Ganeshotsav may be most closely associated with the streets of Maharashtra, but its spirit has travelled far beyond India. A Marathi family based in Karachi, Pakistan, has been celebrating the festival at home, keeping their cultural and religious traditions alive despite living thousands of kilo...
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Mumbai: Nimit Goyal, a 2014-batch IPS officer, is currently serving as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West Region- Zone I, Mumbai. His office is located at the BKC Police Station in Bandra-Kurla Complex (Bandra East). The Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Kherwadi, Nirmal Nag...
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Indian MMA athlete Suchika Tariyal and the Indian women’s cricket team for their medal-winning performances at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya. Tariyal scripted history by becoming the first Indian athlete to w...
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Mumbai: Indian equity benchmarks closed lower as weakness in information technology and financial stocks ended the Nifty 50’s four-session winning streak. Gains in metal, media and realty shares limited the decline. The BSE Sensex dropped 329.91 points, or 0.44 per cent, to settl...
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Mumbai’s Matunga Flower Merchants Association is marking its 54th year of Ganeshotsav with elaborate floral decorations at the local market. Six decorators from Tamil Nadu’s Salem district are using around 250kg of flowers for each of four themed decorations during the 12-day fes...
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Manushi Chhillar was spotted at Mumbai airport on Tuesday (September 22) where she made it clear that she was uncomfortable with paparazzi taking pictures of her from behind. The actress politely asked the photographers to delete the back shots while maintaining her composure and...
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Sakinakyacha Maharaja in Andheri East received a 350kg sugar-free modak, claimed to be India’s largest, on Monday. Created by chef Harsh Kedia, the 4.5ft-tall modak was later distributed among devotees as prasad. The mandal’s over-42ft idol has also been recognised by a local rec...
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Mumbai: Building competitive and resilient enterprises will require innovation, technology adoption, closer industry-government coordination and support for micro, small and medium enterprises, CII Western Region Deputy Chairman Milon Nag said. Nag, who is also Chairman and Manag...
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Mumbai: Retired Bombay High Court judge Justice RC Chavan has resigned from the Maharashtra government-appointed committee tasked with preparing a framework for implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, citing differences over the functioning of the panel, its publi...
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New Delhi: India’s public capital expenditure push is drawing private investment, lifting capital formation, manufacturing capacity utilisation and industrial credit, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. Gross fixed capital formation exceeded 34 per cent of GDP during Q1 FY2...
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Pune: For many older people, the hardest part of ageing is not always illness. It can be the loneliness that comes with living alone, the difficulty of reaching a hospital, managing paperwork or even finding someone who can simply sit and talk to them. It was this gap that SCHOOL...
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Mumbai: The bank strike scheduled for September 28, 29 and 30, 2026, remains on course despite the Finance Ministry urging employees to withdraw the action and resolve concerns through dialogue. As of September 22, the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) and its associated unions ...
