Mumbai: In a public notice issued last week, the six Parsi Zoroastrian high priests, the community's highest religious authorities, have questioned the legitimacy of ceremonies to initiate individuals into the priesthood in North America, stating that the rituals are contrary to established relig...
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Mumbai, November 9, 2026: In a twist to the Mumbai local train murder case, accused Roshan Suvarna, arrested for allegedly stabbing 22-year-old Mayank Lohar to death, has claimed that he was not the attacker and that the real assailant fled from the train. Suvarna has moved an ap...
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Riyadh, Nov 9: Union Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah signed the Bilateral Haj Agreement for Haj 2027, securing a quota of 175,025 pilgrims for India, the Consulate General of India in Jeddah said....
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Mumbai, November 9, 2026: The Mumbai Traffic Police's Western Suburbs Division has announced temporary traffic restrictions and parking regulations around Juhu Chowpatty in Santacruz (West) on November 15 and 16 in view of Chhath Puja celebrations, which are expected to draw a la...
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Mumbai, November 9, 2026: Concerned over the rising number of Caesarean-section deliveries, the Maharashtra government has directed all public health institutions to conduct mandatory audits of every C-section to ensure that surgical deliveries are performed only when medically n...
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Many trains in Mumbai faced significant delays due to passengers pulling emergency chains to board with urgency. This led to seven incidents across both suburban and long-distance trains, affecting local services. The first incident occurred early in the morning at Kalyan station...
