In India, Bal Thackeray exuded an influence that inspired many but was loathsome to more. His image was unmistakable: his broad-lensed spectacles, the beaded necklace around his neck, his trademark ...

Bal Thackeray was not merely a party chief. He was the party. Uddhav diluted the attributes that once defined the Sena. The cadre that thrived on clarity and aggression found itself ideologically ...

NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, who has been critically ill for the last few days, has died on Saturday at 3:30pm, his doctor announced. He was 86. "He had suffered a cardiac arrest. We ...

An old video of the late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray - in which he says "I may be Marathi in Maharashtra but I am Hindu in Bharat" - has resurfaced online amid the squabble between his successors, ...

MUMBAI, India (AP) – Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in India, died Saturday after an illness of several weeks. He was 86.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Bal Keshav Thackeray, one of India's most polarising politicians and leader of the right-wing Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party that has dominated politics in the country's richest ...

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

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Bal Keshav Thackeray, one of India's most polarising politicians and leader of a right-wing Hindu nationalist party that has dominated politics in the country's richest city for two ...

Mumbai: A section of Shiv Sainiks believes that Mumbai having a Shiv Sena mayor would be a mark of respect to Bal Thackeray in his birth centenary year, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ...

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray has said that not being able to meet Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray frequently after quitting the party was more painful than leaving the fold ...

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday claimed that, for the first time, money was distributed to voters ahead of the BMC election. Speaking at the Shiv ...