Mumbai: In a workshop at King Circle, a towering Ganesh idol is slowly taking shape, not from Plaster of Paris (PoP), but from shadu clay, sculpted patiently by hand. For years, commercial idol-makers have been arguing that giant public idols cannot be made from clay, claiming the material is too fragile to support its own…
Both independent chefs and collectives are driving the Koli culinary market, largely through referrals and WhatsApp marketing. The tilapia, a freshwater fish, is far from home in a Koli kitchen. Yet on Friday, a batch of shapely tilapia patties made their way down the final stages of an assembly line — water, semolina, hot oil on the…
Shakeel Noorani is in police custody till Aug 12 Mumbai: Producer-director Shakeel Noorani (73) was arrested on Saturday from a Mahabaleshwar farmhouse after being on the run for 40 days for allegedly raping an aspiring actress repeatedly over the last four years, threatening to release videos of the assault and inducing a miscarriage.Malwani police produced…
At the centre of a controversy is Citipark on the main Central Avenue where residents said that the new project has taken over the broad pavements adjoining its property and has now barricaded a long stretch Mumbai: Residents of Powai’s Hiranandani Gardens have complained that public footpaths, which have existed since the township was built,…
Raj Thackeray expressed his discontent over the ongoing delays in the improvement of the Mumbai-Goa National Highway MUMBAI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday attributed the prolonged delay in completing the Mumbai-Goa National Highway to what he termed “political interference”, questioning why contractors had left the project and why land acquisition and…
MUMBAI: The Centre should withdraw the proposed Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) Bill or refer it to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for detailed discussion among all political parties instead of rushing it through Parliament, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) working president and MP Supriya Sule said on Friday.Sule also said all eight Lok Sabha MPs of…
Mumbai: A 28-year-old man was arrested by Dahisar Police in connection with a digital arrest scam where a senior citizen had been duped of Rs 4.5 lakh.The 71-year-old complainant lives in Dahisar East. Between July 2 and July 3, a caller contacted the complainant, claiming to be senior police inspector Rajesh Mishra. He scared the…
2 booked for creating 22 mule bank accounts used for 42 cyber scams nationally Mumbai: Khar Police has registered an FIR against two men for running 22 mule bank accounts through which at least 42 cyber fraud cases were perpetrated throughout the country. Police said an amount of Rs 7.42 crore was defrauded collectively in…
A CCTV grab of the alleged assault Thane: Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre walked out of Kalyan’s Adharwadi jail on Saturday after the Bombay High Court granted him bail in connection with the alleged assault of a doctor at a municipal hospital in Dombivli last month.His legal counsel said the bail formalities were completed on…
Mumbai: Two men were arrested from Raipur in Chhattisgarh by a Vanrai Police team in connection with a case of cheating a logistics firm to the tune of Rs 94 lakh. Police said the accused were on the run for the past year. More arrests are likely.Last year, the vice-president of a logistics firm registered…
