Congress MP from Kurukshetra Naveen Jindal's helicopter made an emergency landing due to a technical snag this evening at the airport in Chandigarh.         

 

"The chopper made an emergency landing at the airport. AJet Airways flight that was on the runway could not take off while we had to divert a GoAir flight. Other flights scheduled to take off from here could not do so," a senior official at the Chandigarh Airport told PTI.

The Bihar government has ordered an inquiry by the state home secretary into the killing of at least 18 people including eight children and 10 women in a stampede during Chhath festival in Patna on Monday evening, fficials said.

"Chief minister Nitish Kumar has asked the home secretary Amir Subhani to inquire into the incident and announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the victims," an official in chief minister office said.

Telecommunications Minister Kapil Sabil told CNN-IBN today that the arrest of the two girls over a Facebook post against Bal Thackeray was illegal.

"The Maharashtra police mishandled the case. They should be educated," he said.  

Making history twice within hours, Barack Obama today became the first US president to set foot in Cambodia, a country once known for its Khmer Rouge "killing fields."

Unlike the visit to Myanmar, where Obama seemed to revel in that nation's new hope, the White House made clear that Obama is only in Cambodia to attend an East Asia Summit and said the visit should not be seen as an endorsement of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his government.

Press Council of India chief Markandey Katju on Monday demanded "immediate" action against police personnel for reportedly arresting a woman in Mumbai protesting the shutdown in the city on Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's demise on social networking site Facebook.

In an e-mail to the Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, he warned of "legal consequences" if the CM failed to act. "I will deem it that you as CM are unable to run the state in a democratic manner as envisaged by the Constitution to which you have taken oath and then legal consequences will follow," Katju said.

He demanded that the Chavan immediately order suspension, arrest, chargesheeting and criminal prosecution of the police personnel responsible for arresting the women allegedly on the ground of hurting sentiments. "To my mind it is absurd to say that protesting against the bandh hurts religious sentiments. Under Article 19 of our Constitution, freedom of speech is guaranteed fundamental right. We are living in a democracy, not a fascist dictatorship.'

At least 18 devotees have beem killed at Ganga Ghat in Patna during Chhath festivities. Among those killed were 10 women and eight children, reports M I Khan. 
 
"This shocking incident took place after a temporary bridge of bamboo collapsed due to heavy rush of people, mainly devotees," a police official said.

The bodies have been brought to the Patna Medical College Hospital.

A branch of Cooperation Bank was robbed in Bangalore today. One customer has been killed.

According to bank officials, Rs 70 lakh was looted.

More details are awaited.

To,
The Chief Minister Maharashtra

Dear Chief Minister,              
I am forwarding an email I have received stating that a woman in Maharashtra has been arrested for protesting on Facebook against the shut down in Mumbai on the occasion of the death of Mr. Bal Thackeray. It is alleged that she has been arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.

To my mind it is absurd to say that protesting against a bandh hurts religious sentiments. Under Article 19(1)(a) of our Constitution freedom of speech is a guaranteed fundamental right .

We are living in a democracy, not a fascist dictatorship. In fact this arrest itself appears to be a criminal act since under sections 341 and 342 it is a crime to wrongfully arrest or wrongfully confine someone who has committed no crime.

Hence if the facts reported are correct, I request you to immediately order the suspension, arrest, chargesheeting and criminal prosecution of the police personnel (however high they may be) who ordered as well as implemented the arrest of that woman, failing which I will deem it that you as Chief Minister are unable to run the state in a democratic manner as envisaged by the Constitution to which you have taken oath, and then the legal consequences will follow

Regards Justice Katju
(Chairman, Press Council of India, and former Judge, Supreme Court of India)

Japan warned on Monday that a row over the South China Sea could directly influence "peace and stability" in Asia as the Philippines publicly disagreed with Cambodia over the contentious territorial issue at a regional summit. Wading into one of Asia's most divisive and vexing security problems, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda challenged efforts by summit host Cambodia to limit discussions on the South China Sea, where China's territorial claims overlap those of four Southeast Asian countries and of Taiwan. Read more

Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today said it is a very strange situation that a political party with 19 Members of Parliament talks about bringing a no-confidence motion, and expressed hope that West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee would seriously introspect about her actions.

