Thackeray Funeral

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  Maharashtra Announces State Funeral For Santoor Maestro Shivkumar Sharma

  Pt Shivkumar Sharma will be accorded a state funeral, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's office said in a statement on Tuesday as he and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari led other leaders in condoling the death of the Santoor maestro.

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  Legendary Actor Dilip Kumar Given State Funeral, Amitabh Bachchan Attends

  Just hours after Dilip Kumar's death, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray tweeted that the actor would be given a final farewell with state honours

• Arrest of two girls over Facebook comment was unwarranted: Maharashtra government

  The Maharashtra government has told the Supreme Court that the arrest of two girls over a Facebook post criticising the shutdown in Mumbai during Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral in November last year had a "chilling effect and was unwarranted."

• Charges dropped against girls arrested for Facebook post on Bal Thackeray

  Police on Tuesday dropped all charges against two girls from Palghar whose arrest over a Facebook post criticising shutdown in Mumbai during Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral last month had sparked an uproar.

• Shiv Sainiks refuse to budge from Bal Thackeray funeral site

  Shiv Sena workers today gathered in large number at the funeral site of Bal Thackeray at Shivaji Park here amid reports that the authorities were planning to remove the structure that has come up at the place.

• Facebook row: Police to close case against two Palghar women

  Relief is finally on way for the two young women from Palghar, Maharashtra whose frank opinion on Mumbai's shutdown for Bal Thackeray's funeral put them at the receiving end of the Shiv Sena and an over-zealous Maharashtra police.

• Blog: Will be back on Facebook in January, says girl arrested after post on Bal Thackeray

  Shaheen Dhada, the girl arrested for a post on Facebook against the Mumbai bandh after Bal Thackeray's funeral, speaks about the incident. This is her blog as told to NDTV's Amit Chaturvedi.

• Action after Facebook arrests: Two police officers suspended, Shiv Sena calls for bandh in Palghar today

  The Shiv Sena has called for bandh in Palghar district today in protest against the suspension of two policemen for arresting two young women for an anti-bandh post on Facebook on the Sunday that Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray's funeral shut Mumbai down. As the Maharashtra government cracked the whip, it also admitted that its policemen do not know...

• Facebook arrests row: Guilty cops won't be spared, says Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil

  The Maharashtra government today assured strict action against police officials if a probe report on the arrest of two girls, who made Facebook comments on Bal Thackeray's funeral, found them to have overreached themselves.

• Facebook comments: IG report indicts police, clears the 2 girls

  The policemen who arrested two girls for their Facebook comments against the shutdown of the city for Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's funeral have been indicted by an inquiry panel which said the action was not justified.

• 'I have made a commitment to reunite Raj and Uddhav Thackeray,' says their uncle

  Following the funeral of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Sunday, MiD DAY spoke to Chandrakant Vaidya, known fondly as 'Chandumama' in the Thackeray household. Vaidya (66) is the brother-in-law of late Bal Thackeray and the maternal uncle of Uddhav and Raj Thackeray. He is the brother of Uddhav's mother Meenatai as well as Raj's mother Kundatai and...

• Facebook post arrests: Need for educating law enforcers over misuse of IT Act, says Kapil Sibal

  Telecom and IT Minister Kapil Sibal today said he was "deeply saddened" by the arrest of two girls over their Facebook post questioning the shutdown in the city for Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray's funeral and said the IT Act should not be used to "throttle dissent".

• Two women arrested for Facebook post on Mumbai shutdown granted bail

  On Sunday, a 21-year-old Mumbai woman shared her views on the shutdown of the city as Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral was being held. Her friend "liked" her post. At 10.30 am on Monday, they were arrested, were ordered by a court to serve 14 days in jail and, hours later, were allowed out on bail after paying two bonds of Rs 15,000 each.

• After Bal Thackeray's funeral, Mumbai back to normal; no bandh, says Shiv Sena

  With taxis and autorickshaws back on the streets and businesses and markets open, life in Mumbai is back on track. The Shiv Sena clarified on Sunday that it hasn't called for a bandh. "The shutdown call is purely voluntary. We have not called for any kind of shutdown," party spokesperson Anil Parab said on Sunday.

• Politicians, businessmen, actors at Thackeray funeral venue

  A stream of eminent personalities from politics, films and corporate world reached the historic Shivaji Park ground here to attend the last rites of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.