Top cricketers like Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane will have to wait longer to resume individual training in Mumbai due to its status of being a coronavirus red zone, which rules out opening of sports facilities in the city for the time being. The Maharashtra government has allowed opening of stadiums for individual training in green and orange zones without spectators.
Vaihayasi P Daniel watched the Mumbai police force display its might through a parade of its security forces, accompanied by the latest, armoured high-tech vehicles, marching to honour the victims of the 26/11 terror attack.
Or is all of media being re-invented, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
On the International Day of Yoga, Rediff.com's Hitesh Harisinghani captures Mumbai in its fittest form.
Floral tributes were paid on Friday to the martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2008.
BMC authorities had sent notices to Tata Motors owner Ratan Tata and Parsi Gymkhana officer-bearer P C Cooper for putting up 14 unauthorised hoardings at the venue of the Nano launch. "They paid fine of Rs 112,986 today (Wednesday). The hoardings were removed immediately on Tuesday and a fine was imposed on both the parties under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, for not taking prior permission," said Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Zone I) Kishore Kshirsagar.
The third edition of Asian Paints' Where the Heart Is brings us glimpses of Kajal Aggarwal's home.
No casualty or injury was reported in the mishap, he said.
Astad Deboo's dancers pay the legendary dancer a lovely tribute on his 74th birth anniversary.
Transformed! The Mahim Reti Bunder Beach gets a facelift.
The much-hyped 'Kiss of Love' event in Kochi failed to take off on Sunday as police detained the organisers and sympathisers, including women, even before they could reach the venue of the symbolic protest against moral policing.
Here are some photographs of how the state is gearing up for cyclone Nisarga.
The BMC's C-ward team seized the equipment of the open air gym at Marine Drive, but reinstalled it later.
The Worli-Nariman Point sea link would connect to Marine Drive, destroying the beauty for which it is known
Sources said gunmen of VIP guests are normally not allowed into the area.
Modern Love: Mumbai has a mostly good selection of stories, and unlike so many other OTT shows that seem to think profanity and sex depict modernity, this one can be watched with the family without any discomfort, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'There are a lot of uncertainties when it comes to cricket.'
Mumbai is converting several of its iconic structures into quarantine facilities as it races to prepare for a predicted peaking of infections this month. With some projections suggesting the number of cases in Mumbai will touch 75,000 by the end of May, civic authorities are working overtime to add to the number of beds. There are around 7,500 hospital beds in the city. Another 5,000 have been identified in private hospitals. According to rough estimates, there are 750 ICU beds in Mumbai. As Mumbai races against time, here's some of the spots authorities have transformed in the fight against coronavirus.
The monsoons are here and while many complain about the water-logging, the traffic snarls and the overall damp squib the days become, one can't help smile as the rains also allow kids to engage in some fun, splashing around in the water.
The incident of the rape of a 16-year-old by a police constable has raised serious concerns about the safety of women in the city.
Readers share their best Ganpati pictures and memories.
Fadnavis's comments in the Maharashtra Assembly led to an uproar in the House, with the Shiv Sena raising the issue of alleged suicide of Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha member Mohan Delkar.
The 17-year-old girl from Chembur was taking a walk on the promenade along the Marine Drive with two boys late afternoon, when Sunil More summoned them to the chowky. After asking the boys to leave, he bolted the door and started raped her.
An NDRF team has a strength of about 45 personnel and each unit is equipped with tree and pole cutters, communication gadgets, inflatable boats and a small basic medical unit.
A 20-year-old youth lost his life while another was injured after they were swept into the sea by huge waves that lashed the promenade at the city shore on Sunday.
The 'kiss of love' protest held in Kochi on Sunday has sparked a spat between Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Pinarayi Vijayan and Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala over the handling of the situation by the police.
Weathermen have also predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours in the entire Konkan region, including Mumbai.
'Their sacrifice will never be erased from the memory of time and history'
Kolkata and Bengaluru will conduct the two semi-finals, while the four quarter-finals will be at Cuttack, Indore, Lahli and Jaipur.
Sachin Tendulkar can't go anywhere without hearing screams from hysterical fans. Rediff.com's Sonil Dedhia caught up with a few of them near the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.
Gauri Ghadi speaks with enthusiastic fans just before the iconic Sachin Tendulkar steps out to bat.
The first weekend lockdown in the state began at 8 pm on Friday and it will continue till 7 am on Monday.
Here are some of the glimpses of the celebrations.
Two months after he retired, Ratan Tata remains a personal enigma despite the millions of words written about him. In this exclusive interview with Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, architect Ratan Batliboi reveals Ratan Tata the caring, honest, funny, simple, man behind the legend.
rediff.com covered the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai from the moment they ensued. Photographs by the rediff.com team from those grim days.
rediff.com covered the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai from the moment they ensued. Photographs by the rediff.com team from those grim days.
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