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Environmentalists have urged the Maharashtra government to stop City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) from developing real estate on Kharghar hills and along the quarried Parsik Hills in the Mumbai metropolitan region, saying that the landslides during the recent rains in Mumbai were a warning not to play with nature. On July 28, chief minister […]

Written by Sadaf Modak | Updated: August 23, 2020 11:34:55 am No-contact check-in at front desk at The Meluha-Fern This week, Delhi announced reopening of hotels in a bid to kick off the economy. But with few travellers and no tourists, the industry’s climb out of the pandemic is expected to be the hardest and […]

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and family pray to Lord Ganesh. (Photo: Twitter @ Office of Uddhav Thackeray) Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus, Weather Today Live Updates: With 14,492 new coronavirus cases, the overall tally in the state rose to 6,71,942 on Saturday, a health official said. With 297 infected patients succumbing to the virus, the death toll […]

A team of Central Bureau of Investigation officials, along with forensic experts, visited the house of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput in Bandra on Saturday to reconstruct the sequence of events before he was found dead on June 14, people familiar with the developments said. The team, which was accompanies by Rajput’s cook Neeraj Singh […]

MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Saturday reported 14,492 new coronavirus cases, matching the highest single-day spike witnessed only two days ago, which took the case tally in the state to 6,71,942, a health official said. With 297 Covid-19 patients succumbing, the death toll rose to 21,995, he said. On August 20, the state had seen a record […]

Mumbaiites have welcomed their favourite festival with many families making eco-friendly idols at home. They have also stuck to simple paper flower decorations instead of using fresh flowers. While some have made idols out of chocolates and other sweet dishes, others have used clay in order to celebrate the festival in the safest way. Sumeet […]

A team of Central Bureau of Investigation officials along with forensic experts visited the house of Sushatnt Singh Rajput at Bandra along with his cook Neeraj Singh and roommate Siddharth Pithani on Saturday afternoon to recreate the happenings that led to the death of the actor, sources in the CBI said. Rajput was found dead […]

It was not that long ago when an Instagram user, with the handle name ‘Dude with sign’, piqued the attention of netizens with his funny and relatable placards about annoying day-to-day problems. Inspired by that idea, a mass media student from Mumbai, Nilraj Kadam has started his own hilarious page with a desi twist. “I […]

MUMBAI: With moderate rain on Thursday and Friday, Santacruz observatory recorded 990.5mm rainfall this month, the highest August figure for the city in nine years. The IMD has, meanwhile, issued an orange alert (heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places) for the city, Thane and Palghar for Saturday. While Palghar’s orange alert will continue […]

Ganesh Chaturthi: Mumbai Police has tightened security for Ganeshotsav and Muharram Mumbai: The Mumbai police have tightened security to keep a hawk-eyed vigil across the city during the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival or Ganeshotsav, which began today amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said. In view of the virus outbreak, the festival is being celebrated […]