Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray discharged from hospital

October 6th, 2009 AURANGABAD - Shiv Sena senior leader Manohar Joshi has said that he would request party patron Balasaheb Thackeray to declare Uddhav Thackeray as the chief ministerial candidate. Addressing reporters here on Monday, Joshi said, "Balasaheb Thackeray decides on the chief ministership and we will definitely make a request to him to announce Uddhav Thackeray as chief minister candidate," Joshi said.

October 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Senior Congress leader Narayan Rane on Sunday said that his party would benefit from the political squabble between Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirmana Sena (MNS) in Maharashtra. Highlighting the recent verbal duels between Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS supremo Raj Thackeray, Rane said that the dispute between the two brothers had weakened the prospects of both the parties in the upcoming state polls.

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 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 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray underwent an emergency angioplasty operation at the Lilavati Hospital here Tuesday morning, a party insider said. The surgery was successful and he has been shifted to the intensive cardiac care unit.

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 after he complained of breathing problems, party sources said. According to a party office bearer, Thackeray, 83, was admitted to the hospital for a lung infection.

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 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena have both been electorally routed in Mumbai and in parts of Maharashtra in the recent general elections, but this has not stopped the Thackeray family from bringing its internal bickering out into the open. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has blamed his cousin and MNS chief Raj Thackeray for the Shiv Sena's poll debacle.

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.

March 25th, 2009 MUMBAI - Beleaguered Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi, in a spot over his alleged 'hate speeches', Wednesday thanked Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray for supporting him and endorsing his views. 'I thank Bal Thackeray for his support,' Varun has been quoted as saying in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna.

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.

January 22nd, 2009 MUMBAI - Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray chose to have a quiet 83rd birthday Friday without the usual fanfare and celebrations in view of the Mumbai terror attack. The much anticipated launch of the Shiv Vada Paav, which was scheduled for Friday, has also been postponed, project leader Sanjay Gurav said.