Category: Maharashra

At least six persons were injured on Saturday in an attack by a leopard, which entered a residential area in Nanipada in suburban Mulund in Mumbai, police said. The leopard was spotted at 7.15 a.m. in Nanipada, which is surrounded by hills and forest, a senior police official said. It attacked and injured six persons. A team of police and […]

A Pawan Hans helicopter with five Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) employees and two crew on a routine sortie between Juhu heliport and the offshore rigs was lost to sea on Saturday. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG), which launched a Search and Rescue (SAR) operation, confirmed that the helicopter had crashed into the Arabian Sea. Four bodies have been […]

Kapil Mohan, the man behind the iconic ‘Old Monk’ rum, passed away on Saturday, according to reports on social media. He was 88. Mohan, the chairman of Mohan Meakin Ltd, which makes and bottles ‘Old Monk’, among other liquors and non-alcoholic beverages, is said to have suffered a fatal cardiac arrest at his residence in Ghaziabad. Launched in 1954, Old […]

In recent reports the Dalit leader, activist and grandson of BR Ambedkar, Prakash Ambedkar called off the bandh in Maharashta on Wednesday. The Dalit community’s state-wide bandh resulted in violent protests in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra. “The shutdown was peaceful and has evoked a huge response all over. I thank all my supporters for making it a success,” […]

Three young Mumbaikars’ steadfast determination to make a change in health care, education and gender violence, has earned them the coveted Queen’s Young Leaders Award. Aditya Kulkarni, 27, Deane De Menezes, 24, and Trisha Shetty, 27, will be felicitated at a special ceremony by Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace in London next June. The trio, who received personal […]

Britain’s public broadcaster BBC has apologised after showing two clips of the wrong person while reporting the death of veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor. On Monday’s News at Ten, two video clips were played as presenter Huw Edwards announced the death of the 79-year-old Bollywood star, who died the same day at 5.20 p.m. But neither of the men shown […]