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'First Congress Candidate To Get Vote From A Thackeray'

While the responses of the candidates were predictable, depending on which side they belonged to, an interesting point slipped through when Rahul Shewale cited the Dharavi Redevelopment Project as......

'Dharavi will be a piece of art and I will ensure it'

'You will really wish oh! Had I stayed in Dharavi I would have got a nice house. I can assure you that. We will make dreams come true.' IMAGE: An aerial view of Dharavi. Photograph: ANI Photo......

Believe it or not! Censor board beeps out 'Bombay'

Wonder why Bombay is trending on Twitter? Shockingly, the central board of film certification has ordered the name of the city edited from a song by Mumbai-based musician Mihir Joshi before......

NSG In Action Like Never Before

The National Security Guard calendar of 2023 is special as a lady commando in training is included in the calendar for the first time. These stunning images, covering the NSG commandos using......

Bombay's civic body gets on Twitter ahead of monsoon

Be it an open manhole or garbage lying unattended or a leaky pipeline, Mumbaikars can now directly complain on the twitter handle of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which has been launched......

Advertising titan, civic activist, actor, writer Gerson da Cunha is dead

Advertising industry veteran Gerson da Cunha, a multi-faceted personality passionate about civic activism in later years, died in Mumbai on Friday after a brief illness, a former colleague said.......

Centre okays 34 km Mumbai coastal road project

Currently, 60 per cent of the vehicular traffic is taken care by the Western Express highway The Centre on Thursday came out with a notification for the long pending proposal of constructing a......

Hope for young Indians: Demonetisation will slash real estate prices

Housing prices could drop by up to 30% over 6 to 12 months after demonetisation, says T S Ramakrishnan. After demonetisation, a prominent economist tweeted that 19% of India's employment share......

Happy 5th, Xiaomi, now can you show Indians you care?

As Chinese gadget-maker Xiaomi, the world's third largest smartphone seller after Apple and Samsung, turns five today, it will seek to intensify its India push. But there are miles......

'Kareena Is The Opposite Of Jab We Met's Geet'

'A director's actor, if I had told her to jump from a building, she would probably have.''But I only told her to jump off a running train...' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor/Instagram......

Seen a Star?

It's not unusual in Mumbai to stumble over celebrities. After all, this is the City of Dreams, Bollywood's postal address. We have shopped for vegetables alongside Sridevi no less, waited to cross......

COMING UP In June: Your OTT Menu

Things are heating up in the OTT space this June, especially with Jio Cinema going full throttle with their release plans. Joginder Tuteja looks at the Web shows and movies coming up for release.......

Watch Aishwarya's Romance Gone Wrong On OTT

Royal tragedies, loony vampires, nuclear disasters, scoop hunters becoming the story, all that and more on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on streaming platforms this......

What Varun Dhawan's SUPERSTAR life looks like

Happy birthday, Varun! Varun Dhawan is the toast of the season. Ever wondered what the actor's superstar life is like? We offer you some glimpses. Soon to be chacha Director Rohit Dhawan --......

Rajput brings 'Khadoos' spirit to UAE cricket, eyes T20 WC spot

IMAGE: Lalchand Rajput is a journeyman, who has built his reputation on coaching teams that are usually the underdogs. Photograph: ANI/X For Lalchand Rajput, coaching underdog teams is a......

Sachin, Virat and a binding thread of love, respect!

IMAGE: Virat Kohli has never hidden his reverence for Sachin Tendulkar. Photograph: ANI He was the heir apparent when Sachin Tendulkar was in the twilight of his career and on Monday when Virat......

'When Mumbaikars experience English summer'

Jemimah Rodrigues is right on the money with her latest post on Twitter. Put a Mumbaikar in any place under 20 degrees C and out come all the woolens. In just one photograph, the young India batter......

Dravid tells Kohli to complete one major unfinished business...

IMAGE: Three stalwarts of Indian cricket, Virat Kohli, Head Coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma celebrate after winning the T20 World Cup, on Saturday, June 29. Photograph: ICC/X Staying......

Lyon studying Jaiswal ahead of Border-Gavaskar Trophy

'I haven't come across him (Yashasvi Jaiswal) yet, but that will be a massive challenge for all us bowlers' 'The way he (Jaiswal) played against England, I watched that quite closely and thought......