Mumbai Queer Pride Month kicks off with the KASHISH Pride Film Festival on January 9th, featuring award-winning short films by emerging filmmakers. These diverse stories explore LGBTQ+ experiences, hope, and resilience. The month culminates in the Mumbai Queer Pride March on January 31st at August Kranti Maidan. As January arrives, Mumbai once again bursts into…
New Delhi: Five Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended in outer Delhi in the first week of 2026. Police said the district’s foreigner cell checked around 100 people during the week. The team had received a tip-off about foreign nationals overstaying their visas in the area. These individuals were attempting to obtain visas for other countries despite…
Pune: Six months after the state govt floated the e-bike taxi policy and invited players to start the service in Maharashtra, aggregators Uber, Ola and Rapido have largely maintained a silence following RTO Pune’s rejection of their application for the second time in Sept 2025.Pune deputy RTO Swapnil Bhosle said, “The companies’ applications were rejected…
Stone-Pelting Injures 5 Police During MCD Demolition at Turkman Gate NEW DELHI: At around 1 am on Wednesday, a demolition drive by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) near Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque in Turkman Gate, close to Ramlila Maidan, turned tense as some individuals resorted to stone-pelting, injuring multiple police personnel.Delhi Police have registered an FIR…
Pune: The Vishrambaug police on Monday detained two minors (16), both from Bhawani Peth, on the charge of robbing gold jewellery worth Rs 42,000 after threatening a retired professor (61) in Sadashiv Peth with a sharp weapon around 9.45am on Saturday.The retired professor approached the police with his complaint immediately after the incident. The police…
Mumbaikars experienced an enchanting moonlight kayaking session at Juhu Beach to welcome the first SuperMoon of 2026, the Wolf Moon. Participants paddled on the calm Arabian Sea as the oversized moon set at dawn, offering a unique perspective of the city’s coastline. Juhu Beach witnessed an unusual yet enchanting sight in the early hours of…
NEW DELHI: On the anti-encroachment demolition drive carried out by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) near Faiz-e-Elahi Masjid, Turkman Gate on Wednesday, All India Imam Association President Maulana Sajid Rashidi raised concerns over the selective targeting of the mosque.Maulana said, “When such encroachments are removed, these things are bound to happen. The biggest question…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said during a public function in Pune on Monday that surface-level road expansion had reached its limit in the city and mentioned the underground tunnel network proposal (including Yerawada-Katraj), saying such connectivity — described by him as a Paatal Lok model — was necessary to improve traffic flow.On Tuesday, a…
2 arrested for stealing Rs 50k from donation box in Mumbai MUMBAI: Two men were arrested by Kandivali Police for breaking into a temple and stealing cash from the donation box at Kandivali West. Police said the gang has been involved in a similar theft at another temple in Malad East in the past.The accused…
Turkman gate falls silent after overnight demolition seals locality NEW DELHI: All roads and bylanes leading to Turkman Gate were sealed on Wednesday, with heavy police deployment turning the locality into a high-security zone. Barricades lined the approach roads, and residents of nearby lanes remained confined indoors, lending the otherwise bustling neighbourhood an eerie calm.Shuttered…
