Continuing his tirade against Ashok Chavan, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday asked whether the Congress leader was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra or Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's bodyguard.

Defying the Shiv Sena threat, multiplexes in the city screened Shah Rukh Khan starrer My Name is Khan which opened to packed houses today.

The awesome duo of Karan Johar and SRK returns to the box office this week with a film that is a little hatke from their earlier movies.

Shah Rukh Khan starrer film 'My Name Is Khan', facing the Shiv Sena's ire, got off to a smooth screening in the cinemas and multiplexes in the national capital amid beefed up security.

Terming Shiv Sena's agitation over the non-Maharashtrian issue as "unconstitutional", Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane today asked Election Commission to cancel registration of the party.

Defending Shah Rukh Khan for his remarks on the exclusion of Pakistani players from the IPL teams, noted lyricist Javed Akhtar today termed the protests against the Bollywood star as "unfortunate".

Multiplex chains in Mumbai have decided to have a limited release of Shah Rukh Khan's movie 'My Name Is Khan' post noon today.

The release of Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'My Name Is Khan' in Mumbai theatres on Friday was clouded in uncertainty amid reluctance by some multiplexes, even as Chief Minister Ashok Chavan guaranteed security to counter Shiv Sena threats to disrupt the film.

As his film My Name Is Khan readies for release tomorrow amid unprecedented security in Mumbai theaters, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan prays for peace and says his integrity is "non-negotiable."

Heavy security arrangements have been made at city cinema theatres ahead of tomorrow's release of Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'My Name Is Khan' which is facing the Shiv Sena's ire.

In a massive security bandobast rare for a film, CCTV cameras with night vision may zoom inside cinema halls and policemen in plain clothes deployed, as around 1,600 Shiv Sena activists were arrested today ahead of the release of Shah Rukh Khan starrer My Name Is Khan (MNIK).

Amid a raging row over the screening of My Name is Khan, Shiv Sena MPs today decided to return their security to protest Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's threat to remove security cover provided to the party's executive chief Uddhav Thackeray.

In a crackdown against Shiv Sena, over 1000 of its activists have been detained ahead of the release of Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'My Name is Khan' after the party stepped up its protest against the film.

In a fresh salvo against Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena today flayed the 'Congress yuvraj' for calling Mumbai as Bombay during his recent visit to the city.

Congress today refused to read any political overtures in the meeting between NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray in Mumbai, saying it was to ensure conduct of a hassle-free IPL.

Backing Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan on the Pakistani players' participation in the Indian Premier League, cricketer-turned-politician Mohammad Azharuddin said the Twenty20 event should feature the world's best players irrespective of their nationality.

After taking on the Shiv Sena on its home turf for "Mumbai for Marathis" campaign, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said the Sainiks should be opposed by mobilising people and not by violence.

On a day when Bal Thackeray labelled him a "traitor", Shah Rukh Khan today stuck to his comments on Pakistani players in IPL saying there was nothing "anti-national" and ruled out meeting the Shiv Sena supremo on his own to sort out the controversy.

Shiv Sena today accused the Centre of using Mumbai, the financial capital, as an ATM and said that if security arrangements made for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his visit here are in place for the common man there would be no terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

Prominent Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan, Salman Khan, Kajol and Bipasha Basu on Friday came out openly in support of Shah Rukh Khan, who has come under attack by the Shiv Sena for backing the inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in the upcoming IPL.

Ignoring protests by Shiv Sena, Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a local train from suburban Andheri to Dadar in central Mumbai after dropping his plans to visit a slum in Ghatkopar by a helicopter.

Unfazed by Shiv Sena attack, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will go ahead with his plan to visit the city tomorrow and interact with students and slum youth.

Terming the debate on 'Mumbai-for-all' as a conspiracy to separate the megapolis from Maharashtra, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said his party would never let it happen.

Shiv Sena on Wednesday stepped up its attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on the "Mumbai for all Indians" remark, raking up Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday rejected Shiv Sena's criticism that AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had insulted the martyrs of Mumbai attack by commenting that the city was saved by NSG commandos from all over the country including UP and Bihar.