Bhalchandra Chorghade

Mumbai: In an era when cricket increasingly celebrated swagger, sound bites and larger-than-life personalities, Ajinkya Rahane chose a different path. He let his bat whisper, his actions inspire and his character define him. As the curtains come down on his international career, Indian cricket bids farewell to one of its finest gentlemen, a cricketer whose greatest triumphs were built not on flamboyance, but on quiet resilience. There are players who dominate headlines and there are players...

Navi Mumbai: The 289-hectare Panje-Dongari wetland in Uran, regarded by environmentalists as Maharashtra’s largest intertidal wetland, has moved a significant step closer to securing legal protection after the Raigad district administration completed a long-awaited ground verification process, environmental groups said. The development is being seen as a major milestone in the years-long campaign by conservationists to protect the ecologically sensitive wetland from reclamation and...

Greens send SOS to CM Navi Mumbai: Environmental groups and residents have urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to immediately intervene and halt what they describe as relentless hill blasting for a real estate project in Kharghar, warning that continued excavation could cause irreversible ecological damage and heighten the risk of landslides during the ongoing monsoon. In a representation submitted to the Chief Minister, the NatConnect Foundation and the Save Kharghar Ecology Forum alleged...