Ganpati Security

Deepika Padukone walked barefoot to the Ganpati idol at Lalbaugcha Raja and offered her prayers with folded hands.

As Mumbai prepares for Ganesh Chaturthi, Ganapati Mandals have been ramping up security and insurance, with some places insuring their idols for as much as Rs 300 crore. The GSB Seva Mandal in Wadala, which bought the 300-crore-insurance, has an eleven-foot idol, with gold plated hands, adorned with silver and gold jewellery and is the richest mand...

Border Security Force personnel, who were supposed to leave for election duty in Gujarat today, have received instructions from the Union Home Ministry not to leave the city until the last and most popular idol, Lalbaugcha Raja, is safely immersed in the sea.

the city's richest Ganpati mandal, the GSB Seva Sadan, has quoted to indemnify the Ganesh celebrations starting September 1. Based at King's Circle in Matunga, the mandal's insurance cover is likely to cross the Rs 50- crore mark this Ganeshotsav, its trustees said.

This Ganeshotsava, the GSB Seva Mandal at Matunga will be installing a total of 34 CCTV cameras to be constantly monitored by the Matunga police. Satish Naik, a committee member from GSB Seva Mandal said, "We covered the idol, the entrance and the area where the crowd gathers for darshan under the CCTVs' ambit. Last year, the Matun...

Deepika Padukone walked barefoot to the Ganpati idol at Lalbaugcha Raja and offered her prayers with folded hands.

As Mumbai prepares for Ganesh Chaturthi, Ganapati Mandals have been ramping up security and insurance, with some places insuring their idols for as much as Rs 300 crore. The GSB Seva Mandal in Wadala, which bought the 300-crore-insurance, has an eleven-foot idol, with gold plated hands, adorned with silver and gold jewellery and is the richest mand...

Border Security Force personnel, who were supposed to leave for election duty in Gujarat today, have received instructions from the Union Home Ministry not to leave the city until the last and most popular idol, Lalbaugcha Raja, is safely immersed in the sea.

the city's richest Ganpati mandal, the GSB Seva Sadan, has quoted to indemnify the Ganesh celebrations starting September 1. Based at King's Circle in Matunga, the mandal's insurance cover is likely to cross the Rs 50- crore mark this Ganeshotsav, its trustees said.

This Ganeshotsava, the GSB Seva Mandal at Matunga will be installing a total of 34 CCTV cameras to be constantly monitored by the Matunga police. Satish Naik, a committee member from GSB Seva Mandal said, "We covered the idol, the entrance and the area where the crowd gathers for darshan under the CCTVs' ambit. Last year, the Matun...