A recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
'The pandemic helped me to shift my focus to the medicinal qualities of food.'
The government of Maharashtra decided to shut operations at APMC Vashi mandi between May 11 and 17 after confirmed cases of Covid-19 surpassed 80 in the APMC and over 450 across Navi Mumbai, where the mandi is located.
The three-day wedding that will take place in Mumbai will see over 1,000 guests.
From home-made Dhanush howitzers to mine-protected vehicle to rock bands to folk dances to foreigners posing with Indian artistes to gigantic dumping trucks to families having a gala time, Rediff.com brings you all the action on Day Two of the Make In India Week.
Mangroves absorb excess water but they are being destroyed in Mumbai in the guise of infrastructure development, city-based environmentalist Debi Goenka told PTI.
Blackstone has bought A Wing and some part of B Wing of the building, which has three wings with a total area of 1.5 million square feet.
American technology giant Apple's chief executive Tim Cook on Wednesday met ICICI Bank's top brass at the country's largest private sector lender's corporate headquarters in Mumbai.
Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com and Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com go backstage at the Cirque Du Soleil.
Rediff.com's Hitesh Harisinghani and Rajesh Karkera bring us all the action.
Phonemaker Apple is said to be in talks to take 30,000 sq ft retail space at plush property Maker Maxity, in Bandra Kurla Complex
'Me and my family along with Sarfaraz have given our entire life towards this dream.'
The lower yield is better for property landlords as it indicates an appreciation in the capital value of the property, says Raghavendra Kamath.
A stake sale of Reliance's real estate portfolio would help it raise anything between $1-5 billion and could be one of the triggers for the company's shares to break out.
Tendulkar pointed out that Mumbai's success percentage in Ranji games was 47 per cent. 'If I say it's unbelievable it's an understatement.'
The branding initiative coincides with the company's expansion.
L&T, Ircon International and Tata Projects have showed interest in a tender issued by the National High Speed Rail Corporation, implementing agency for the project. The tender is for construction of stations, bridges, viaducts, maintenance depots and tunnels.
Former India wicketkeeper Chandrakant Pandit was chosen as the coach of the Mumbai Ranji Trophy team.
Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com and Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com go backstage at the Cirque Du Soleil.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is targeting the commissioning of the project by 2023-24
Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com reports from Shivaji Park and the MMRDA ground to sense the mood of Shiv Sena workers -- from the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde camps.
The duo of Vyas and Desai took the opposing bowlers to the cleaners throughout the innings while stitching a massive first-wicket partnership of 282 runs.
Keeping in mind the bitter backdrop in which the two Sena factions are likely to come face-to-face with each other on October 5, the Mumbai police, along with the Maharashtra administration, are leaving nothing to chance.
There's an award for everyone at the Sansui Colors Stardust awards!
The actor, who will be the showstopper for LFW's grand finale, revealed her love for lipsticks and the colour she has always loved.
The marshals will be provided specialised axes to snip wires and break glasses.
Modi will be arriving in Mumbai on Friday to inaugurate the 'Make in India' event at the MMRDA grounds in Bandra Kurla Complex followed by an event at National Sports Club ground in Worli.
Defending champions Gujarat and former winners Baroda are placed in different groups for the final stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 championship, which will be held at two venues in Mumbai from January 15-20.
Bullet trains are run by state-owned agencies in France and Germany.
As the industrial era wanes, the network era looms, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
Modi's demonetisation move has hit the real estate market in Delhi and Mumbai
An FIR has been registered against Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam for allegedly giving an inflammatory speech during a political rally in Mumbai two days back, police said on Wednesday.
The parlours and salons falling under the COVID-19 containment zones did not open.
In an apparent bid to offset BJP candidate Pragya Thakur's controversial statement against slain IPS officer Hemant Karkare, Modi heaped praises on Mumbai police.
BMA's clients allege that depository firm CDSL and stock exchanges did not act on their complaints, prompting them to protest before Sebi. They say their shares have been transferred to a pool account without their knowledge and have been used to avail loans. Clients alleged that BMA has pledged their securities with a leading private bank, who could have sold their holdings.
"Only 27 bodies can be kept in the KEM mortuary. But, all slots are filled with COVID-19 victims' bodies and other bodies have been kept in the corridor. There are some 15 bodies kept on stretchers on both sides of the corridor that leads to the second floor where the testing laboratory is located," KEM staffers' union leader Santosh Dhuri said. "Workers need protection kits and assurance of financial support in case of falling sick. These issues are not satisfactorily addressed by the BMC and the state government despite several reminders and agitations," he said.
On reports of the BMC's move to take over some premises of the Wankhede stadium for quarantine facility, the commissioner said, "We are not taking over the cricket stadium or any other open space because in Mumbai it sometimes rains continuously for a week. It will not be useful at all for the administration to take care of people."
At least half a dozen are in the works with increasing brand awareness and growing purchasing power in upper classes.
Stunning cars from the Mumbai International Motor Show.
He noted that the agency has already submitted a chargesheet in the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan.
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