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 ...

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 ...

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.

The city of Mumbai came to a standstill as the news of Bal Thackeray's death broke out.

(See more photos from Thackeray's funeral procession in Mumbai.) When Bal Thackeray, a one-time cartoonist turned Hindu fundamentalist leader of India, died on Saturday, the entire city of Mumbai came ...

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has not been keeping well for some time. In a recorded message to party workers, he had virtually announced his retirement from public life. Take a ...