In a significant escalation of the row over the choice of Dr Manmohan Singh's cremation site, senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacked the BJP-ruled government at the Centre.

India has mourned one of its longest-serving prime ministers, Manmohan Singh, with a state funeral in Delhi. Singh led the country from 2004 to 2014 and was considered the architect of India's economic liberalisation.

The veteran leader, who was also credited for a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, died late Thursday at age 92.

The body of Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose death has spark outpourings of grief at home and accolades from abroad, was cremated on Sunday on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi with full state honours.

India announced a seven-day mourning period and cancelled all cultural and entertainment events in the coming week

Authorities in India have declared a seven-day mourning period to honor Manmohan Singh as politicians and public paid tributes to the country’s former prime minister widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program.

The Congress accused the Centre of disrespecting former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by conducting his last rites at a public crematorium, while the BJP countered by accusing the Congress of politicising the issue,

The Congress on Saturday claimed that the state funeral of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, organised by the central government, was a “shocking display of disrespect and mismanagement”. The BJP,

People lined the streets of Delhi on Saturday for Manmohan Singh’s funeral procession after the former Indian prime minister died aged 92 on Thursday.