Tata's body will be kept at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Mumbai before the state funeral on Thursday evening. A key road leading to the venue has been cordoned off. People will be able to pay their respects here from 10:00 to 15:30 India time (04:30-10:00GMT), senior Mumbai police official Abhinav Deshmukh told the media.

A 28-year-old software engineer, Baby, packed her bags, grabbed her 10-month-old daughter, and along with her husband, caught the first flight from Hyderabad to Mumbai on Thursday afternoon. Her purpose was to give her daughter a "darshan of Ratan Tata Sir,

Ratan Tata, a former chairman of India’s oldest conglomerate – as well Tata Steel and Jaguar Land Rover, has died at a Mumbai hospital at the age of 86. Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran confirmed Mr Tata’s death and described him as his “friend, mentor, and guide” in a statement.