"It has never happened in the history of Parliament that a party with 19 members talks about a no-confidence motion,' said Tewari. "I had said this earlier also when I was the spokesperson of the Congress Party that you have to evolve from being a street fighter to a statesperson, you have to evolve from an agitator to a administrator.

"It's a time, which comes in everybody's life. And, with due respect, I do hope that the Chief Minister of West Bengal would seriously introspect about her actions,' he added

The BJP today claimed the UPA government has taken undemocratic decisions during its regime and next Budget Session would be its "final session".

BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi dubbed the next session of the Parliament as "semi-final" for the UPA government, ahead of its "last Budget Session" next year.

"UPA government has lost its credibility among people hence the next Budget Session of Parliament would be the government's final session," he claimed.

One of Amitabh Bachchan's tweets after Bal Thackeray's funeral yesterday. "As I drive back from the funeral, two poster images stir an emotional chord. One: the word 'Swargiya' before Bala Saheb's name .. And two: A poster of a rudraksha mala around a chest, the thread broken and a rudraksha seed falling away. Caption: 'mala tutli'.

A team of scientists has provided insight into the causes of severe brain disorders such as depression. In organisms as complex as humans, the neural mechanisms that help answer the question, "Is it worth my effort?" can fail, leading to debilitating mental illnesses.

Major depressive disorder, for instance, which affects nearly 20 percent of people at some point in life, is correlated with under-performance in the parts of the brain involved in motivation. Clinicians refer to this slowing down of motivation in depressed patients as "psychomotor retardation.'

A South African accused of being the triggerman in the 2010 honeymoon slaying of a Swedish bride has been found guilty. Judge Robert Henney gave his verdict Monday in the trial of Xolile Mngeni, arrested for the killing of 28-year-old Anni Dewani. Prosecutors say Mngeni was hired by Dewani's British husband to carry out the November 2010 killing, which was made to look like a car hijacking in Cape Town's impoverished Gugulethu township. Read

If you're in Paris, catch the biggest Dali show in 30 years at the Pompidou Centre. Read

Here's the 'rationale' behind the arrest of the two girls from Palghar for the anti-Bal Thackeray Facebook post.

'Kapil Sibal has passed a law that anyone posting anything "offensive" on Twitter can be jailed for three years. That's section 66A of the IT Act amended by United Progressive Alliance II in 2008. ''It's a cognisable offence so you have to be arrested and apply for bail. As though you had committed murder!" notes Shivam Vij. Read the report on rediff.com.

Justice Markandey Katju reacts to the arrest of two girls from Palghar, Maharashtra, over anti-Bal Thackeray comments on Facebook. The Chairman of the Press Council of India tells Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan that the arrest of girls was undemocratic. "Arrest the policemen who arrested the girls," he tells the CM.  

Dear all, thank you for all your tributes to my grandfather, and we are really touched.

Yes, He belongs to the people, as always, and as his father had dedicated him to the people way back in 1966.

We all thank you for the strength u have given us, as family, and the love you showered upon him.

One request, I have been seeing photos with his birth mentioned in the year 1926. It is 1927.

In a historic breakthrough, President Barack Obama today stepped onto the soil of long-shunned Myanmar and into the flag-waving embrace of its once repressed people.

"You gave us hope," he declared, the first US president to visit what not long ago had been an international outcast. Tens of thousands of people poured into the streets to welcome Obama to a place still learning its basic freedoms. Speaking to a national audience from the University of Yangon, Obama offered a "hand of friendship" and a lasting US commitment, yet a warning as well.

He said the new civilian government must nurture democracy or watch it, and US support, disappear.

Mwaah! US President Barack Obama kisses Aung San Suu Kyi following joint remarks at her residence in Yangon. Pic: Reuters

Virtually rejecting Trinamool Congress' appeal to support a no-confidence motion to be brought by it, CPI(M) today said such a move would only help the government cover up all its "wrong" policies.

"A no-confidence motion (in Lok Sabha) will only help the government cover up all wrong measures it has taken and claim parliamentary mandate, as it has the numbers to defeat such a motion," CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said here.

