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Lalbaugcha Raja mandal cancels Ganesh Chaturthi celebration due to Covid-19

The Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh Mandal,which installs Mumbai's most famous Ganpati idol, announced the cancellation of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebration this year in view of the Covid-19 pandemic

Ganapati festival: In a first, no giant idol for Lalbaugcha Raja this year

The famed and iconic Lalbaugcha Raja will not be installed during the 11-day Ganeshotsav. Instead, in view of the Covid-19 crisis, a small idol of 3-4 feet will be installed for the traditional 'puja'

Coronavirus daily update: Mumbai adds 1,247 new cases; 92 more patients die

The coronavirus tally in Mumbai increased to 76,294 with the addition of 1,247 new cases, while the death toll rose to 4,461 after 92 more patients succumbed to the infection.

Mumbai tweaks discharge protocol in bid to free tertiary care beds faster

City's top hospitals say average length of stay for a Covid-19 patient is now around seven days, down 50% from 14-days in the beginning of the pandemic

Maharashtra govt decides against lifting lockdown, extends it to July 31

According to the latest order movement for non-essential activities will be restricted within neighbourhoods in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Fuel prices: After 22 hikes, petrol now costs Rs 80.43, diesel Rs 80.53

Petrol price in the national capital was increased for the 22nd day by 5 paise to Rs 80.43 and diesel price by 13 paise to Rs 80.53.

In pictures: Barber shops and salons reopen in Mumbai after three months

Maharashtra government issued a notification to reopen them in the State under its 'Mission Begin Again Phase IV'

Oil companies pause after hiking petrol, diesel prices for 21 days straight

On June 27, price of petrol was increased by Rs 0.25 per litre while that of diesel by Rs 0.21 per litre. Rates differ from state to state, depending on value-added tax (VAT)

The forgotten Bombay School

Bombay School was based on realism, or naturalism, as taught by the colonial mindset that patterned it.

Diesel crosses Rs 80-mark in Delhi for first time; petrol up by 16 paise

Diesel price continued to be higher in the city for the second consecutive day

An intimate peep into Dharavi's streets and its food, all virtually

Geetanjali Krishna takes a stroll around Asia's largest slum and gets a hands-on cooking lesson

Rohinton Mistry's 1995 novel captured the grand tragedies of Emergency

A Fine Balance is also a ludicrous sketch of a nation, its grand tragedies and political misadventures, specifically during the Emergency of 1975, which was declared 45 years ago on June 25

Shanti Foundation distributes thousands of ration bags to the needy amid COVID-19 crisis

Shanti Foundation distributes thousands of ration bags to the needy amid COVID-19 crisis

Explained: How Covid-19 pandemic upended 20 million lives in Mumbai

Although the coronavirus pandemic's toll has been much lower, there are grim parallels

ICMR sero-survey: Initial reports hint at widespread Covid-19 infection

Some reports suggested that about one-third of the country's population may have already been infected with the novel coronavirus

India coronavirus dispatch: Why Mumbai became the worst-hit Indian city

From a cleaner air policy, to what made Mumbai the worst-hit Indian city, and how the type of diabetes you have can impact how you react to the virus - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Single-day cases at record 9,971; govt says 'fine-tuning' strategy

Defends the timing of lockdown, says all states and experts were consulted

Is Delhi the next Mumbai? Anxiety in national capital over rising cases

Delhi with 25 per cent positivity rate is much higher compared to the national positivity rate of 5 per cent

How an inherently collaborative film industry will adapt to the time

Many in the business of cinema are cautiously excited as the industry receives the green signal to restart work.

Average daily growth in coronavirus cases on a decline in Mumbai: BMC

According to BMC's health department data, in the past one month, the maximum number of cases, 1,739, on a single-day were detected on May 22, while the minimum, 404, was recorded on May 13