Once upon a time the city of Mumbai (Bombay) was made up of seven lush, green islands. Mahikavati or Mahim was one of them. Over time, Mahim was inhabited by Hindus and Muslims. In the year 1534 the Portuguese arrived and took a great fancy for the island. With them came the first missionaries…The Franciscans. […]
Mumbai’s ‘lungs’ are being amputated for a shiny new metro railway. People are unhappy, protesting, but ‘development’ steamrolls on. And, oh boy, do these sluggish Mumbai Municipal Corporation wallahs work fast! They began felling trees in Mumbai’s Aarey forest on Friday evening, hours after getting a go-ahead from the Bombay High Court, according to local […]
Bombay (Mumbai): Vasai-based Catholic priest Father Francis D’Britto, writer and environmentalist, was recently elected president of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (ABMSS) 2020, a three-day event that will be held in Osmanabad starting January 10, 2020. Fr. D’Britto, who is the first Christian to be elected president of the ABMSS, said he would like […]
पटना के लोगों के लिए उड़ानें हुई मुश्किल – पिछले एक-डेढ़ सालों में पटना से कई शहरों के लिए शुरू हुईं सीधी उड़ानें इस समर शेड्यूल में नहीं मिल पाएंगी। दिल्ली, मुंबई जैसे शहरों के लिये फ्लाइट के विकल्प घटेंगे, वहीं पुणे, गुवाहाटी और इंदौर आने जाने में पैसा व समय ज्यादा खर्च होगा। दरअसल, […]
Bombay (Mumbai): If you are planning to travel to Bombay this weekend, you better be prepared. The Met department has predicted really heavy rains, and the civic administration in the Metro is taking no chances. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted “heavy to very heavy” rainfall along the Maharashtra coast, including Mumbai, over this weekend. […]
The highly anticipated Justin Bieber maiden India concert was held last night at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai, and it was beyond successful–in terms of attendance at least. But Justin, not known for his niceties, probably ripped off fans who came to hear him sing, but noticed bad lip syncing instead! While many Indians are still […]
Police in Thane, Bombay say they have arrested 70 call-centre workers on suspicion of tricking American citizens into sending them money by posing as US tax officials. A total of 772 workers were arrested earlier on Wednesday in raids on nine fake call centres in a Bombay (Mumbai) suburb, a senior police official told Reuters […]
Bombay, (Mumbai) is shutting down its night schools! These night schools have helped countless working class people gain education over the years. The first move was this: the State government fired 250 night school teachers. Close to 4,500 students and teachers of night schools held a protest march against the state government’s decision to shut […]
