MUMBAI, IndiaMUMBAI, India — 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 ...

Bal Thackeray was an Indian politician, cartoonist, and the founder of the Shiv Sena, a right-wing Marathi regional party based in Maharashtra. Known for his fiery oratory, strong regional stance, and ...

Jaidev Thackeray on Friday withdrew his suit filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the will of his late father Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. Jaidev Thackeray Friday withdrew his suit filed in ...

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 ...

Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam said on Saturday that he is ready for a narcotics test, as he stayed firm on his claims that the late Bal Thackeray's body was kept at Matoshree for two days. Demanding a ...

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 ...

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 ...

There was no violence, as had been feared, when hundreds of thousands of people gathered Sunday in Mumbai, India, to express their grief over the death of Bal Thackeray, "a Hindu extremist leader ...

Mumbai: An attempt was made to deface the statue of late Meenatai Thackeray, wife of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, at Shivaji Park in Dadar on Wednesday morning. According to reports, red paint was ...

In a dig, Raj Thackeray had said the Maharashtra chief minister had brought him and Uddhav Thackeray together Mr Fadnavis also called Uddhav Thackeray's address a "mourning speech" The Shiv Sena, the ...

THE fight began in earnest in 1966, when Bal Thackeray and 17 others split a coconut at his family house by Shivaji Park, in Mumbai, to mark the birth of a political movement. His frail dad, hunched ...