The Centre has declared two days of state mourning on Sunday and Monday for Lata Mangeshkar, who died on Sunday morning.
“During State Mourning, the National Flag will be flown at half-mast both days throughout India and there will be no official entertainment,” the Union home ministry said.
Lata was cremated with full state honours in Mumbai. Her brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar lit the funeral pyre at Shivaji Park in Dadar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, actors Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar were among those present at the funeral.
Bengal half-day holiday: The Bengal government has announced a half-day holiday on Monday “as a mark of respect to the departed icon”.
“State government offices, urban and rural local bodies, corporations, undertakings, educational institutions and other offices/institutions under the control of the government of West Bengal shall be closed in the 2nd half of February 7, 2022,” state finance secretary Manoj Pant said in an order issued on Sunday.
