Ganeshotsav

Maharashtra govt to give Rs 5 crore reward to Mumbai police personnel who worked during deluge of 29 August

As a mark of appreciation, the Maharashtra government has decided to give Rs 5 crore reward to police personnel who worked untiringly during the deluge of 29 August to ensure safety of citizens and for the good work done in the last few months

Lalbaugcha Raja, several other Ganpati mandals fined by BMC for damaging roads during Ganeshotsav

BMC has fined a total of Rs 12.94 lakh to several Ganeshotsav Mandals including the Lalbaugcha Raja of Mumbai for damaging the roads during the Ganeshotsav festival

Ganesh Visarjan 2017: Thousands throng Mumbai streets to bid adieu to Lord Ganpati

Thousands of gigantic, large, medium and small idols of the elephant-headed god, Lord Ganesha, were taken out for immersion to various water bodies on Anant Chaturdashi, marking the end of the 12-day long Ganeshotsav in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Ganesh Chaturthi 2017: Mumbai Police maintains strict vigil to ensure smooth flow of festival

The Mumbai Police are on an alert and are maintaining a strict vigil in view of the 12-day Ganesh festival beginning on Friday

Ganesh Chaturthi: With five days left, Mumbai mandaps anxiously await BMC nod to erect pandals

The 10-day long Ganeshotsav celebration begins from 25 August and scores of applications from Ganapati mandals are lying pending with the BMC for permission

Toll waiver for vehicles travelling to the Konkan region between September 2 and September 4, 2016

Only applicable for toll booths on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and residents of Mumbai and Thane

Woman manhandled by cops at Lalbaug Cha Raja pandal, inquiry ordered after video goes viral

A video, captured by a bystander, that shows a young woman being slapped repeatedly by women police officials outside the Lalbaug Cha Raja pandal in Central Mumbai on the occasion of Ganpati visarjan, is going viral on social media, raising questions of police brutality.

Ban releasing drinking water for Ganesh visarjan: National Green Tribunal

The National Green Tribunal here has issued notices to the state government in an EIL to ban releasing drinking water from dams for the visarjan of Lord Ganesha idols, an activist said here on Tuesday

Silence, please: Remove illegal loudspeakers used in mosques says Bombay High Court

Bombay High Court has ordered that loudspeakers be removed from mosques that do not have requisite permission for the same in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

Lord Ganesha welcomed into homes across the country as ten-day festival begins

The first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh festival was celebrated in different parts of India. While the tradition of the community festival started in Maharashtra, it is celebrated in other parts of the country as well.