So, the Mumbai Mirror story is true. Police on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old girl for questioning the total shutdown in the city for Bal Thackeray's funeral on her Facebook account.

Another girl who 'liked' the comment was also arrested. Both have been released on bail.

The duo were booked under Section 295 (a) of the IPC (for hurting religious sentiments) and Section 64 (a) of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Though the girl withdrew her comment and apologised, a mob of some 2,000 Shiv Sena workers attacked and ransacked her uncle's orthopaedic clinic at Palghar.

"Her comment said people like Thackeray are born and die daily and one should not observe a bandh for that,' said inspector Uttam Sonawane.

Amidst threat by TMC chief Mamata Banerjee to bring no-confidence motion against the UPA government in the winter session of Parliament, Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma today said, SP and BSP would continue to support it.

"Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati will continue to support the UPA...you know this and I also know this. In fact you know more than me," Beni said in a reply to a question while talking to the reporters.

"Mulayam will not withdraw support from the UPA," Beni asserted, when asked whether the SP supremo would not at all withdraw support. On Mamata's threat, the minister said, the government has got the required numbers and the UPA was capable of facing any challenge.

Israel and Hamas have conspired to open the 'gates of hell' in Gaza once more. Read

What is the best thing about no-frills airlines? If you answered, 'the fares', then you would be only half right. Read Vir Sanghvi's answer here.

Update on the Palghar girl story:
naresh fernandes tweets: Some confusion: turns out that while cops asked for 14 days custody, Facebook girls may been granted bail.

Sreenivasan Jain: IG Konkan will head inquiry. Prima facie police HQ says no basis for arresting the girls. Say local cops jumped the gun.

Arijit Sen: Manipur: Kuki State Demand Committee sponsored indefinite road blockade for a separate Kuki state continues. Petrol selling at Rs 100/litre.

Delhi High Court has denied bail to former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda in the suicide case of air hostess Geetika Sharma.

The police have accused Kanda and his key aide, Aruna Chaddha, of "harassing, conspiring, intimidating and creating an atmosphere of terror and continuous pursuit" in the mind of 23-year-old Geetika and "she found no option but to end her life".

The chargesheet mentions how Chaddha forced Geetika to undergo an abortion at Kanda's instance. According to the chargesheet, Kanda had evil designs on the victim from the first day she joined his company, MDLR, and he gave her undue favours with the intention of "entrapping" her.

A pall hangs over the Second Test in Mumbai. The general feeling is that it will proceed as planned, but there can be no certainty. It depends on the reaction after the death last night of the controversial politician Bal Thackeray. Read the report on the Independent. Read

The Rajya Sabha Select Committee on Monday adopted draft report on the Lokpal Bill. The BJP has given a suggestion note against 50 per cent reservation in Lokpal. This is not a dissent note.

The Left has also given a suggestion note to bring "private sector"under the purview of the bill. Earlier, social activist Anna Hazare had accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of "betrayal" on the Jan Lokpal Bill and warned of another protest if it was not passed before the 2014 general election. Read

The obituary of Bal Keshav Thackeray on the New York Times. Read

On that Mumbai Mirror story about the girl from Palghar who was arrested for anti-Thackeray comments on Facebook, NDTV's Sreenivasan Jain now tweets:
"Police now confirm to our reporter that they HAVE arrested girl. Nuts."

Twitter was abuzz with news that the story was fake and the girl had not been arrested, just questioned.

Supreme Court asks government to explain why entire 2G spectrum, licenses for which were cancelled by it, were not put on recent auction. 

A 21 year old girl from Palghar was arrested for posting an update on Facebook, apparently saying that "people like Thackeray are born and die daily and one should not observe a bandh for that', and her friend for arrested for liking that status update, according to the Mumbai Mirror.

The girl withdrew her comment and apologised, and despite this, 2000 Shiv Sena "workers' attacked and ransacked her uncle's orthopaedic clinic. There is no indication about whether any action was taken against these "workers'. Read

Like all those who mobilise on the basis of ethnicity and religion, Bal Thackeray fashioned the Shiv Sena's formidable clout out of political building blocks that were base and primordial. The language of hate and, when needed, violence were deployed to generate fear and insecurity, pride and solidarity. Read

The Supreme Court pulls up the Centre for being "casual" in handling 2G case before it and expresses unhappiness over the way it dealt with the auction.

