Bal Thackeray admitted to ICU with lung infection

October 13th, 2009 MUMBAI - Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said there is no question of tying up with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founder Raj Thackeray. "I am the chief of the party.

July 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, who underwent an emergency angioplasty on Tuesday, was discharged from the Lilavati Hospital here Sunday morning, an official said. "His condition is fine and he has made remarkable recovery," party spokesperson Neelam Gorhe told IANS here.

July 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - Doctors attending on Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray have said his condition is stable. Samuel Mathew, a doctor who performed Thackeray's angioplasty last evening, said: "He was admitted with unstable Angioma.

July 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray underwent an angiography Tuesday morning and is likely to operated upon, a party insider said. Thackeray, 83, was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here Monday following breathing problems.

July 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was admitted to the Lilavati hospital on Monday for a routine check-up of his health. According to party sources, the 82-year-old Thackeray was admitted to hospital for a routine follow-up.

June 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - Shiv Sena supreme Bal Thackeray was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Lilavati Hospital here late Thursday evening, party sources said. According to a party office bearer, Thackeray, 83, was admitted to the hospital for a "routine medical check-up".

May 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has said that MNS did not steal anybody's votes. He said while addressing his party workers here on Friday in the wake of the comments by Shiv Sena's Executive President Uddhav Thackeray that due to presence of MNS, the votes were split in the recent elections to Lok Sabha.

May 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - In a not too unexpected development, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray late Monday severed all ties with his nephew Raj Thackeray, who had walked out of the fold three years ago to form the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) that severely dented the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance in the state in the general elections. 'Anybody who is an enemy of the Marathis is my enemy,' Bal Thackeray said in a statement.

April 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - More than a few eyebrows were raised when people thought they saw Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on the dais at a Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) rally in Thane. Was it really Raj Thackeray? Even as the organisers were smug about their star campaigner, many in the audience rubbed their eyes with disbelief and could not believe their ears when the speaker in question started speaking on issues which are not exactly the agenda of MNS, known for its bashing of north Indians.

March 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been admitted to the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for a regular medical check-up, a hospital official said Saturday. Vajpayee, 84, was admitted Friday evening for a routine check-up, almost three weeks after he was discharged from the hospital.

March 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was late Friday evening admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for check up - three weeks after he was discharged from the hospital. Vajpayee, 84, was admitted for routine follow up and investigations.

March 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - After spending 11 days in hospital here, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was discharged Sunday. His condition was described as 'fine' by a party spokesman.

February 27th, 2009 MUMBAI - Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was Thursday admitted to Lilavati Hospital for what party office-bearers described as a 'routine medical check-up'. Thackeray, 82, who is said to be suffering from a minor lung infection, was scheduled to address a crucial party state executive committee meeting along with son Udhav, at the Rang Sharda Auditorium in Bandra.

February 27th, 2009 MUMBAI - Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Friday morning called on his ailing estranged uncle, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, at the Lilavati Hospital here. After meeting the 82-year-old Shiv Sena chief, Raj Thackeray told reporters that his uncle's health had improved.

February 17th, 2009 RANCHI - A court in Jharkhand has issued notice to Maharashtra police to attach the properties of Raj Thackeray, chief of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), if he fails to appear before it by April 2. The notice was issued to Maharashtra police by Judicial Magistrate Anil Kumar in Jamshedpur district while hearing a petition Tuesday that accuses Thackeray of hurting the sentiments of north Indians.