Landfills first revealed themselves to artist Navjot Altaf not in a city, but in a forest. She and activist friends from the Koyla Satyagraha travelled through Bastar several years ago when they stopped at a viewpoint along a tributary of the Mahanadi River, where elephants usually paused to drink. It was a beautiful place, and…
Himanshu Roy Foundation has launched the Legacy Awards 2026, seeking nominations nationwide until April 30th. (Picture credits: X) MUMBAI: The Himanshu Roy Foundation has announced the Himanshu Roy Legacy Awards 2026, inviting nominations from across the country to honour individuals and institutions demonstrating courage, compassion and excellence in service to the nation. The nominations opened…
The story of humankind underlines that truth has more facets than are normally perceived. Tesseract: The Geometry of Truth, unveiled through allegory and animation, movement and music, colour and contemplation shows that our future survival hinges on pure intelligence being tempered by empathyWe live in the age of information. It comes at us from all…
25,890 cases settled in Mumbai National Lok Adalat, Rs 1,258 crore recovered (Representative image) MUMBAI: The National Lok Adalat held on Saturday resulted in settlements amounting to ₹1,258.82 crore, with 25,890 cases disposed of during the special drive.According to officials, the programme was organised across courts under the Chief Judicial Magistrate as part of the…
25,890 cases settled in Mumbai National Lok Adalat, Rs 1,258 crore recovered (Representative image) MUMBAI: The National Lok Adalat held on Saturday resulted in settlements amounting to ₹1,258.82 crore, with 25,890 cases disposed of during the special drive.According to officials, the programme was organised across courts under the Chief Judicial Magistrate as part of the…
Mumbai: Police arrested an accused in an attempted murder case of a security guard that had occurred three months ago. Vicky N, the arrested accused, and his seven to eight associates had allegedly slashed the victim, Aarif Shaikh, with a knife in Dahisar (E). The total number of arrests in the case has gone up…
Mumbai: A 51-year-old school teacher from Mazgaon has allegedly been duped of Rs 42.3 lakh in an online share trading scam after being lured through a social media advertisement promising high returns from stock market investments. Initially, she deposited Rs 1.2 lakh, which appeared in the app as trading balance. The accused then allegedly guided…
Mumbai: A 45-year-old tea café owner from Ghatkopar has been duped of Rs 34.6 lakh in an online share trading fraud after being lured by a social media investment group. Between Dec 24, 2025 and March 11, 2026, the complainant transferred the amount. He realised he had been cheated when he attempted to withdraw some…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court quashed and set aside a city sessions court’s Oct 19, 2024 conviction and life sentence of a Kanjurmarg (E) man for the murder of his elder brother with a cement paver block.Allowing his appeal, Justices Ajey Gadkari and Shyam Chandak on March 10 instead convicted Hemant Devrukhkar under IPC Section…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane has awarded compensation of Rs 24.3 lakh to the family of a man killed in a road accident in West Bengal in 2018. In his order of March 11, details of which were made available on Sunday, MACT member KP Shrikhande asked the Assam-based owner of…
