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Travelling Into Mumbai for Ganeshotsav: Trains, Road Closures and Where to Stay

Why Mumbai's Transport Grid Shifts Completely During GaneshotsavGaneshotsav does not just add crowds to Mumbai, it reorganises the city. The ten-day festival, anchored by massive public Ganesh installations called sarvajanik mandals, draws lakhs of visitors from Maharashtra and beyond, and the municipal corporation responds by closing or restricting vehicle movement…

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5 Indian Destinations That Are Genuinely Accessible for Travellers With Mobility Challenges

Agra: The Taj Mahal's Accessibility Overhaul Is More Serious Than You ThinkThe Archaeological Survey of India installed paved pathways and ramps at the Taj Mahal complex after sustained pressure from disability rights groups, and the difference is measurable. Wheelchair users can now reach the main plinth via a dedicated ramp…

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Why Oxidised Silver Jewellery Became the Urban Indian Woman's Quiet Style Statement

The jewellery that stopped trying to impressYou have seen her. On the Metro in Delhi, in a Bengaluru café nursing her second coffee, walking through a Colaba market on a Saturday with no particular urgency. She is wearing oxidised silver, a pair of jhumkas gone dark at the filigree, a…

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Indian Navy files case over Rs 78 cr financial wrongdoings in Mumbai defence forces' club

The Indian Navy has filed a case with the Mumbai Police in allegations of financial wrongdoings of around Rs 78 crore in the United Services Club located in the Colaba area in Mumbai. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Four Mumbai apartments are transformed into an art-filled contemporary home

Designer Rajiv Saini unites four Mumbai apartments in the Indian city’s Colaba district into a single, expansive, art-filled home for a family

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Mumbai-based artist Sarika Bajaj uses feathers to articulate ecological concerns

In Mumbai’s parks, abandoned buildings and intersections where birds are fed, a wayfaring multi-disciplinary artist from Bandra, Sarika Bajaj, hunts for discarded feathers. These are her tools of expressionism as well as a medium for articulating ecological concerns. “I have been working with feathers for nearly 12 years,” she says,…

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Naval sailor goes missing after discharge from hospital in Mumbai

He was unwell since sometime for which he underwent treatment at the INHS Asvini hospital in Colaba area from July 19 and was discharged on August 21, the official said.

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NRI businessman jumps to death from 10th floor balcony of his Mumbai flat

MUMBAI: A 58-year-old NRI businessman committed suicide by jumping off the 10th-floor balcony of his residence at Colaba in south Mumbai, police said on Sunday. The businessman was prima facie depressed due to losses he suffered in business, an official said.

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62-year-old South Mumbai man duped of Rs 2.4 lakh in power bill fraud

MUMBAI: An elderly realtor was duped of Rs 2.4 lakh by a cyberfraudster who led him to believe that the power supply in his plush south Mumbai apartment was going to get disconnected. Fraudulent transactions were made in three of his bank accounts, Colaba police said. An FIR has been…

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Mumbai: Now, 64-year-old loses Rs 2.6 lakh in power bill scam

MUMBAI: A 64-year-old ex-lawyer lost Rs 2.6 lakh in more than 50 transactions from her credit card while she was trying to “update” her electricity bill online. A fraudster told her to download an app and siphoned the money within an hour. An initial probe indicated the money went to…

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Mumbai: BEST gets its second woman bus driver

MUMBAI: The BEST got its second woman bus driver, Bano Abdul Sattar, on Thursday. The undertaking had recently announced its first woman driver, Laxmi Jadhav, who along with Sattar will ply buses on routes between Colaba and Bandra, officials said.

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Mumbai: Metro 3 Navy Nagar extension plan tunnels ahead with detailed project report tender

MUMBAI: The first step towards extending the Metro 3 underground corridor further south from Cuffe Parade till Navy Nagar in Colaba has been taken. Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) has just invited bids for the preparation of a detailed project report (DPR).

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Mumbai: Trials on first train for Metro 3 underground corridor to begin in August

MUMBAI: The first prototype train for the Metro 3 underground corridor (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz) will arrive in August, and the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) is also expected to commence trails in the same month.

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Mumbai: India’s tallest defence building to house married Navy brass

MUMBAI: By the end of 2026, as many as 220 married Navy officers will get accommodation keys to a 62-storey building to be constructed at Navy Nagar, Colaba. The high-rise will be the tallest defence building in the country, according to military engineering services (MES) for the armed forces). The…

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Mumbai court fines man Rs 1,250 for wrong side riding

MUMBAI: A 34-year-old Colaba businessman who rode his motor bike on the wrong side had to stand trial and was recently convicted by a magistrate’s court. The man was asked to pay a total fine of Rs 1,250.

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'Phone tapping not in national interest, politically motivated'

A fortnight ago, the Pune police had registered a criminal case against its former commissioner Rashmi Shukla for blatant violation of the Indian Telegraph Act. That was followed by another offence being registered against her at the Colaba police station under the same law.

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Mumbai power cut after ‘jungle fire’: Probe ordered

MUMBAI: The island city, from Colaba to Mahim, and parts of the suburbs suffered a power outage for up to one and a half hours on Sunday morning.

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Balochistan dust storm lowers temperature, causes haze over Mumbai

MUMBAI: A day after light rain, the city was layered with a sheet of dust all through Sunday because of occasional dust-raising winds.

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