Fire at Mumbai's Dharavi disrupts local train services

Several shanties were gutted in a major fire that broke out in Dharavi slum area of Mumbai close to the Harbour line local train tracks on Saturday, leading to suspension of train services for......

19 concrete plants in Mumbai shut down over pollution violations

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has ordered the shutdown of 19 ready mix concrete plants, which serve construction projects, in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region for violating environmental......

Mumbai blasts accused Tiger Memon's properties to be auctioned soon

Properties owned by 1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Tiger Memon and his family, including a flat where one of the conspiracy meetings had taken place, are set to go under the hammer soon, an......

Countdown to Diwali Begins

IMAGE: Women purchase decorative items ahead of Diwali from a shop in Surat. Photograph: ANI Photo   As Diwali approaches, homes and markets across India come alive with colour, light and......

Hrithik: 'I'm Still As Shy'

Photograph: Panna Bandekar Hrithik Roshan's debut film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai released on January 14, 2000, and that marks his 25th year as an actor. January, in fact, is a special month for him,......

Why Satya Continues To Sting And Sing

While Satya's pleasures are palpable -- among them the poetry of the coarse language, the mercifully rough-hewn texture, the oh-so-familiar underdog story -- these pleasures hit you at a completely......

PIX: Vidya Balan visits Mahim Dargah

Her upcoming film Bobby Jasoos is set to release on July 4.Actress Vidya Balan, who will be seen in the role of an aspiring detective in Samar Shaikh-directed Bobby Jasoos this Friday, paid a visit......

Why Are Tara-Tiger Praying?

On Wednesday, Tiger Shroff and Tara Sutaria sought divine intervention to make their film Heropanti 2 a hit. Please click on the images for a look at the stars.   IMAGE: Tara Sutaria and......

Let's vote today: SKY inspires on Election Day

IMAGE: Suryakumar Yadav posted a story showing his inked finger. Photograph: Suryakumar Yadav/X India's T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav cast his vote during the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly......

Dreams Do Come True In Dharavi!

Simran Shaikh stays in a tiny 12 by 12 feet room along with her grandmother, parents and siblings.On Sunday, her life changed perhaps forever when she became the most expensive hire at the Women's......

Spotted: Wasim Jaffer at Mahim

Reader Azeem Inamdar sent us this picture from Mahim, Mumbai. 'Wasim Jaffer came for some personal work in our area before England's tour of India in 2006. I wished him good luck with my heart and......

School Kids Cheer World Cup 2023

Several hundred students from Mumbai schools including 20 school-cricket teams, got the opportunity to take photographs with the ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup Trophy at the Bombay Scottish school......

Dom's Take: We Stand by Wasim Jaffer!

Wasim Jaffer, Ranji Trophy legend and one of the finest cricketers to play domestic cricket this century, was shockingly accused of favouring Muslim players by Cricket Association of Uttarakhand......