Dawoodi Bohra Leader

Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin will stay the leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community after the Bombay High Court today rejected his nephew Syedna Taher Fakhruddin's petition against the appointment.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to refer the "vexed" Sabarimala issue to a larger bench and said issues involved have implications for the practice of all faiths.

The funeral procession of Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin today began from his Malabar Hill residence in Mumbai, where lakhs of mourners gathered to pay tributes to the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community amid tight security arrangements.

At least 18 people were killed in a stampede that broke out in the early hours of Saturday near the Malabar Hill residence of Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, who died on Friday morning, officials said.

Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin will stay the leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community after the Bombay High Court today rejected his nephew Syedna Taher Fakhruddin's petition against the appointment.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to refer the "vexed" Sabarimala issue to a larger bench and said issues involved have implications for the practice of all faiths.

The funeral procession of Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin today began from his Malabar Hill residence in Mumbai, where lakhs of mourners gathered to pay tributes to the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community amid tight security arrangements.

At least 18 people were killed in a stampede that broke out in the early hours of Saturday near the Malabar Hill residence of Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, who died on Friday morning, officials said.