Tuesday vandalised a toll booth at the Rajiv Gandhi Bandra-Worli sea link here. Hours later, police in Pune booked MNS chief Raj Thackeray and others for instigating violence.

Will not tolerate incitement by politicians: Ajit Pawar on toll stir

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 19:56

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday warned of strict action against agitators opposing collection of toll by taking law into their hands.

Maharashtra toll violence: MNS MLA, 71 workers arrested; govt warns of action

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 18:22

Raj Thackeray`s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers on Monday went on the rampage, vandalizing toll plazas in different parts of the state following their leader`s diktat not to pay the levy and "thrash" those who raise a voice against it.

No road construction possible if toll collection stopped: Prithviraj Chavan

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 17:55

A day before workers of Raj Thackeray-led MNS vandalised toll booths, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had said that if toll collection was stopped, construction of new roads would stop.

`Attack` if asked to pay toll: MNS chief Raj Thackeray

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 10:20

Soon after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray instructed workers to “oppose” if asked to pay toll, toll booths were were reportedly vandalized by the party activists in Mumbai.

Raj performs bhoomi puja for civic works amidst BJP boycott

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 17:02

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday performed bhoomi puja for a slew of development projects in the city amidst a boycott by his party`s local ally BJP.

MNS seeks to shed its `anti-north Indian` image

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 17:32

Eyeing larger role in Maharashtra politics, Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is making attempts to shed its "anti-North Indian" image by reaching out to the community.

Notice to MNS corporator for assaulting civic official

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 15:03

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has issued a show cause notice to a MNS corporator who had allegedly assaulted a junior civic engineer in August this year for not responding to his phone call.

Big B sharing dais with Raj an insult to north Indians: Abu Azmi

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 22:56

Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi on Tuesday said that mega star Amitabh Bachchan sharing the dais with MNS chief Raj Thackeray was an "insult" to north Indians.

Amitabh Bachchan, Raj Thackeray bury past bitterness

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 00:34

Bonhomie was evident at the much-awaited meeting between Amitabh Bachchan and Raj Thackeray as they shared the dais at a programme here Monday after five years.