The BMC also said that Ganesh mandals in the city have been asked to keep the Ganpati festival celebrations simple and low-key this year and focus on social service.
The Baazigar actress will keep the idol of Lord Ganesha at her home for five days.
Tax experts said historically in July and August indirect tax collections remain subdued and pick up with the onset of the festive season post Ganesh Chaturthi.
'There is a vision in the Budget, and the vision is to take India from a largely agrarian, rural economy into a fast-track digitalised economy.'
Enter the fireworks city of Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu and you can smell a familiar mix of sulphur, potassium nitrate, aluminium and carbon - familiar because if you've ever burst crackers, say on Diwali or Onam, chances are they were made here. Almost every household used to contribute to India's festive joy by contributing almost 90 per cent of the fireworks made in the country. Before the pandemic, around 300,000 people worked in the industry directly and another 500,000 indirectly. Located 540 kilometres from Chennai, Sivakasi is famous for its fireworks and crackers, along with printing and matches, but is almost a ghost town these days.
Ranbir, Rishi, Randhir and Rajiv say their final goodbyes to Ganpati...
A look at the visarjan pictures.
It is Mumbai's favourite festival and is celebrated each year with fervour and frenzy. But when the city welcomes "Ganpati Bappa" this Friday, the celebrations will be low key. With a cap on the size of idols, ban on processions and restrictions on devotees visiting pandals, celebrations are toned down for the second year in a row. Festival budgets have shrunk and as a result, corporate sponsorships have dried out.
Namrata Thakker takes a peek into his glamorous life through his Instagram pictures.
The mood was full of gaiety and devotion, with chants of 'Ganpati Bappa Morya' reverberating across Maharashtra.
Stars offered prayers to celerbate Ganesh Chaturthi.
Close to 50 models were launched in India in the past 12 months, but companies have not been able to realise their potential due to the pandemic.
The ban comes after Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir too stopped the sale of meat.
Kabali will co-star Radhika Apte, Prakash Raj and Kishore.
The Shortcut Romeo actress walks the streets, and binges on its delights.
From the protests in Belarus, to people in Beirut picking up the pieces after the deadly blast, to the Democratic National Convention held in Delaware in the United States, here are the top images from the week gone by.
Dealers say that the full-year outlook remains negative with a projected contraction in retail sales of 15-35 per cent across segments, save tractors, which look set to clock a positive annual growth.
The annual Amarnath yatra to the 3,880-metre high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas will commence on June 28 and culminate, as per the tradition, on the day of Raskha Bandhan festival on August 22, officials said.
Several Bollywood stars are visiitn gGanpati pandals to pay their respects.
Preparations are in full swing in Mumbai and it readies to welcome its most favourite deity with only two days left for Ganesh Chaturthi. Here's the first glimpse of Mumbai's most famous idol -- the Lalbaugcha Raja.
This week, Hindus around the world celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, honoring the religion's most memorable god. Indians living in America too, began the festivities on a high note.
Morya Re is the latest Ganpati song doing the airwaves.
Take a look at their beautiful Ganpati pictures.
A West Indian Day celebration, Hurricane Dorian destruction, and the immersion of Lord Ganesha in Mumbai round out this week's best images.
The government said that processions should not be taken out before installing and immersing idols.
A recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
After 11 days, Mumbai is bidding adieu to its favourite deity -- Ganpati Bappa. Here's a look at the celebrations.
The steamed rice dumpling stuffed with jaggery is the elephant god's favourite sweet.
For these insurance policies, the premium can range between a few thousand and several lakhs depending on the size of the coverage.
Members of Joint Platform of Doctors, in their letter to Banerjee, referred to the steep rise in coronavirus cases in Kerala after the recent Onam festival, and a similar situation in Spain following International Women's Day celebrations and a football match to make their point.
Here are some interesting images of the BJP president visiting the popular Lalbaugcha Raja.
'That it is happening in the second half of the year, during the festive season, will only encourage many to step up advertising.'
One of the oldest and most revered idol of Lord Ganesh, the Lalbaugcha Raja, was unveiled by the Lalbaug Sarvajanik Ganeshostav mandal in Mumbai on Monday, just days ahead of the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival
A recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
Here's what the actress and other celebs were upto.
The muted expectation of dealers come at a time when vehicle manufacturers such as Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motor, Mahindra & Mahindra and others reported a double-digit fall in wholesale dispatches to dealerships in July and August.
From an iPad being used during preparations to fire a homemade mortar in Syria to an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man using a magnifying glass to check a citrus fruit for blemishes in Jerusalem; check out our package of stunning images captured by ace Reuters photogs
The 30-share Sensex rose 290.30 points to end at 19,270.06 and the 50-share Nifty gained 87.45 points at 5,680.40 levels.
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