Mar 12, 2023 A year and five months ago, a herd of wild elephants entered Maharashtra from Chhattisgarh. A part of a larger herd, still located in Chhattisgarh, these migratory animals may make the dense forests of Gadchiroli their home, say wildlife experts.
Mar 10, 2023 Be it with his kinetic installations that vibrate on a closer look or the multi-media installations that foreground caste hierarchies, Mumbai-grown artist and archivist Amol K Patil is making waves in the art world
Feb 27, 2023 Mumbai: Fire at Dharavi during wee hours of February 22, saw nearly 100 shanties gutted, which according to residents is an attempt to ensure that they leave the area.
Feb 26, 2023 A seafood festival and home diners are the newer means adopted by the fisherfolk in the Versova Koliwada, a picturesque fishing village in the northern suburbs of Mumbai to revitalize tourism and attract global tourists.
Feb 18, 2023 In the 22 years since the Bhuj earthquake, the lives of people in Kutch, the district devasted by it, have changed but the psyches of the people still carry the fear of that day
Feb 18, 2023 The Election Commission on Friday ruled that the ‘Shiv Sena’ name and ‘bow and arrow’ party symbol would go to the Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. With this, the ouster of the Thackerays from the party led by late patriarch Bal Thackeray was complete.
Feb 18, 2023 A Shiv Sena without the Thackeray was an inconceivable notion in the past. With the Election Commission ruling in favour of the Eknath Shinde faction, the Shiv Sena will be without the Thackerays, the descendants of Balasaheb Thackeray who founded the party.
Feb 01, 2023 In a conservative town 60 km away from cosmopolitan Mumbai, a group of young girls are playing football and popularising it despite stiff challenges
Jan 26, 2023 Markets across the country are being flooded by products made from cow urine and dung including all sorts of concoctions, which are claimed to cure debilitating diseases like cancer, without any scientific evidence
Jan 18, 2023 Named after one the most iconic figures of Dalit empowerment in Maharashtra, the residents of the slum on Mumbai’s creek live perpetually under the brutal and rapacious claws of BMC authorities and their bulldozers
Jan 10, 2023 Political researcher and analyst Suhasini Bhide said that the needs of the growing population of women in Mumbai have to be addressed if political parties have to make gains. Schemes such as safe toilets for women to homes for the destitute women are currently in the works.
Jan 10, 2023 The changing employment status in Mumbai is considered as the primary reason for a lesser number of daily wagers and labourers trooping into the megapolis, post the Covid-19 lockdowns and the exodus of migrants out of Mumbai. However, the neighbouring Thane district and Navi Mumbai are seeing high footfalls of migrants from the rural parts of Maharashtra.
Jan 09, 2023 A study conducted by Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT Bombay) and released in 2022 indicated that the built-up area in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region grew faster and much more than the human population in this region. This study revealed that construction destroyed cultivated lands, forests, and water bodies in this region.
Jan 09, 2023 The infrastructure projects have been under construction for over a decade in Mumbai. Currently, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis are keen on giving Mumbai iconic structures with a stamp of the modern era.
Dec 29, 2022 Every film is an archive—the Bombay of yesteryears is different from the Mumbai of today. The location where the film is shot can make or break it
Jan 05, 2023 The natural world in Hindi cinema is replaced by the antiseptic corridors of monstrous, glass-fronted skyscrapers. Chawls have given place to hideous mansions. Trees are gone forever and now lovers romp in overdone, hideous hotel bedrooms. Nobody seems to live in small, middle-class apartments anymore. What has become of the real-world locations of Bombay cinema?
Dec 29, 2022 P.M. Satheesh, Indian cinema’s go-to sound designer, creates soundscapes that breathe life into the moving picture to make the audience’s experience memorable
Dec 29, 2022 Charu Shree Roy followed her dreams into films, edting, directing, producing. There’s no stopping her now
Dec 29, 2022 In its 60-year journey, the Federation of Western India Cine Employees, a motherbody with 32 craft associations, has emerged as the conscience keeper of Bollywood. It has made film makers realise that every life on a film set matters
Dec 30, 2022 As a scriptwriter, Pravesh Bhardwaj walks a lone path and will not be swerved
Dec 30, 2022 Raj Surani entered the world of song and dance as a 14-year-old after the death of his father. Now he coordinates big-scale dances of Bollywood blockbusters
Dec 30, 2022 A VFX expert, Jayant Hadke, talks about what drives him to make magic happen onscreen in Indian cinema
Dec 19, 2022 An increased presence of women in the narcotics drug trade has become a worry for the law enforcing agencies as they are as ruthless as their male counterparts.
Dec 19, 2022 Vigilant law enforcing agencies are cracking down hard on the drug cartels operating across the country and drug seizures have become commonplace.
Dec 16, 2022 In the decade since the heinous Nirbhaya gang rape case, the Mumbai Police have increased their street presence to make the megapolis safer for women and children.