Written By Purva Chitnis

Vodafone Idea Ltd - struggling to clear AGR dues of more than Rs 50,000 crore - lost over Rs 2,700 crore in market cap, a day after a letter by Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla - written in June to Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba - was made public.

Directions to provide online darshan facility, curbs on height of idols and a ban on processions are among the guidelines issued by the Maharashtra government today for the 11-day Ganeshotsav festivities starting September 10.

Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik, under the ED's scanner, has written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray saying the party to patch up with the BJP so as to avoid harassment of its leaders by central agencies.

As India's financial capital braces for 10,000 fresh Covid cases a day, random tests are being conducted to arrest the spread of the infection. On Tuesday, random tests were conducted at the sessions court in Mumbai.

Long queues were seen at railway stations, state borders and airports in Mumbai on Wednesday, with people waiting to get screened for the coronavirus, as Maharashtra's new travel rules kicked in.

Diwali is the busiest time for these sellers at Dadar market -- the heart of Mumbai. But because of coronavirus-induced restrictions and booming online sales, sellers are waiting for buyers. For them, this Diwali, will not be a happy one.

According to the data released by Federation of Automobile Dealers Association, the overall vehicle registrations in September went up by 14 per cent over August.

Potters, who normally have good business during the festive season, are adversely affected due to coronavirus lockdown this year. Many say that the footfall is far less than what they witnessed during the festive season last year.

Overall coronavirus cases in Maharashtra - the country's worst-hit state where more than 15.2 lakh people have contracted COVID-19 till now - appear to be reducing, shows Maharashtra Health Ministry data. Covid cases have gone down by nearly 28 per cent in the last two weeks compared to what it was in the latter half of September, the data shows.

Mumbai's dabbawalas will now be allowed to board the city's local trains, according to the government's unlock guidelines. However, these food-delivery personnel's woes may not have ended yet.

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday withdrew the order it issued in August to implement the controversial farm laws that are at the centre of a storm in a number of of states. The ruling alliance in the state has been in a dilemma over the farm laws, with Sena allies Congress and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party being firmly opposed t...

Around 30 children of different age groups gather in a tribal hamlet of Taralpada in Jawhar Taluka of Palghar district, around 130 km from Mumbai, at 9 AM every day. The reason behind the gathering is an alternative school run by the older students of the hamlet. This is a fun school where they play informative games, sing songs along with regular ...

Umesh is three years old but weighs the same as a one-year-old. At 8 kg, he's underweight by 4 kg or 33 per cent. And his height is 84 centimetres, or 6.6 per cent less than ideal. With no schools amid the coronavirus crisis, there are also no midday meals - the government's food scheme - for his nine-year-old brother. Their mother, Pramila Bhambre...

May saw a massive migrant exodus from Mumbai amid the coronavirus crisis. One such area which is about 90 per cent full of migrants is Mumbai's Bhayyawadi in Juhu Koliwada, which saw nearly 80 per cent of its residents leave in May when the coronavirus lockdown was in full effect.

In a sudden move, the central government's Department of Commerce on Monday banned "with immediate effect" export of onions as its average trade price in the country's biggest onion market in Maharashtra's Lasalgaon touched Rs 30/kg - double of what it was in March.

Vodafone Idea Ltd - struggling to clear AGR dues of more than Rs 50,000 crore - lost over Rs 2,700 crore in market cap, a day after a letter by Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla - written in June to Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba - was made public.

Directions to provide online darshan facility, curbs on height of idols and a ban on processions are among the guidelines issued by the Maharashtra government today for the 11-day Ganeshotsav festivities starting September 10.

Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik, under the ED's scanner, has written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray saying the party to patch up with the BJP so as to avoid harassment of its leaders by central agencies.

As India's financial capital braces for 10,000 fresh Covid cases a day, random tests are being conducted to arrest the spread of the infection. On Tuesday, random tests were conducted at the sessions court in Mumbai.

Long queues were seen at railway stations, state borders and airports in Mumbai on Wednesday, with people waiting to get screened for the coronavirus, as Maharashtra's new travel rules kicked in.

Diwali is the busiest time for these sellers at Dadar market -- the heart of Mumbai. But because of coronavirus-induced restrictions and booming online sales, sellers are waiting for buyers. For them, this Diwali, will not be a happy one.

According to the data released by Federation of Automobile Dealers Association, the overall vehicle registrations in September went up by 14 per cent over August.

Potters, who normally have good business during the festive season, are adversely affected due to coronavirus lockdown this year. Many say that the footfall is far less than what they witnessed during the festive season last year.

Overall coronavirus cases in Maharashtra - the country's worst-hit state where more than 15.2 lakh people have contracted COVID-19 till now - appear to be reducing, shows Maharashtra Health Ministry data. Covid cases have gone down by nearly 28 per cent in the last two weeks compared to what it was in the latter half of September, the data shows.

Mumbai's dabbawalas will now be allowed to board the city's local trains, according to the government's unlock guidelines. However, these food-delivery personnel's woes may not have ended yet.

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday withdrew the order it issued in August to implement the controversial farm laws that are at the centre of a storm in a number of of states. The ruling alliance in the state has been in a dilemma over the farm laws, with Sena allies Congress and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party being firmly opposed t...

Around 30 children of different age groups gather in a tribal hamlet of Taralpada in Jawhar Taluka of Palghar district, around 130 km from Mumbai, at 9 AM every day. The reason behind the gathering is an alternative school run by the older students of the hamlet. This is a fun school where they play informative games, sing songs along with regular ...

Umesh is three years old but weighs the same as a one-year-old. At 8 kg, he's underweight by 4 kg or 33 per cent. And his height is 84 centimetres, or 6.6 per cent less than ideal. With no schools amid the coronavirus crisis, there are also no midday meals - the government's food scheme - for his nine-year-old brother. Their mother, Pramila Bhambre...

May saw a massive migrant exodus from Mumbai amid the coronavirus crisis. One such area which is about 90 per cent full of migrants is Mumbai's Bhayyawadi in Juhu Koliwada, which saw nearly 80 per cent of its residents leave in May when the coronavirus lockdown was in full effect.

In a sudden move, the central government's Department of Commerce on Monday banned "with immediate effect" export of onions as its average trade price in the country's biggest onion market in Maharashtra's Lasalgaon touched Rs 30/kg - double of what it was in March.