Jinit is a senior correspondent writing about international affairs, art, culture, current affairs, politics, and the environment from Mumbai.
Jinit is a senior correspondent writing about international affairs, art, culture, current affairs, politics, and the environment from Mumbai.
Fisherfolk and traders fear the dock’s identity is under threat as the Mumbai Port Trust has released advertisements to lease its historic godowns. The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has stepped in, assuring that a resolution is on the horizon, yet uncertainty lingers over the dock’s future.
The August 6 protest by Jain community members had already drawn civic and police attention, prompting tighter security at the site this week.
Over the last 25 years, MCOCA has been a game-changer in organised crime prosecutions. However, its strict provisions have also drawn criticism.
The film, Khalid Ka Shivaji, shows the secular side of the Marathi king which has led to calls for a ban and the state government is looking at getting its certification cancelled.
With the High Court hearing approaching and the BMC caught between judicial orders and political pressure, all eyes are now on how the city will reconcile faith, law, and public health.
The industrial town with a substantial mix of Hindu-Muslim population has historically been through several communal riots. But after the 2008 blasts, the city has seen a silent change.
As all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts walk free after years behind bars, the victims and their families are left grappling with a haunting question: If not they, then who?
The order on directing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to shut down all 51 kabutarkhanas across the city has sparked mixed reactions.
Denied the fixing of accountability for what befell them, survivors and kin of the slain in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts find their old wounds reopened after the recent acquittals
The night Mumbai bled and the wronged men who bled longer
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