The Rajya Sabha Select Committee adopts the draft report on the Lokpal Bill. 

ON Wednesday and Thursday last week, the phrase 'Happy Diwali' was trending on Twitter in Pakistan as the country's Twitterati shared greetings with Hindu compatriots and friends in India. Read

His bhumiputra theory flies in the face of our Constitution and works against the unity needed to ensure development, says Justice Markandey Katju. He is the Chairman of the Press Council of India. Read

Mamata Banerjee's plan to move a no-confidence motion against the Manmohan Singh government in the Winter Session of Parliament has been met with wariness by other opposition parties like the Left and the BJP. Instead of throwing their weight behind the idea, the two fronts, which have been relentlessly attacking the UPA, have issued caution notices claiming a no-trust vote could just boomerang and end up helping the government. Read more here.

As regional parties grow in prominence in Indian national politics, one of the main parties in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Rashtra Samithi, or T.R.S., is hoping to gain momentum in its campaign to carve out an independent Telangana state '" a large landlocked territory in Andhra Pradesh that the party's backers say is sidelined by coastal elites. Read

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber swept the American Music Awards on Sunday, by winning all three categories in which he was nominated, including the night's biggest award, artist of the year, over Rihanna, Katy Perry, Maroon 5 and Drake.

The 18-year-old teen singer pulled his mother, Pattie Malette, onstage to help him accept the top award. "This is my mom. She's little, but she's beautiful,' CBS News quoted him as saying. "I wanted to thank you for always believing in me,' he said, looking at his mom.

Bieber also won favorite pop/rock male artist and favorite pop/rock album for Believe.

Why Washington's love affair with Myanmar might be too much, too soon. Also on the Foreign Policy. Read

While on Mr Bond, the story on the Foreign Policy: Why does the planet's No. 1 spy never go to the really dangerous places? Read

If you are a hero on a Honda, sit up and read this. Honda Motorcycle & Scooter has recalled 11,500 units of CBR 250R bikes in India due to a faulty brake system. Details awaited. 

Forget that old license to kill stuff, because Skyfall opened at the box office this weekend and it has something even cooler: A license to print money. And it did just that, wrangling up a colossal $87.8 million in its opening weekend according to Film.com. Read

Update on Savita Halappanavar's death, the woman who died after doctors in Ireland denied her an abortion.

Savita Halappanavar was buried in her wedding sari. She had been married for four years. To judge by the photographs and video footage of her dancing to celebrate Diwali, she was beautiful and full of life and joy. Savita, originally from India, was 31 and a dentist. She had, since her marriage, been living in Galway with her husband, Praveen. She died at the citys University Hospital last month, in agony, over three days. Read the column on the Sunday Times, London.

When Barack Obama lands in Yangon on Monday, he will be the first sitting American President to visit the country now known as Myanmar. But he will not be the first Obama to visit.The President's Kenyan grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama, spent part of World War II in what was then called Burma as a cook for a British army captain. Read the report on the Telegraph.

US President Barack Obama hugs Aung San Suu Kyi at the end of their remarks to the media at her residence in Yangon, today. Pic: Reuters

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today invited Chinese investments in the infrastructure sector while conveying India's concerns over trade imbalance to his counterpart Wen Jiabao, who said this could be addressed "gradually".

India and China will be holding the second Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in Delhi later this month with an aim of enhancing business engagement between the two of the fastest growing economies, significantly at a time when the western world is facing crisis.

After the SED, a date will be decided for the next round of talks between Special Representatives of the two countries on boundary and other issues, to be held in China shortly. At the 40-minute meeting here on the sidelines of ASEAN Summit, the two leaders discussed a wide range of subjects including economic cooperation, boundary issue, defence, maritime security, besides international matters.

Another update on the Delhi building fire.

The person who died in the fire, is a security guard. He was charred to death when the fire broke out in the multi-storeyed Himalaya House, which has several commercial establishments, in New Delhi.

