The Mumbai Police recently issued an order, declaring all 27 Mumbai Metro Aqua Line-3 station entry and exit gates ‘no parking zones.’ In an official traffic notification, Mumbai Police said Metro Line-3 (Aqua Line) is fully functional and operational, spanning 33.5 km. It has 27 underground stations and each of it has entry/exit gates at […]

It has been a few decades since I visited the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Udyan and Zoo in Byculla. My first and last trip was managed by my school (in what feels like another life) and the idea of stopping by that beautiful venue has never crossed my mind in all the years since, presumably […]

India`s loss to South Africa in the first game of the Super Eight stage of the ICC T20 World Cup is the perfect example of the kind of wake-up call champions need to get rid of any complacency and tighten up their game for the next rounds. It happens in individual sports too, where a […]

Most of the tall gopurams we see in South India today were built by Nayaka kings of Telugu origin. Most are three to four centuries old, built during and after the Vijayangar period. Nayaka rulers reimagined Ram and Krishna as political and theological answers to the Islamic and Indo-Persian imperial culture that shaped North and […]

Lobo Lobo wasn’t in the best of moods. “Arre men Dikuna, tenshun tenshun tenshun, wot to say, she’s eating my head, full bheja fry men. She toh told me to, ufffff men, sumtimes I tink, I should have married anudder dame,” my cable technician said, completely distraught. “Slow down Lobo Lobo, what’s happened and who […]

Farmers may welcome the proposed farm loan waiver, but the relief comes at a time when another concern looms large, the possibility of an El Nino year that could disrupt the monsoon and affect rainfall. For farmers dependent on the monsoon, even a slight shift in rainfall can make the difference between a decent harvest […]

The Western Railway began installing a three-metre-high railing along a 150-metre stretch near Garib Nagar in Bandra East to prevent garbage dumping and trespassing on railway tracks. Our report stated how the fencing covering 37 route metres has been completed, and planned progress. Bandra East has long been a dense slum pocket along the railway […]

The annual poster contest for the 17th Kashish Pride Film Festival 2026 has a new winner in a Mumbai-based designer. The annual film festival platforming Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) films is set to be held in the city from June 3 to 7. This festival is preceded by a poster competition with people […]

What is the biggest freedom and privilege we, the scrollers on social media, enjoy? It’s the freedom to judge the influencers. We can like them, hate them, troll them, talk smack about them, or worship the ground they walk on — that’s our prerogative. If we are giving you the views, we have the right […]

Celebrations and congratulations continue post the World Cup cricket T20 win. Cricketers have got a tremendous homecoming, honoured for their heroics at different airports in India as they landed post Ahmedabad. Fans are delirious with delight, and the money tap has been opened as prize money flows like a river in spate. There has been […]