Dadoji Konddev

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  Thane Stadium Closed for Players, Open for MS Dhoni's Ad Shoot

  While budding cricketers have not been able to practise at Thane's Dadoji Konddev stadium ever since the monsoons, the ground was rented out for an ad shoot featuring Indian captain MS Dhoni yesterday; coaches and players allege that the ground is regularly rented out for functions and concerts.

• Phone tapping for Pune statue leads to Uddhav aide

  Senior Shiv Sena leader Neelam Gorhe and Uddhav Thakeray's aide Milind Narvekar have been booked by the Pune police for criminal conspiracy and provoking riots. The police had tapped their telephone conversation after the removal of the statue of Dadoji Konddev, considered the 'guru' of Chhatrapati Shivaji, from the Lal Mahal in Pune on Monday.Sour...

• Pune bandh: 8 buses damaged in protests over statue removal

  A bandh called by the Shiv Sena in Pune to protest against the removal of the statue of Dadoji Konddev, considered the 'guru' of Chhatrapati Shivaji, began on a violent note on Tuesday with agitators pelting stones at buses and leaving eight of them damaged. Some Sena workers were also detained by the police as a preventive measure.The Opposition -...

• 'Caste politics' at play over statue: Raj Thackeray

  MNS chief Raj Thackeray today accused the Congress-NCP of playing "caste politics" in unceremoniously removing Dadoji Konddev's statue from Lal Mahal in Pune.     Talking to reporters, Raj said the Congress-NCP had used the controversy over role of Dadoji Konddev in Chhatrapati Shivaji's life to divert attention from more import...