27th February witnessed the celebrations of National Science Day at Vanita Vishram Primary School, Grant Road. Through models, demonstrations, acts and charts, Science was seen in a new interactive light. The children of the Primary section put up projects that symbolised what Science is to us. The Headmistress, Mrs. MrunalContinue Reading
Four men entered a liquor shop on Sidhwa Road at Fort last week posing as political party members. They asked the staff if they had their license and other documents. Unfortunately for them, they did not realize that the owner of the store, Ashok Patel, 65, had already nabbed 117Continue Reading
In Sweden, politicians would be unrecognizable to the Indian mind. They take the fact that they are the people’s representatives in Parliament to mean that they are servants, literally. Not only do they enjoy no special benefits, but they are held to the highest standards of public morality even inContinue Reading
No casualties reported; several important documents damaged. Thousands of people were evacuated as a massive fire broke out in GST Bhavan at Mazgaon in Mumbai’s Byculla East on Monday at around 12.35 pm. An in-depth inquiry has been ordered by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. No casualties were reported inContinue Reading
A resident of Bandra named Jahiruddin Edrisi was harassing a woman journalist for the past 2 months by making random video and WhatsApp calls as well as sending abusive online messages when she ignored them. The 27-year old hawker from Behrampada, Bandra was arrested on Saturday for making video & WhatsAppContinue Reading
Coronavirus scare led to a major fight in a housing society at Chembur, Mumbai because one of the residents allegedly circulated a video of a student from Nagaland, suspecting her to be Chinese. The 23-year-old woman was wearing a black mask and had just returned from Nagaland to visit herContinue Reading
The annual two day Balmela, organised by the Department of Human Development of the Dr. Bhanuben Mahendra Nanavati College Of Home Science, opened at its Matunga campus today. Aimed at children between the ages of 2 to 8, and open to all, this is the only event of its kind toContinue Reading
Horror stories were retold at a meeting of activists from UP convened by the People’s Union of Civil Liberties in Mumbai recently. The meeting was held in Bandra and saw more than 600 people in attendance to listen to the story of “People under Seige: state violence in Uttar Pradesh”.Continue Reading
Situated in the Jawhar Taluka in Palghar, the Government Ashram School at Dehre welcomes you with its vibrant walls adorned with the Warli paintings and artistic strokes of the Adivasi students that study here. The traditional stick figures playing the culturally significant Tarpa instrument or performing the Warli dance orContinue Reading
Tucked away on the far flung hills of Palghar district, the small Warli hamlet of Wangadpada had been facing serve water woes for over a decade. In this period, the women from the community walked for hours to the nearest natural spring or well with earthen pots stacks on theirContinue Reading