Long before foraying into politics, Bal Thackeray was a cartoonist and journalist. Interestingly, he had to face problems that journalists later faced from his party the Shiv Sena.

Political leaders cutting across the party lines paid rich tributes to the Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray who passed away in Mumbai on Saturday afternoon.

Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna carried a four-part interview of Bal Thackeray in September 2012. It was the last interview that the Sena chief gave.

It had taken no more than an hour for Mumbai to regain normalcy after the last terrorist attack witnessed in 2011.

Israeli aircraft pummelled rocket launching operations of Gaza militants on Friday as troops, tanks and armoured personnel carriers massed near the Palestinian territory, signalling a ground invasion

For over 40 years, Shiv Sena chief Bal Keshav Thackeray occupied a significant space in Maharashtra’s politics.

The question at the top of everyone’s mind following the death of Balasaheb Thackeray is this: Will the Shiv Sena still be a force to reckon with after his time?

The rumours started on Wednesday evening, and spread through the city of 20 million in quiet messages and hushed asides: Balasaheb Thackeray, the leader of the Shiv Sena, was dying.

“Darshan dya, darshan dya, Balasaheb darshan dya” is the incessant chant outside Matoshree since the last two days, as Shiv Sainiks waiting outside Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray’s residence have onl

Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray’s health is said to be improving.