Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Monday said that Uddhav Thackeray was affectionately called ‘Paksha Pramukh’ by everyone in Shiv Sena, but it was not his official post as per the party constitution. In his voluntary statement, Mr. Samant said that all Shiv Sena leaders and party functionaries looked upto Mr. Shinde to solve their issues. Advocate Kamat pointed out …
Like every year, Maharashtra celebrated the Dahi Handi festival with a lot of enthusiasm this Janmashtami. For over a decade now, almost all the 1,100 registered Dahi Handi groups/clubs in Mumbai had been demanding adventure sport status for the event. The status of adventure sport means the ‘Govindas’—young men who scale the multi-tiered human rings to smash the yoghurt-filled pots …