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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.

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray underwent an angiography on Tuesday morning and is likely to operated upon, a party insider said.

The ailing Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray, who has steered the course of Mumbai politics for decades, stepped out of his home Matohshreein Bandra East around 10.15 a.m. to go to a polling booth in Kherwardi and cast his vote as huge crowds looked on.

In the wake of attacks on Indians in Australia, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today said his party would not allow the Down Under team to play cricket in Maharashtra.Expressing anguish over the violence against Indians in Australia, Thackeray said, "Our boys are being stabbed, burnt and shot at in that country and still our cricketers have no qualms in playing with them. Do they have any national pride?"

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has asked Amitabh Bachchan to arrange a projection of his latest release ‘Rann’, according to the Bollywood superstar’s blog.“Uddhav Thakeray calls. he has just come out of the theatre after ‘Rann’ and is not able to find appropriate words to describe his appreciation for the film and the performance. Minutes later Bala Saheb calls. ‘I want to see this film. Come and show it to me !’ ‘You have not been to see me for a long time !’” wrote Bachchan in his blog Monday night.

The Shiv Sena on Tuesday issued a direct threat to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan warning him to apologise for backing Pakistani cricketers and his 'Mumbai belongs to all' remarks. Senior Shiv Sena leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi warned that none of Shah Rukh Khan's movies will be allowed to be released in Mumbai if he failed to apologise for his comments.

The highly politicized Shah Rukh Khan starring film ‘My Name is Khan’, amidst threat by Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists, opened to full houses at Regent and Mona Cinema in Patna as thousands of youths stood in line for hours on Friday to get their hands on the nation’s hottest ticket.

Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan are '2 Idiots'. That's what the Shiv Sena believes and the party’s Hindi mouthpiece ‘Dopahar Ka Saamna’ said in a statement:

In a bid to woo young voters, who could play a decisive role in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray today launched party website.

Addressing a press conference here, Thackeray said, “The new portal is interactive so that visitors will be able to give suggestions or post questions.”