The blaze was reported from the 15 storeyed building, which is around 50 metres high, on KG Marg near Connaught Place at around 6:20 am and 32 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire. "The body of a security guard was recovered from the building.

He was apparently sleeping when the fire broke out and could not get out of the building. Two guards were rescued," A K Sharma, Director of Delhi Fire Services, said.

Differences among relatives were at play in the hours preceding Bal Thackeray's funeral that drew around 15 lakh people, a source close to the family said today.

"There was tension in the family '" a clash of egos between Jaidev, Uddhav and Raj,' said the source who was inside the Thackeray home, Matoshree, last night and this morning.

The source was referring to the Shiv Sena founder's second and third sons and nephew, respectively.While Jaidev as well as Uddhav wanted to light their father's funeral pyre, the family insider said, Thackeray's immediate family was not keen on Raj taking an active role in the funeral procession.
Read more on the Telegraph.

Bal Thackeray was given a state funeral. Pictured, Uddhav, Raj, Jaidev and Aditya at the pyre yesterday. Pic. Satish Bodas

RBI Governor D Subbarao today deposed in a Delhi court as a prosecution witness in the 2G case, saying he had questioned in 2007 the spectrum fee of around Rs 1600 crore for pan India licence.

Subbarao, who was the Finance Secretary from April 2007 to September 2008, is a key witness in the case in which former Telecom Minister A Raja and others are facing trial. During the recording of his statement, Subbarao told the court he had written a letter on November 22, 2007 to the then Telecom Secretary D S Mathur in which he had questioned the spectrum fee of around Rs 1600 crore for pan India licence.

He said that he had also questioned as to how the spectrum fee of Rs 1600 crore, which was fixed in 2001, could be applied in 2007.

In Myanmar (the name the US is finally using instead of Burma), Barack Obama became the first serving US president to visit Myanmar on Monday, trying during a whirlwind six-hour trip to strike a balance between praising the government's progress in shaking off military rule and pressing for more reform. Read more here.

One person has died in the fire that broke out in a multi-storeyed building in New Delhi this morning.  The blaze was reported from Himalaya House on K G Marg near Connaught Place at around 6:20 am. At least 30 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire. 

Well, Twitter seems to conclude that the Mumbai Mirror story on a girl from Palghar being arrested for anti-Bal Thackeray Facebook post, is false. As a tweet, said: The reporter exaggerated.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Chinese PM Wen Jiabao today at Phnom Penh, Cambodia where he is attending the 10th Asean-India Summit and the 7th East Asia Summit.

Yesterday, the PM held bilateral meetings with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Philippines President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to discuss various issues including maritime piracy and the regional comprehensive economic partnership (RCEP) agreement.

Officials said the prime minister discussed ways to deepen India's engagement with the Asean nations and the countries in the region. 

State cited 'maintenance of public order' to grant Sena's request for a public cremation at the ground. Read

Photographer Gopal Shetty sent us these exclusive vintage photographs of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, which we reproduce along with quotes from the leader who passed into the ages on Saturday. See

Update on the Mumbai Mirror story: Girl arrested for anti-Thackeray Facebook post.

Kashish on Twitter: My colleague in bombay says NO arrests have been made...only complaints from both sides being investigated by cops.

Kanchan Gupta: ‏Per @sreenivasanjain Mumbai Mirror story not true. No arrest for FB post. Cops looking into complaint/counter-complaint.

Former Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi has demanded that a memorial to party chief Bal Thackeray be built and installed at his cremation venue, the Shivaji Park, next to the memorial to Chhattrapati Shivaji.

"We want his memorial to be built here (Shivaji Park). Why won't the government permit it?" asked Joshi, adding that the party wanted his memorial next to "Chhattrapati Shivaji's memorial".

The Shiv Sena supremo was cremated with full state honours on Sunday evening at Shivaji Park, with lakhs thronging the venue for a last glimpse of the man they both loved and feared. Bal Thackeray died on Saturday afternoon following a cardiac arrest. He was suffering from ailments related to the lungs and pancreas. Read more

This the spot where the Sena wants a memorial to Bal Thackeray.

