A polished silver spice box with multiple compartments and a fitted lid, photographed in close-up to highlight its reflective metal finish and traditional kitchen design. A tiny silver spice box. Miniature cooking vessels blackened with age. A grandmother’s rangoli patterns recreated from memory. In a new exhibition at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), the…
Mumbai celebrated ghazal maestro Pankaj Udhas’ 75th birth anniversary by inaugurating “Padma Bhushan Pankaj Udhas Chowk” on Peddar Road. The event, attended by numerous celebrities and civic officials, honored his immense contribution to Indian music and humanitarian work. Family and friends shared heartfelt memories, highlighting his enduring legacy. Sunday evening saw Mumbai come together in…
Cutterhead of Tunnel Boring Machine lowered for Bullet Train Project Mumbai: In a major step forward for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project, the first 350-tonne cutterhead of a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has been lowered at Vikhroli, marking a key milestone in the construction of the high-speed rail corridor’s underground section. The giant cutterhead, measuring…
Mumbai: The BMC extended the deadline for submission of Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for establishing dog shelters at three locations in Mumbai on a Design-Build-Operate-Transfer (DBOT) model after receiving a poor response, while it also identified another plot of land in Mulund to accommodate stray dogs picked up from public institutions.The proposed shelters are planned…
MUMBAI: Former BMC corporators, daughter of a sitting Shiv Sena MP & a BJP party worker who lost the latest BMC polls have a wafer thin margin of seven votes are among the 79 who have challenged the civic election results off various corporator wards. BMC elections were held in January 2026.The former BMC Corporators…
MUMBAI: The Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Mumbai Crime Branch arrested two men from Borivali railway station for their alleged involvement in a bomb-hurling incident outside an Ashram in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.The accused had allegedly fled West Bengal and travelled to Mumbai to evade arrest, according to news agency PTI.Mumbai Crime Branch said,…
representation picture for bike taxi Mumbai: A day after the Maharashtra cyber cell initiated action to remove the app services facilitating unauthorised bike taxi operations from the platform, it took a U-Turn on the decision on Saturday.The cyber cell, which issued the circular last Friday to the Play Store platform to remove the application, communicated…
Mumbai: The city’s tobacco-free BEST Initiative has delivered a strong public health outcome, with 62 BEST drivers and conductors successfully quitting tobacco, which is 49% of the total enlisted for the quitting programme, according to survey findings released by the Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) on Sunday.A baseline survey conducted in 2016-17 among nearly 3,000…
Palghar: A woman was arrested in Palghar district for allegedly securing a Zilla Parishad job using a fake disability certificate, a police official said on Sunday.Rupali Tengle, a resident of Daund in Pune, applied for a Group C Laboratory Technician post under the Aug 2023 direct-recruitment advertisement and submitted a disability certificate purportedly issued by…
MUMBAI: A week after a tree fell on an auto in Khar, critically injured teenager Aarika Srivastava died Sunday while undergoing treatment. Doctors had declared Aarika, 14, brain dead on Thursday after an apnea test. Following her death, police added a culpable homicide charge against the construction firm linked to the site where the tree…
