Mumbai

Heavy rains wash out Bollywood events in Mumbai

8:57 pm September 4, 2019

Mumbai: Bollywood celebrities, including Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, had to call off their events after heavy rains pounded Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday. The weather department on Wednesday issued a rain ‘red alert’ warning for the city and adjoining areas and asked the authorities to be prepared to handle any situation. […]

IMD issues ‘red alert’ as heavy rains pound Mumbai

5:29 pm September 4, 2019

Mumbai: With heavy rains pounding Mumbai and its suburbs, the weather department on Wednesday issued a ‘red alert’ for the city and adjoining areas and asked the authorities to be prepared to handle any situation. Out of the 150 weather stations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), around 100 recorded over 200 mm rainfall in […]

Rohit bats for conservation of rhinos

5:19 pm September 4, 2019

Mumbai: India vice-captain Rohit Sharma is launching Rohit4Rhinos campaign, in partnership with WWF India and Animal Planet, to help build awareness for the need to conserve the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros or the Indian Rhino. In a campaign launching on Animal Planet to commemorate World Rhino Day on September 22, Rohit pledges to do his bit […]

Ganpati festival to go virtual during COVID-19 pandemic

Ganesh fest begins; devotees open heart, homes to welcome God

11:18 pm September 2, 2019

Mumbai: Traditional prayers, chants of ‘Ganpati Bappa Morya’ and sweet offerings of ‘laddoos’ and ‘modaks’ by devotees marked the commencement of the Ganesh festival in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Monday. The 10-day long festival is being held this year amid the looming clouds of economic slowdown and the devastation caused by floods […]

Sunny Deol tests COVID-19 positive, says Himachal Pradesh health secretary

Tough to stay an actor and not become a commodity: Sunny Deol

9:06 pm September 1, 2019

Mumbai: Actor Sunny Deol says his family stands out in the film industry as they don’t chase money or become a “commodity”. Sunny’s son, Karan, is all set to make his big screen debut with “Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas”, which the actor has also directed. Though a star kid, Karan is hardly seen photographed […]