A fire broke out in a multi-storeyed building in the heart of New Delhi this morning but no one was injured, fire brigade officials said. The blaze was reported from Himalaya House on K G Marg near Connaught Place at around 6:20 am and 30 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire. The fire broke out in the third floor of the building and it spread to the fourth floor. No one was injured in the incident. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre and CBI on a plea seeking a SIT probe in the coal block allocation scam. The SC has refused to stay the government's decision by which coal blocks were allocated to companies.

After five days of constant coverage of the Thackerays, here's other news. Niloufer, the daughter of Mukarram Jah, the eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, said on Sunday that she will go to court if she is denied her rightful share in ancestral property. Estimates suggest that she is taking claim on property worth Rs 2,000 crore. Read more here.

Police on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old girl for questioning the total shutdown in the city for Bal Thackeray's funeral on her Facebook account.

Another girl who 'liked' the comment was also arrested.

The duo were booked under Section 295 (a) of the IPC (for hurting religious sentiments) and Section 64 (a) of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Though the girl withdrew her comment and apologised, a mob of some 2,000 Shiv Sena workers attacked and ransacked her uncle's orthopaedic clinic at Palghar.

"Her comment said people like Thackeray are born and die daily and one should not observe a bandh for that,' said inspector Uttam Sonawane.
-- Mumbai Mirror

In other news: RBI Governor D Subbarao appears in Delhi court to depose as prosecution witness in 2G spectrum allocation scam case. Details awaited.

Flashback to Sunday and Bal Thackeray's funeral. The moment that will remain the leitmotif to the day -- the coming together (if only for a moment) of cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray.

The Indian Express has this story: Minutes before the funeral pyre was lit, and as immediate family members took turns to place logs on the body of Bal Thackeray, there was a moment son Uddhav looked at estranged cousin Raj and asked if he had completed his part of the ritual.An emotional Raj, who had just placed a log by the feet of the senior Thackeray, nodded and moved aside to regain composure.  More

Veteran Bollywood actor Pran has been admitted to Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra, hospital sources said today.

"He was admitted to Lilavati hospital last Friday. He had come for a check-up which turned out to be a respiratory problem. He is doing fine and still in hospital. Nothing to worry," Lilavati hospital spokesperson Dr Sudhir Dagaokar said.

'The 92-year-old actor is one of the most popular villains of Bollywood and has acted in around 350 films. His famous films include Khandaan, Aurat, Bari Behen, Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai, Half Ticket, Upkar, Purab Aur Paschim, Don and Zanjeer.

In 2001, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for his contribution to Indian cinema.

A Russian Soyuz capsule landed on the Kazakh steppe on Monday, delivering a trio of astronauts from a four-month stint on the International Space Station.

The Soyuz TMA-05M capsule, carrying Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Sunita Williams, parachuted through dark, cloudy skies and touched down at 7:56 am local time (0156 GMT).

"We have landing!" footage from Russian Mission Control, broadcast by NASA TV and Russian state television, showed. Search-and-recovery helicopters were on their way to the landing site, near the northern Kazakh town of Arkalyk.

Don't believe in rumours on bandh, says Shiv Sena:  Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut says do not believe in rumours, no bandh has been called by the party.

NO call for bandh on Monday: Shiv Sena

Traders to observe bandh in Maharashtra on Monday

End of an era: Bal Thackeray consigned to flames

VIDEO: Bal Thackeray's final journey

VIDEOS: The last rites of Bal Thackeray

'Saheb's darshan was only meant for big leaders'

PHOTOS: Politicians, actors at Bal Thackeray's funeral

Photos: Raj, Sainiks break down as Thackeray laid to rest

Thackeray's cortege: 'Witnessing history in the making'

PIX: Sainiks strive for FINAL glimpse of 'Balasaheb'

Muslim doctor took care of Sena supremo in last years

Photos: Supremo Thackeray's final stopover at Sena Bhavan

Photos: Mumbai stands up for Bal Thackeray, literally

Israel threatens to send Gaza back to Middle Ages'

Police goes for second post-mortem of Ponty Chadha

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