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NEW DELHI: Wrapped in the tricolour, Bal Thackeray’s final journey has begun. A sea of grieving people converged since early Sunday in Bandra here as preparations were underway for the funeral of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, who passed away Saturday afternoon.

Bandh called in Belgaum tomorrow in view of Thackeray’s death

Marathi outfits including Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi (MES), Shiv Sena and Hindu organisations have called for a bandh in the district on Sunday to mourn the death of Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray.

Life in Belgaum city, which will normally bustle with tourists from Goa and Maharashtra on Sundays, will wear a deserted look tomorrow with all shops, business establishment deciding to down their shutters and even local transport deciding to remain off roads.

A public condolence meeting was held here today.

Adequate police bandobast has been made in the district to prevent any untoward incidents, said Additional Superintendent of Police Ganga Reddy.

PM condoles Bal Thackeray’s death, calls up Uddhav

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today condoled the death of Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray and called up his son Uddhav even as he appealed to people to maintain calm and sobriety.

"The Prime Minister has condoled the death of Shiv Sena leader Balasaheb Thackeray.... The Prime Minister appealed for calm and sobriety during this period of loss and mourning," the PMO said.

Singh called up Thackeray’s son and Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray to express condolences, they said.

The Prime Minister said the interests of Maharashtra were "particularly important" for Thackeray and "he always strived to inculcate a sense of pride in its people."

"He founded the Shiv Sena and built the party into a formidable force in the state politics with his strong leadership. The passing away of Balasaheb will be deeply felt by his family and his followers," he said.

The Prime Minister described Thackeray as a "consummate communicator, whose stature in the politics of Maharashtra was unique."

Thackeray, 86, who roused emotions on Marathi pride and catapulted Shiv Sena to power in Maharashtra in the 1990s, died in Mumbai today after having been critically ill for the past few days.

No film shows in Mumbai tomorrow

With emotions running high following Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray’s death, cinema house owners in the city have decided to keep the theatres closed tonight and tomorrow for security reasons.

Film screenings in city theatres were cancelled today as soon as the news of Sena chief’s demise spread.

“For the time being, we have cancelled all the shows in Mumbai. We will decide about running the shows tomorrow after assessing the situation, an official of PVR cinemas said.

Manoj Desai, owner of Gaiety, Galaxy and Maratha Mandir said, “Yes, we have cancelled all the shows from 6 pm today till tomorrow, as we fear that anything might happen tomorrow. We don’t want to cause any trouble. From Monday, we might run it normally.”

Girish Wankhede, deputy GM-Corporate Communications and Public Relations of Cinemax said, “The moment we heard the news, we cancelled all the shows for today and tomorrow across Maharashtra. We have around 56 screens in the state. We have given refund of the tickets.”

Ashish Saxena, Chief Operating Officer, Big Cinema said “For today we have suspended all the shows and also advance bookings. We will decide upon tomorrow depending upon the inputs provided by the local police.”

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