Mumbai | 5 months ago
Some Mumbai cable operators defy digitisation order
Mumbai, Nov 1 - Shiv Sena-backed cable operators in Mumbai continued to be defiant vis-a-vis the digitisation of TV networks Thursday - the first day of the central-government mandated switchover from the earlier analogue signal system.There was no total blackout of the TV sets of viewers who had still not got a digital Set Top Boxes - and Cable Operator's Union leader Anil Parab of the Shiv Sena ... read more

Mumbai | 6 months ago
Mumbai Bengalis all set to celebrate Durga Puja
Mumbai/Thane, Oct 17 - Mumbai's 1.25 million Bengalis are all set to celebrate Durga Puja, starting Oct 20, with a liberal dose of Bollywood glamour with celebrities and commoners converging for the community's biggest religious festival in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and other suburban towns.This year, the themes of most 'sarvajanik' - Durga pujas revolve around Swami Vivekananda, whose 150th birth ann ... read more

Mumbai | 6 months ago
Mumbai Bengalis all set to celebrate Durga Puja
Mumbai/Thane, Oct 17 - Mumbai's 1.25 million Bengalis are all set to celebrate Durga Puja, starting Oct 20, with a liberal dose of Bollywood glamour with celebrities and commoners converging for the community's biggest religious festival in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and other suburban towns.This year, the themes of most 'sarvajanik' - Durga pujas revolve around Swami Vivekananda, whose 150th birth ann ... read more

Mumbai | 6 months ago
Mumbai Bengalis all set to celebrate Durga Puja
Mumbai/Thane, Oct 17 - Mumbai's 1.25 million Bengalis are all set to celebrate Durga Puja, starting Oct 20, with a liberal dose of Bollywood glamour with celebrities and commoners converging for the community's biggest religious festival in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and other suburban towns.This year, the themes of most 'sarvajanik' - Durga pujas revolve around Swami Vivekananda, whose 150th birth ann ... read more

Pune | 6 months ago
Veracity of Tilak's audio clip matter of faith: Family
Pune, Oct 13 - Even as a record collectors' group said a rare recording of 'Lokmanya' Bal Gangadhar Tilak's voice is fake, the late freedom fighter's family maintained that the clip is accurate and should be accepted in good faith.On Aug 24, Tilak's booming voice echoed at a jam-packed gathering in Pune 92 years after his death.In the 90-second clip, Tilak chides a noisy crowd and urges silence at ... read more

Pune | 6 months ago
Veracity of Tilak's audio clip matter of faith: Family
Pune, Oct 13 - Even as a record collectors' group said a rare recording of 'Lokmanya' Bal Gangadhar Tilak's voice is fake, the late freedom fighter's family maintained that the clip is accurate and should be accepted in good faith.On Aug 24, Tilak's booming voice echoed at a jam-packed gathering in Pune 92 years after his death.In the 90-second clip, Tilak chides a noisy crowd and urges silence at ... read more

Pune | 6 months ago
Veracity of Tilak's audio clip matter of faith: Family
Pune, Oct 13 - Even as a record collectors' group said a rare recording of 'Lokmanya' Bal Gangadhar Tilak's voice is fake, the late freedom fighter's family maintained that the clip is accurate and should be accepted in good faith.On Aug 24, Tilak's booming voice echoed at a jam-packed gathering in Pune 92 years after his death.In the 90-second clip, Tilak chides a noisy crowd and urges silence at ... read more

Mumbai | 6 months ago
Millions bid adieu to Lord Ganesha in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mumbai, Sep 29 - Millions of people in Mumbai and across Maharashtra trooped out on the streets Saturday to bid adieu to the elephant headed-Lord Ganesha at the end of the 10-day Ganeshotsav - amid tight security at the immersion ceremonies, officials said.The day was marked with colourful revelry among men, women, youth and children, dancing and singing bhajans as over 90,000 big and small idols ... read more

Mumbai | 6 months ago
Mumbai all geared up for Ganesh idol immersions
Mumbai, Sep 28 - With around 90,000 small and big Ganesh idols expected to be immersed at 84 spots in the city Saturday, the last day of the 10-day festival, Mumbai is gearing up to bid adieu to the popular elephant-headed god.While the city police have taken all necessary precautions, the Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Samanvay Samiti -, the umbrella organisation of all public Ganesh pujas i ... read more

Mumbai | 6 months ago
Udhhav urges Congress not to succumb to NCP pressures
Mumbai, Sep 25 - Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, terming as drama Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's resignation, Tuesday urged Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to accept it and not succumb to the Nationalist Congress Party's - pressure.This is a drama and a pressure tactic by the Nationalist Congress Party. Chavan should not succumb to their pressures. He must accept t ... read more