Elated after the Bombay High Court verdict allowing women's entry into the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, members of city-based Bhumata Ranragini Brigade led by Trupti Desai, who has been spearheading the fight for gender equality in all places of worship, have decided to visit the shrine this weekend.
The Jai Jawan mandal, which failed in its last ditch effort to convince the apex court on the height limitations, had put up a massive human pyramid measuring at least 42 feet at one point, more than twice the limit set by the top court.
With the state determined to enforce the Supreme Court order with the police issuing preemptive notices and making arrangements to video record every human pyramid, it would be interesting to watch in what way the open challenge of the MNS will move forward.
There are worries from concerned corners that the police might be even vulnerable to contempt of court if some pyramids actually cross 20 feet if the police fails to maintain a constant vigil on all of them.
A Newark-bound Air India flight, carrying around 300 passengers, from here was on Thursday diverted to Kazakhstan due to technical issues.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that human pyramids cannot go beyond 20 feet during the Dahi Handi festival on Krishna Janmashtami, as it rejected a last ditch attempt by an organisation to get over the restriction
Maharashtra government's animal husbandry department will grant official ID cards to the welfare officers, once they are appointed, to monitor and report any act of animal cruelty.
The Centre's regional connectivity scheme (RCS) moved closer to reality with the aviation ministry set to sign an agreement with Maharashtra government.
The Maharashtra Navnirman Chitrapat Karmachari Sena (MNCKS) has opposed the Marathi dub of the upcoming MS Dhoni biopic, stating it will create unfair competition for Marathi films and that Maharashtrians can speak Hindi
In connection with the 2013 Mumbra building collapse case, a district court in Mumbai has issued a show cause notice to Kalyan Jail authorities after they failed to produce one of the accused before it.
Vada Pav Inc. is the story of the vada pav, told through my foodie eyes. My fervent hope is that it makes you yearn to go out and grab one.
The Maharashtra government has only two options: It should either lift the ban — because it is both impractical and regressive — or allow it to be followed in breach, rather than in practice.
Maharashtra legislature took a positive step when it repealed as many as 64 archaic laws on Sunday. Some of these laws date back to 1876.
Two fresh petitions were filed on Monday in the SC challenging the Bombay HC order upholding the beef ban imposed by Maharashtra government through an enactment.
He turned around and saw my leather bag. Then he leaned to touched my bag and concluded it was made of cow leather," Barun said
The Mumbai Police have come up with a 71-page report on the Salafist Islamist televangelist Zakir Naik and his ‘unlawful activities’. However, what is worth deliberating is the ‘serious concerns’ of the police over the kind of education imparted to students at the Mumbai-based Islamic International School, founded and conceptualised by Zakir Naik.
A Metropolitan Magistrate on Thursday granted bail to five doctors of the LH Hiranandani Hospital in a kidney racket case, subject to several stringent conditions.
Five doctors, including the CEO of LH Hiranandani Hospital, were on Thursday granted bail by a local court in connection with the alleged kidney transplant racket
Five persons were killed when their speeding car rammed into a tree on the Western Express Highway in Mumbai on Thursday, an official said.
The Supreme Court ruling on age bar of 'Govindas' participating in the 'Dahi Handi' ritual in Maharashtra, on Wednesday met with disappointment back home with political leaders and local groups seeing the move as a setback to the festive tradition and demanded that the state government file a review petition in the case.
Danve was unaware of the 'atal bandhan' programme the Mumbai city unit had launched, indicating that the state unit chief was not kept in the loop.
Youngest son of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's sister - Alishah Parkar - is getting married in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Initiating fresh action in the money laundering case against former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal and his family, the ED on Thursday attached close to two dozen assets worth Rs 90 crore.
Word on the grapevine is that Coldplay could be coming to India in November and there could not be a more perfect band to visit the country
The operation on Brijkishor Jaiswal, the recipient, was stopped at the last moment as police found that the woman who was donating him the kidney was not his real wife, contrary to the papers submitted by the duo.
Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday gave a nod to a World Bank-supported 'climate resilient agriculture project' which aims to reduce farmers' dependence on unpredictable weather cycles.
The Maharashtra government had planned to dismantle the ill-fated British era bridge across Savitri river at Mahad, whose collapse over a week ago claimed 26 lives.
Penguins in a Mumbai zoo are not getting enough fish to eat because of Shraavana. This just shows poor planning on the part of the Byculla zoo.
The city cops on Tuesday arrested 5 doctors from a hospital for alleged links with illegal kidney donation racket that was first brought to light on 14 July
The Mumbai Police has recommended that the state book Islamic preacher Zakir Naik under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and ban his Islamic Research Foundation (IRF).