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 ...

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, ...

You better think twice before "Liking" your friends' comments on Facebook. It may land you in jail. In a case that is worrying freedom of speech activists, two women were temporarily detained in ...

REUTERS - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed for "calm and sobriety" following the death of Bal Keshav Thackeray, while praising the Shiv Sena founder for his "strong leadership." "He was a ...

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 ...