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'Paatal Lok': Mumbai to get underground tunnels to ease traffic

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said his government is creating a vast underground network of tunnels across Mumbai to ease congestion, describing it in a lighter vein as......

Mumbai remembers 26/11 martyrs on 17th anniversary

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday paid floral tributes at the city police headquarters to those who made the ultimate sacrifice while fighting terrorists during the 2008......

Drones, Coast Guard copter oversee immersion of Lalbaugcha Raja

Thousands of devotees gathered at Girgaon Chowpatty in Mumbai amid rains on Sunday morning to bid farewell to the iconic Lalbaugcha Raja and other idols of the elephant-headed deity, marking......

7 die, 13 missing during Ganesh idol immersions in Maha, MP

Ganesh festival culminated on a teary note for lakhs of devotees who bid farewell to the adorable elephant-headed god they consecrated and worshipped for ten days, while at least seven persons died......

After long delay, Lalbaugcha Raja idol immersed in Mumbai past 9 pm

Mumbai's iconic Lalbaugcha Raja idol was immersed in the Arabian Sea at around 9:15pm on Sunday, more than 12 hours after it arrived at Girgaon Chowpatty, the designated immersion point in the......

Air India Building's High-Flying Days Ends

India's first escalator, its shortest elevator, a terror attack, a rescue operation -- the building's seen a lot. IMAGE: The Air India building at Nariman Point, south Mumbai Photograph: The late......

Mumbaikars can travel in a seaplane soon!

The service will provide Mumbaikars the opportunity to travel in a unique, exciting and quick mode of transport between Juhu and Girgaum Chowpatty. The much-delayed seaplane service......

Mumbai set for more seaplane services

Country's first seaplane operator Maritime Energy Heli Air Services Pvt Ltd (MEHAIR) successfully carried out the trial run for its first intra-city service on Wednesday. Image: MEHAIR conducted......

Want to make money from stocks? Don't depend on luck

This is the story of the Majumdars, starting from the 1980s. Mahipat Majumdar was a lawyer, an employee at a multinational company. His younger brother Dhanpat Majumdar was finding it difficult......

Shah Rukh Khan: I Will Leave Films If...

Gauri wasn't very happy about living the Bombay life.With no friends in the city, she wanted her husband's films to flop so they could go back home, to Delhi.A unique slice of Shah Rukh Khan's......

Abhishek flags off drive against drugs

Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to. Abhishek Bachchan flagged off an awareness run against drug abuse from Nariman Point to Police Gymkhana in Chowpatty, South Mumbai, on......

PIX: A day in the life of Vivek Oberoi

So how does an actor like Vivek Oberoi spend his day? Just follow him around from breakfast and dinner to find out! This weekend, UTV Stars' new show Breakfast To Dinner gives you a sneak peek......

What's the Aashiqui star's Afghan link?

'They didn't speak Hindi or English, but love is a universal language.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Anu Aggarwal/Instagram Anu Aggarwal, who shot to fame with movies like Aashiqui and King Uncle,......

Ethiopians Lemi, Haymanot set course records in Mumbai Marathon

IMAGE: Ethiopia's Hayle Lemi celebrates winning the Mumbai Marathon with a course record of 2:07:32. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Records tumbled in Asia’s most prestigious......