MUMBAI, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of mourners, including politicians and film stars, gathered in Mumbai Sunday for the funeral of Hindu fundamentalist Bal Thackeray. Thackeray, 86, died ...

Smoke rises from the cremation pyre of right-wing Hindu nationalist politician Bal Thackeray as family members, dignitaries and Shiv Sena party members watch during his funeral in Mumbai on Sunday.

India’s commercial capital came to a grinding halt yesterday as nearly one million people gathered for the funeral of one of India’s most controversial politicians, Bal Thackeray. Following the death ...

MUMBAI, India – Hundreds of thousands of supporters have filled the streets of Mumbai for the funeral of Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and ...

Thousands converged at Shivaji Park on Monday (November 17, 2025) to pay tribute to Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray on his 13th death anniversary at his memorial, the event marked by bonhomie between ...

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Two Indian women were arrested Sunday after one criticized Mumbai authorities on Facebook for shutting down the city for the funeral of a powerful Hindu nationalist politician and another clicked ...

Bal Thackeray birth anniversary: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 23 paid homage to Bal Thackeray on the occasion of his birth anniversary of the Indian cartoonist and politician who founded ...

The memorial of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray is expected to be ready by January 2027, in his birth centenary year, his son and Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said. Thackeray also ...

Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray, founder of the Hindu right-wing Shiv Sena party, died today afternoon at the age of 86 in his Mumbai residence. His followers called him the Hindu Hriday Samraat (“Emperor ...