The 17th Annual Bansuri Utsav in Thane celebrated Indian classical music with spellbinding performances and cultural resonance. The festival honored Padma Bhushan Javed Akhtar with the Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Award and featured a mesmerizing recital by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia himself. A highlight was a Flute Symphony by over 100 flautists, a heartfelt tribute to the…
MUMBAI: Campaign trails that once echoed with door-to-door pitches and rally slogans are now buzzing in phone notifications. As civic elections draw closer, candidates are discovering that the most persuasive knock on a voter’s door may actually arrive via WhatsApp.Over the past few elections, contenders leaned heavily on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) emerged ahead in the Sena vs Sena contest in Mumbai during the Lok Sabha and state assembly elections. Now the BMC election on Jan 15 is being seen as another key test between the rival Senas. With Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray joining forces, there will…
MUMBAI: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) had ordered an inquiry into the claims made by AjayVision Education Pvt. Ltd. on its website www.visionias.in. The institute had advertised its courses by selectively publishing on its website photos and names of certain successful candidates.The Authority observed that Clause 4 of the Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading…
Industrialist Shroff granted divorce, to pay ₹10cr alimony MUMBAI: The family court in Bandra has allowed a divorce petition filed by industrialist Jaidev Shroff against his wife Poonam Bhagat Shroff, granting him divorce after an 11-year-old battle. It directed him to pay a lump sum alimony of Rs 10 crore as full and final settlement.Rejecting…
MUMBAI: A lively online classroom of 50 students, including a five-year-old boy — who asked more curious questions than his mother who had enrolled — and a retired executive aged 80, made up the first edition of the TISS Parzor Academic Programme for Zoroastrian Studies this past year.The outcome was enriching and rewarding beyond academics….
BMC poll a referendum on Thackeray brand MUMBAI: Deputy CM Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena will take on Uddhav and Raj Thackeray’s parties on 87 seats in the BMC polls. The recent electoral record favours Sena (UBT). In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, of the 13 constituencies that saw a Sena vs Sena battle, UBT won…
Navi Mumbai: Stray dogs have bitten five persons in a village near Neral spreading fear. The victims include school students and locals who have been undergoing treatment at Raigad hospital. Locals demanded the gram panchayat to take necessary steps to control stray menace. The villagers have said those releasing stray dogs after bringing them from…
Mumbai: Dadar police have chargesheeted a developer for allegedly cheating Motilal Oswal Finance Ltd by selling mortgaged property kept as collateral against a housing project loan of Rs 158 crore acquired nearly a decade ago. While police chargesheeted the director of Karm Infrastructure, Ramakant Jadhav, they have given clean chit to his partner Ketan Patel.In…
Navi Mumbai: A 43-year-old tailor was booked under Pocso Act by Vashi police for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl.The complainant alleged the accused touched her inappropriately by putting his hand inside her kurti while taking measurements for stitching her dress. API Yogesh Bhosale said the accused was not arrested but was served with…
