Activist claims Goa bar owner had lease agreement with Irani-linked co

Social activist Aires Rodrigues during a hearing before Goa excise commissioner on Monday produced a lease agreement signed between the owners of a controversial restaurant in North Goa and a......

At excise dept hearing, Goa bar owner's family denies any link to Smriti Irani

Goa excise commissioner Narayan Gad on Monday heard arguments over a complaint against a restaurant, which the Congress claimed was linked to Union minister Smriti Irani's daughter. IMAGE: Members......

Local admn seeks Goa's Silly Souls bar documents after complaints

In a fresh twist to the row over an upscale Goa bar which the Congress has linked with Union minister Smriti Irani's daughter, the district administration has issued a notice to the local village......

Same address for Irani's husband's co, Goa bar: Cong

Former Congress secretary Girish Chodankar on Wednesday claimed that a company owned by Union minister Smriti Irani's husband shares the address with the bar which his party has alleged was......

Closure 'rumour' sees patrons rush to Parsi Dairy Farm

Of late, the Mumbai-based Parsi Dairy Farm appears to be unwittingly milking the benefits of what it dismisses as a rumour-based report. Visits to the 99-year-old establishment tripled after a......

Mumbai, the only city in India

This is the only city in the country, I tell our son as we get off the plane on his first visit to Mumbai. He looks surprised and asks: not 'best city' but 'only city'? Yes, I reply, with all the......

Gangubai Kathiawadi Review

Something in Alia has surely changed after Gangubai.Her entire performance is about proving to herself and not to the world what she can do, feels Sukanya Verma. A Ghalib ghazal fills the rotten......

16 shows to watch during the lockdown

Nikita Puri lists the best shows and films to watch online as you ace social distancing. Be it videos of penguins being taken for walks around the zoo or cats playing games with their humans, the......

Happi Review

'Surely a person like Happi deserves to be treated with dignity.''But does he deserve a two hour movie dedicated to his daftness, and to the failure of the rest of the world to come round to the......

Photograph Review: A delicate little gem

God bless Ritesh Batra, raves Sukanya Verma. Just hop on one of the numerous jetties across the bustle of the Gateway Of India and the breeze of Bombay will talk to you. It's not a myth, you'll......