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 […]

Jasprit Bumrah has been called, by one pundit, the Don Bradman of fast bowling. It went viral. There are long-serving cricketers like Stuart Broad who believe that Bumrah is indeed the greatest ever. No one can fall into the ‘all-time great’ category without being a mighty force in Test cricket. So, let’s talk Test cricket […]

Bandra residents have sought the intervention of the Mumbai Maritime Board (MMB) and BMC to remove encroachments from the Carter Road promenade, enabling pedestrians and tourists to reclaim the stretch, our report said. The residents have written letters to the MMB and BMC in February and March, requesting the removal of certain encroachments. There has […]

I could obviously google this. But it just felt better to bring it up with the American-born, Indian-origin filmmaker, Geeta Gandbhir, in person: “Are you actually the first in the history of the Academy Awards to be nominated for two separate categories, in the same year?” And, of course, isn’t that incredible! Geeta is simultaneously […]

Chembur residents have raised concerns over the alleged misuse of public land along Ramakrishna Chemburkar Marg (RC Marg), claiming that setback areas, which are mandatory, open spaces surrounding a building, earmarked for future road widening are being used by shopkeepers and showroom owners, possibly by paying rent to developers. According to locals, several high-rise buildings […]

There you are, Pheroze! You’ve found a new space to read,” remarked Lady Flora, as she spotted her friend poring over a book on a bench inside the Horniman Circle Garden. “It’s rather quiet here, My Lady. I never imagined it would make for a blissful experience in the heart of buzzing Fort. As it […]

What was meant to signal smoother roads and faster mobility around Girgaon Metro station has instead kicked up a growing health concern, our report said. Residents, shopkeepers and daily commuters say stone dust spread across newly concreted roads on JSS Road is turning the busy stretch into a cloud of fine particles every time vehicles […]

I learned a lot of things about infrastructure and technology this February. One reason was my decision to skip the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in Delhi, because I’m told no one who attended it learned anything of importance. The other was the announcement of a melody strip on a mysterious stretch of road called […]

Vijay Crishna was one of life’s unusual men. He came from Calcutta in the 70s to work with my father — to get into advertising and marketing, to pursue the theatre, to absorb Bombay. I first met Vijay Crishna when I was maybe ten. He had twinkling, mischievous eyes. He had the ability to reach […]

The police have arrested eight people for allegedly robbing a Pune-based man of Rs 5 lakh by posing as police personnel near a railway station at Kalyan in Maharashtra’s Thane district, according to an official quoted by news agency Press Trust of India. A top police official said the complainant was lured to Kalyan by […]