Group plans to free trees of concrete
The Aarey Conservation Group (ACG) plans to bring in Independence Day in a unique manner. From August 15 till the end of this month, the group has decided to free our city’s trees of concrete.
View ArticleEx MET chairman to take his complaint against Bhujbal to SIT
The Bombay High Court on Friday said that a former chairman of Mumbai Educational Trust (MET), could take his complaint of alleged misappropriation of funds by NCP leader and former state minister...
View ArticleCourt directs fresh hearing in cricket academy plot row
The Bombay high court on Friday directed a fresh hearing to decide whether allotment of a “valuable” plot in Bandra (E) could have been made to a cricket academy with which former cricketers Sandeep...
View ArticleHC upholds two entry levels for RTE admissions
The Bombay high court on Friday upheld the state’s rule that specifies two entry levels—one at the pre primary and the second one at Class 1—for admissions under the 25% Right To Education quota in...
View ArticleDead whale washed ashore buried
The 15-ft-long dead whale, which had been washed ashore in Alibaug on Thursday, has been buried by forest officials after taking its tissue sample for future reference. The chief conservator of...
View ArticlePrez gallantry award for nine fire brigade men
The names of fireman Nitin Yewlekar, Mumbai’s former chief fire officer Sunil Nesarikar and station officer Sarjerao Bandgar have been approved for the President’s Fire Service Medal For Gallantry...
View ArticlePrison superintendent trying to push me to suicide, says Salem
In reply to a complaint filed by the Taloja jail superintendent, gangster Abu Salem told a special TADA court on Friday he was being harassed by the cop to push him to suicide. Salem said he was...
View ArticleDK Rao acquitted in killing of Dawood aide
The city crime branch received a major setback when the special MCOCA court on Friday acquitted D K Rao, Umaid Ur Rahman and two other accused in the 2011 murder of Arif Bael
View ArticleSena corporator confident sodium vapour lamps will be back on Marine Drive
Nominated Shiv Sena corporator Avkash Jadhav, who has been pressing for the restoration of the golden glow of Marine Drive, says he foresees the return of the sodium vapour lights along the iconic...
View ArticleSena blames Congress for Lok Sabha washout
Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna on Friday targeted the Congress for the logjam in the Lok Sabha.
View ArticleChief economic advisor turns literature guide at lecture
On a day when rupee keeled over and went under the 65-to-the-dollar psychological mark, Arvind Subramanian refused to talk about it. Instead, the chief economic advisor focused on what Conrad, Naipaul...
View ArticleLegal metrology department to check underground tanks at petrol pumps
The legal metrology department plans to calibrate underground petrol and diesel tanks at all pumps in the city.
View ArticleAI flies Mumbai to Newark non-stop, but without baggage!
For the past six days, Air India’s Boeing 777 aircraft that travels 12,500km from here to Newark in the US non-stop in over 15 hours has been forced to fly lighter because the monsoon weather...
View ArticleCollege I-Day activities go beyond flag hoisting today
This year, Independence Day will be celebrated with much fervour in city colleges.
View ArticleLesser-known myths and stories about Lord Ganesha
Of the many myths and beliefs surrounding the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, the most popular is the one in which devotees of the lovable god are advised to avoid looking at the moon during the 10 days...
View ArticleMeet India’s postcard man
A social activist from Pune has the data available about 49,000 villages in 10 Indian states at his fingertips. And an amazing fact is that he still communicates with the heartland’s 58 lakh rural...
View ArticleMega art fair kick-starts in Mumbai today
Art aficionados are in for a treat as they can view 4,000 paintings, sculptures and photographs by Indian stalwarts and artists from across the globe at the India Art Festival (IAF), which starts on...
View ArticleMoshe wants to see the place where his parents were killed
He was a mere toddler orphaned at two, when his parents — Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka — were killed during the terror attack on Mumbai on 26/11 in 2008.
View ArticleAnjolie back in Mumbai with a solo after nine years
After a long time artist Anjolie Ela Menon is back to her, 'favourite city' with a solo show on the nuances and magic of motherhood, that opens today and will go on till December 31, at a gallery in...
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