Mumbai's Tallest Ganesha

Satish Bodas/Rediff.com captures glimpses from some of Mumbai's well-known Ganesh Mandals.   IMAGE: The Khetwadi 11th Galli Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal, founded in 1962, has a towering 45......

16 injured in fire after cylinder blast in Mumbai building

Sixteen people were injured in a fire that broke out after a cylinder blast in a ground-plus-four floor residential building in Lalbaug area of Mumbai on Sunday morning, officials said.......

With nearly 20,000 COVID-19 cases, India's tally reaches over 5.28 lakh

With a record spike of nearly 20,000 cases in a day, India's COVID-19 tally mounted to 5,28,859 on Sunday and the death toll rose to 16,095, while Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh announced a......

Covid-19 effect: Mumbai Ka Raja to have 4-ft Ganesh idol

With the Covid-19 pandemic, this year's Ganeshotsav celebrations are likely to attract lesser crowd in Maharashtra. Mumbai's famous organiser in Ganesh Galli on Tuesday decided to bring in a......

'The Indian consumer demands so much service'

'The toughest challenge is not to satisfy the luxury customer.''The toughest challenge is to satisfy the budget customer.' IMAGE: Rahul Pandit, right, managing director and CEO, Roots Corporation......

How Mumbai's oldest Ittar market is keeping its business alive

The traditional art of making herbal ittar(fragrance) is gradually getting replaced with chemical-based, not so labour-intensive perfume industry, finds out Shaheen Mansuri/Rediff.com. Image:......

Builder booked for fraudulently selling firm's Rs 3.20 cr TDR

A first information report IR has been registered against a developer who allegedly duped a construction company to the tune of Rs 3.2 crore (Rs 32 million) by fraudulent transfer of development......

3 invaluable lessons from top CEOs

Author of best sellers such as It's Not The Big That Eat The Small - It's The Fast That Eat The Slow, Less Is More, Think BIG - Act Small, Jason Jennings was named by USA Today as one of the three......

'It was like a little boy's dream come true!'

'We felt like we were a part of something bigger than just a film.' IMAGE: With Sunil Gavaskar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Tahir Raj Bhasin/Instagram Tahir Raj Bhasin got his big break in Mardaani,......

'It's a musical revolution, it's kranti!'

'Alia's security watched the film with us -- he belongs to the Simmba audience because he saw it multiple times and loved it.''After watching Gully Boy, there were tears in his eyes.''And he's a......

Meet the link between Baahubali and Black Panther

'Disney is presenting Black Panther as Manoj Muntashir's film.''Such a big studio, a billion dollar film is being released as Manoj Muntashir's film.''It is in the same space of Baahubali, which I......

PIX: Neha Dhupia, Manish Paul visit Lalbaug Ganpati

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Neha Dhupia recently visited the famous Lalbaug Ganpati pandal in central Mumbai to seek Bappa's blessings. The......

The Golden Thrower

Someone who confessed he would have been beating buffaloes with sticks had it not been for the javelin went on to win India's first Olympic gold medal in athletics. IMAGE: India's gold medallist......

Why Did BCCI Mess With Kohli?

Now we do not know if the Board bugs the dressing room or employs Pegasus in players' phones. But nothing stopped them from speaking with Kohli, points out Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Virat Kohli, who......

FIFA Women's WC: Netherlands, Italy through to quarters

Martens sends Netherlands through to maiden quarter-finals IMAGE: Netherlands' Lieke Martens celebrates. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters The Netherlands reached the women’s World Cup......

FIFA Women's WC: Italy, England reach last 16

Girelli treble helps Italy to thrash Jamaica to reach last 16 IMAGE: Italy's Cristiana Girelli celebrates scoring their first goal. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters Italy's Cristiana Girelli......

French officials fret over stadium security ahead of Euro 2016

Security failures highlighted at this weekend's French cup final need to be urgently sorted out before the start of Euro 2016 in three weeks' time, an official in charge of security at France's......