The idol was first installed in Andheri, north west Mumbai, in 1996.
Somaiya hit out at Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey over the issue and also claimed some 'goons' had been sent by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to attack him.
Which stars featured on Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar's camera on Monday?
The television actress and businessman have been dating for three years.
Before the show starts, here's what goes on backstage. And how, despite a tragedy, the show went on.
What will you wear on the Nights of Dance and Revelry? Electric colours add coolness. The fashionable ab-baring route that most lehenga outfits are travelling on these days is clean and pretty.
Families and friends have been spotted driving up to the Vastu building in Pali Hill, north west Mumbai, to attend the couple's mehendi ceremony.
The stars Pradeep Bandekar spotted over the weekend.
Sharma, who was earlier employed with Kanda's MLDR airlines, was found dead on August 5, 2012 at her Ashok Vihar residence in North West Delhi.
Mumbai has never seen a Ganesh immersion like this!
She's living her best days as the newest Ambani bride-to-be.
'Happy Independence Day', Gauri captioned the post.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
While the wedding venue has not been confirmed yet, reports point to the Vastu building in the upscale neighbourhood of Pali Hill, Bandra, northwest Mumbai, where Ranbir lives.
Amrita Singh and Sara Ali Khan were guests at the Sardar Udham screening.
The local police force where Rishi Sunak filmed a social media video in a moving car without a seatbelt on Friday fined the British Prime Minister for the legal breach.
The Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese calendar, began on Sunday, January 22.
Discover some knock-out looks from Mumbai Comic Con.
How does Pradeep Bandekar always know what the stars are up to?
'Gangubai required Alia to change her body language, voice, even the look in her eyes.' 'I threw the challenge at her and she was more than up to it.'
Kajol and her family offered prayers on Ashtami at the North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja -- or the Mukherjee Bari Pujo -- in Juhu, north west Mumbai on Wednesday, October 13, 2021.
'The sudden arrests and detentions of all Working Committee members led to mass satyagraha.' 'I found myself helpless as the source of my income, from which I sent a portion to my parents in the village, had suddenly stopped.'
The hour-long episodes lurch from adrenaline-pumping to yawn-inducing, observes Deepa Gahlot.
The couple made their first public appearance post delivery, when they visited a clinic in Bandra, north west Mumbai.
The Stars emerge and Rediff.com's Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar is there!
The idea of weaponization got a fillip from an unexpected quarter. In the last week of October 1985, Rajiv met US President Ronald Reagan. Reagan told Rajiv, 'Pakistan has already made a bomb.' When Rajiv started talking about disarmament, the US president cut him short, 'Don't talk theory, think of your own protection.'
Photographer Pradeep Bandekar is not telling us how he knows where the stars are.
Back in the Press Briefing room on being commended for her questions to President Biden and the Indian prime minister, The Wall Street Journal's Sabrina Siddiqui responded, "You gotta do it."
La Nina, construction worsen air quality; spike in respiratory ailments.
Chandrabhaga Shinde, one of the Shiv Sena's oldest supporters, made the journey to Matoshree, Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray's home in Kala Nagar, the artist's enclave in Bandra East, north west Mumbai, on Friday, June 24, 2022.
Which stars caught Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar's eye on Tuesday?
Film folk attended the chautha for Producer Bunty Walia's father Prithipal Singh who passed away on Sunday, January 31.
'Shah Rukh Khan has to like you, and then it is easy to work with him.' 'Aamir knows more than me when it comes to tattoos!'
Dressed in a blue tee and black track pants, Taapsee Pannu took on the media.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
Look, who we spotted at the party Alia, Ranbir hosted after their wedding.
Indrani is in a buoyant and energetic frame of mind these days -- in a full-on Mood Positive. She has a tell-all book titled Unbroken out, that she terms as an 'eet ka jawab kalam se' and appears in media interviews all over the place, when she is not kick-boxing, doing yoga, or travelling, visiting temples, or floating in shikaras on Srinagar's Dal Lake.
Photographer Pradeep Bandekar's cameras captured these stars on Thursday.
Pankaj Tripathi plays lawyer Madhav Mishra, assigned to defend a 17-year-old boy, accused of killing his 14-year-old stepsister in Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach.
Look, who turned up to watch the Kiara Advani starrer?
