'She was wearing a grayish dress, but her sparkling white pearls shone through the thick and dark windows. I thought Michelle was outstandingly beautiful.'
'The day after the attack, people were roaming this area, dressed like they were going to a party!" says an angry man who lost his brother that day.
Suburban rail traffic between Dadar and Matunga was temporarily halted after a tree fell over a Dadar-bound train. Local trains on the Western and harbour lines are also running late by 10 to 15 minutes.
'I will miss you calling me and saying "I am Shashi Kapoor" even when you were at the height of your stardom.' Gitanjali Gurbaxani remembers a dear friend.
Even as the environmentalists and marine zoologists are crying hoarse over the impact of the oil spill, there is good news as far as the shoreline near Mumbai is concerned.
For one, women comprise almost half of India's population, yet less than 5 per cent women are corporate directors and less than half of that are independent directors.
26/11 survivor Anamika Gupta on her unforgettable encounters with the terrorists.
Mumbaikars travelling to work faced a harrowing time on Tuesday morning owing to waterlogging caused by the incessant rain since Monday night.
It doesn't always happen to someone else. Here's why it's better to be safe rather than sorry.
Here's why you can claim tax deduction on interest paid on your home loan as well as claim deduction on house rent alowance.
Two families struggle to make ends meet and face a harsh life after losing their breadwinners.
A year after the 26/11 carnage, girls at the YWCA hostel in Colaba are still hounded by the horrifying memories of three sleepless nights when terror unfolded barely a few meters away in their backyard at Leopold Cafe and the iconic Taj.
A Ganesh Nadar tracks down four Mumbai police officers who confronted the terrorists on 26/11, but whose bravery that night has gone unnoticed or unrewarded.
Intense spells of rain are likely to continue in the districts of Thane, Raigad and Mumbai during next four hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Advocate Ejaz Naqvi filed his 'vakalatnama' for Faheem on Monday. Till now, no lawyer has appeared for any of the four accused in the case.
Upscale Khan Market in New Delhi has slipped by 7 notches to the 24th position in the list the 60 most expensive retail high streets in the world this year, says a global survey.
What is a migrant going through today on the walk home? What is it like to be a Muslim and watch the news on television every night in India? Is there a bureaucrat who is noting down the absurdity of what is announced and what is actually happening in her domain? A medical resident who has gone through three weeks of 12-hour shifts while her seniors abstain from coming to the Covid hospital? They may be our everyday experiences, but they are how history will understand what happened to us all in this strange and surreal time, points out Aakar Patel.
Psychiatrist Ashit Sheth provides an insight into the current state of mind of Mumbai residents, especially those who survived the terrible tragedy at the Taj and Oberoi hotels.
Ajmal Amin, the only terrorist arrested during the operation, told interrogators that the dozen ultras who sailed from Karachi had come to Sassoon Dock from where they were taken first to Cuff Parade and later to the Gateway of India in boats arranged by a frontman of Dawood, who runs several custom clearing houses in Mumbai, sources claimed
The director of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, and his wife Rivika are suspected to be among those being held hostage at its office in Nariman House, Colaba in South Mumbai, by terrorists since Wednesday night
With Indian intelligence and security agencies still groping to identify the terrorists who have struck at the country's financial capital, three Australian victims have now come out describing them as 'young boys'.
The CBI today sealed the South Mumbai residence of senior NCP leader and MP Padmasinh Patil, arrested in connection with the murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar.
A Mumbai court on Monday remanded Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed to police custody till January 23 in the November 26 Taj hotel firing case. Ansari and Ahmed, accused in the recent attacks in Mumbai, were produced before the court on Monday and remanded to police custody in the case registered at the Colaba police station in south Mumbai. They were arrested in February last year in connection with the attack on a Central Reserve Police Force camp in Uttar Pradesh.
'American-Israelis know the dangers involved. They know they can be targeted, so they always take precautions. Security is important to them,' says Rabbi Sharon Benjamin Galsulkar.
An encounter with terrorists at a cafe.
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Heavy rains lashed Mumbai throughout Monday night and Tuesday morning, bringing traffic to a virtual standstill in many parts of the city.Chembur, Ghatkopar and Vikhroli were the worst affected areas. Many areas in western suburbs and South Mumbai witnessed serpentine traffic jams and waterlogging.While the trains on the western line were reportedly running smoothly, trains on the Central and Harbour line were delayed by over 20 minutes.
A day after it recorded the season's lowest temperature, Mumbai enjoyed a relatively warmer weather on Monday with the mercury rising by almost 2 degrees Celsius. The Meteorological Department's Santacruz station in the suburbs recorded a minimum temperature of 12.1 degrees Celsius against Sunday's minimum of 10.2 degrees Celsius, the lowest in over four decades. Mumbai, known for its hot and humid weather, has been witnessing lower than usual temperatures.
A Chuck Norris-look-alike, an immigrant labourer and a Man-U fan have just this one thing to say on the first anniversary of 26/11: It's important to defy terrorism. Rediff. com's Prasanna Zore and Abhishek Mande get a sense of the Mood on the first anniversary of the 26/11 attacks.
The planned metro rail corridor from Colaba in south Mumbai to the north western suburb of Bandra will be considered after the Indian Railways states its plan for the elevated rail corridor from Churchgate to Virar, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Metropolitan commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad said. MMRDA will await the feasibility study being carried out by the Railways regarding the elevated corridor before deciding the next step for the metro line, he said.
A solemn ceremony to remember the martyrs, who fought with valour and made the supreme sacrifice during the 1971 War, was organised at Colaba War Memorial under the aegis of Headquarters Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa Area.
Had the terrorists come five hours earlier, I wouldn't be here talking to you," says Gregory David Roberts, the Australian author of the novel Shantaram, oft-considered a foreigner's Ode to Mumbai. "We were here in the evening, then left for the airport, as we had to fly to Australia that night for business."
Sixteen-year-old college student Shraddha Keswani* was at the Taj Hotel in Colaba, Mumbai, on Wednesday, November 26, when the terrorists attacked. She talks to Rediff.com about her experience.
A longtime resident of the fishermen's colony, Anita says she has seen some unusual sights in the area, thanks to frequent film shootings nearby. What caught her eye, this time, was that the six youth in the dinghy whom she describes as being around 25-30 years of age, wearing jeans and t-shirt left the dinghy behind and started walking away with heavy blue, plastic bags. She recalls them wearing hats, too, and doing a thumbs up on landing
The pop diva is in Mumbai, with her husband and three children.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Wednesday advised people to stay at home and schools to shut as a precautionary measure after heavy rains lashed Mumbai, Konkan and other areas of Maharashtra.
Bringing in the much-needed respite from the hot and humid conditions, the monsoon arrived in Mumbai with heavy showers lashing the city Thursday night and Friday morning.
Patel General Stores' business model and that of 11 million other stores like them in India are going to be even more reliant on fleet-footed young men dropping out of school in rural areas.
The lowest temperature of 9.4 degree Celsius this season was recorded at suburban Santacruz station while the Colaba in south Mumbai recorded a minimum of 13.4 degrees Celsius.
There was water-logging in many parts of the city. However, road traffic remained largely unaffected due to a low number of vehicles on roads. Services on the suburban rail lines were also affected with trains running late. But there has been no stoppage due to the rain yet, said the railway police.
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