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History In 2 Minutes: Bombay's Benefactor

Nana Jagannath Shankerseth is one of the greats who made Mumbai India's foremost city. Here is why: Photographs: Kind courtesy Wikimedia.org Some of Mumbai's iconic institutions came about because......

'I Was Very Proud Of Ratan Tata'

'...and I was a great admirer of his leadership of Tata Sons.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Ratan Tata/Instagram Zubin Mehta and Ratan Tata were school pals. Zubin was a year and a few months older......

Mumbai's King's Circle, Sandhurst Road to become history

The Maharashtra legislative council on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to rename seven stations on the Mumbai local train network. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for......

Raj in trouble for calling CST 'Victoria Terminus'

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, who forced filmmaker Karan Johar to apologise for calling Mumbai 'Bombay' in his film, has attracted the ire of critics for calling the Chhatrapati......

100 years on, Mumbai then and now

The World Luxury Council (India) recently hosted a vintage art exhibit at The Oberoi in Mumbai called Mumbai 100 Years Ago On display were unpublished archival prints of some of the city's most......

Budget receives mixed response

Unhappy that the Budget has not done anything to reduce escalating prices, the Communist Party of India said on Tuesday that it would launch a countrywide agitation against high prices......

India's impressive railway stations

The Indian Railways has one of the busiest and largest railway networks in the world. With a track route of 65,000 kilometres and 7,500 stations, it carries over 30 million passengers daily.......

Soon you can own flats on railway property

Indian Railways under Piyush Goyal has chalked out a new plan for station redevelopment. Railway stations in 15 cities may soon offer residential apartments. Railway stations in 15 cities could......

AI's new chief features in record books, has garden named after him

Air India's new chief Ashwani Lohani is a man of many parts. Here are 10 interesting facts about him. Image: Ashwani Lohani to head Air India. Leadership is not about creating......

Delhi, Mumbai among world's 7 worst cities for business travel

If you are on a business trip to any of these cities, travelling can be a nightmare and here’s why. Image: An aerial view of Gateway of India, Mumbai. Photograph: Reuters Each one of......

'It's justified if women want to dominate men'

Harman Baweja was all set to be the next Bollywood star. But a dismal debut, Love Story 2050, crashed his hopes of becoming an overnight sensation. His next release Victory sank his career even......

Om Puri: My friend, Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze, who lost the battle to pancreatic cancer on Monday, had a close Indian connection. He starred in the film, City Of Joy, featuring Om Puri and Shabana Azmi. The film was shot in......

Revisiting Boot Polish: A beautiful celebration of sibling love

In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, Sukanya Verma looks back at Raj Kapoor's Boot Polish (1954), starring Baby Naaz and Ratan Kumar. IMAGE: Rattan Kumar and......

Teaching the Slumdog how to dance

Mumbai-basedLonginesFernandes has been choreographing for 15 years. He has won many dancing titles over the years. But his biggest reward may have been the moment Danny Boyle thanked him for his......

'Sunny is a misunderstood man!'

Director Imtiaz Ali's Socha Na Tha, which releases Friday, is a double debut. It is the director's first film and the hero Abhay Deol's debut big screen venture. Abhay, who is paired with Ayesha......

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