All 30 grounded aircrafts now fly Mumbai : Air India’s Maharaja is all pleased as punch at 80. After years of huge costs and efforts, the last of the grounded 30 aircraft – inherited by the Tata Group during the privatization in Jan. 2022 – is now resurrected fully and took to the skies gracefully on Monday.   The aircraft is the gleaming VT-ALL, a Boeing 777-300ER, that was gathering grime since February 2020, and becomes the final among the two-and-half dozen aircraft that

Success does not grow in comparison; it grows in focus. Over the years, women have made significant strides in every sphere of life. From managing homes to leading organisations, from nurturing families to building successful careers, women have proved that strength and resilience are deeply rooted in their nature. Financial independence has become a significant milestone for many women today, bringing with it confidence, dignity, and the freedom to shape one’s own destiny. H

Long before modern geopolitics, scholars and travellers recognised a vast cultural world stretching from India to Southeast Asia. Prambanan Temple, Java The impact of Indic civilisation, radiating far beyond the frontiers of modern India or even the vast contours of pre-independence British India, is widely acknowledged. Yet the force of that influence has been most pronounced in the eastern direction. There, its imprint became so deep and pervasive that landscapes, customs a

A brave new world of March 2026, where geopolitics has finally achieved what decades of border tensions, “Boycott China” hashtags, and that one uncle at family dinners who still calls it “Chindian” food never could: it has banished Indian Chinese from our plates. Not through diplomacy, not through taste evolution, not even through the slow realization that schezwan sauce is basically spicy ketchup with identity issues. No, the great exile has come courtesy of… LPG shortage. Y

Soon, Mumbai to starve of vada-pav, pav-bhaji Mumbai: The city of dreams fueled by vada-pav and pav-bhaji could soon face a nightmarish food crunch. Amid the ongoing commercial LPG crisis, Mumbai’s piped natural gas (PNG) supplier Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) has imposed a 20pc cut in gas offtake by bakeries, forcing scale down of production of laadi-pav, breads and other bakery staples that feed millions daily, plus an ominous price hike soon. The MGL directive follows a cent

Dark shadow of shut down on Bhendi Bazar during Ramzan Mumbai : Like a middle-age crisis, the Middle-East War has sparked a mid-Ramadan panic in Mumbai’s famed Ramzan street-food markets of Mohammed Ali Road and its surroundings, thanks to the near-invisibility of commercial LPG cylinders.   Barely a week before the grand build-up for Eid-ul-Fitr, there is concern among the hundreds of eateries, wayside stalls, seasonal carts and traditional hoteliers and disappointment among

Mumbai : The short supply of commercial LPG cylinders turned ‘grim’ on Wednesday as hundreds of small and medium eateries – on whom the ordinary working Mumbaikars depend on for daily meals – shut down or drastically trimmed menus, on Wednesday.   With an estimated 50,000-plus hotels, restaurants and small food joints, the crunch is beginning to be felt severely, said Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI) vice-president and Hotel and Restaurant Assoc

Mumbai : The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) – which handles nearly 50 pc of India’s container traffic – announced a slew of measures bringing relief to exporters whose containers remain stuck, choking up the port in the wake of the Gulf War.   JNPA Chairperson Gaurav Daya along with top officers and stakeholders are monitoring the situation 24x7 and has given relief by way of 100 pc waivers of ground rent/dwell-time charges.   An estimated 3,250-plus containers bound

Workers load LPG cylinders at a depot following recent price hikes for both domestic and commercial units in Nagpur on Tuesday. | Pic: PTI   Mumbai : An abrupt shortage of commercial LPG cylinders gripped many parts of Mumbai and Maharashtra hitting the hospitality sector and raising fears of a larger crisis as the Centre invoked the stringent Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1968, in a warning to potential hoarders.   Mumbai and surroundings are feeling the pinch of the c

Workers load LPG cylinders in a truck, in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka on Tuesday. | Pic: PTI New Delhi: The Israel–US–Iran war's oil shock, with prices at $116/barrel, Hormuz blockade, and recession fears, threatens global depression per Wood Mackenzie and IMF warnings. India buffers via 8-week reserves, Russian imports, and steady fuel prices, prioritising diplomacy and "Nation First" amid opposition clamour and geopolitical shadows from China–Russia manoeuvres. The escalating

A woman does not need a special day to prove her worth. She is a celebration in herself. Just a few days ago, we celebrated Holi, the beautiful festival of colours—streets filled with laughter, faces bright with colour, and hearts light with joy. Around the same time, we also observe International Women’s Day, honouring women for their strength, sacrifices, and achievements. On this day, women are made to feel special. They celebrate their womanhood and remind the world they

Mumbai: Barely a week into the escalating war in the Middle East, India is already staring at the spectre of a serious fuel crisis - marked by supply anxieties, sudden policy jolts and steep price hikes that could ignite a fresh wave of inflation across the economy. Industry bodies and consumers alike were rattled on Friday as a series of back-to-back directives from the country’s oil ecosystem triggered panic in the markets. In a span of barely 24 hours, consumers got three

Opportunities are everywhere—waiting not for the young, but for the awake. Many people unknowingly imprison themselves with one dangerous thought: “It’s too late for me.” Too late to learn. Too late to change. Too late to dream again. But life doesn’t work on a fixed calendar. It works on awareness, courage, and willingness. Opportunities do not vanish with age; they merely change their shape, waiting patiently for those who are alert enough to recognise them.   At every stag

On the centenary of her birth, Mahasweta Devi’s work endures as a reckoning with power and neglect. Born in 1926, Mahasweta Devi remains, even after her death in 2016, one of India’s most formidable literary presences. Few writers have so insistently fused literature with moral urgency or treated writing as an act burdened with responsibility. Prolific she certainly was, producing over a hundred novels, hundreds of short stories and thousands of pages of reportage. As we take

Did you know Mumbai commuters lose hundreds of hours every year not in distance, but in delays, waiting, and uncertainty. In Mumbai, commuting can feel like a challenge, but technology is quietly changing that. Intelligent transport systems (ITS) are helping people navigate the city more efficiently by combining real-time data, adaptive routing, and smart coordination across trains, metros, monorails, buses, and last-mile options. At the forefront of this transformation is Ya

French President Emmanuel Macron with Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee and others during a meeting in Mumbai. Mumbai: After landing in Mumbai in late hours of Monday (February 16), French President Emmanuel Macron barely took any time to rest and hopped into his sportswear just hours later for a jog at Mumbai’s iconic Marine Drive promenade, much to the disbelief and delight of the early risers there. Macron (48) was clad in a navy-blue t-shirt, black shorts and

Childhood has become preparation, not experience. I belong to an era where childhood wasn’t scheduled, measured, or evaluated. We played with mud, drew shapes on the ground, jumped over hopscotch lines till dusk, and came home with scraped knees and hearts full of joy. Life itself felt like a reward — simple, abundant, and stress-free. We lived on cloud nine without knowing the term. Our homes were porous. Relatives dropped in without appointments, and we visited them without

India’s food security rests not just on grain and groundwater, but on the steadily eroding bodies of the farmers who produce it. India’s debate on food security is oddly bloodless. Policymakers pore over spreadsheets tracking seed varieties, fertiliser subsidies and grain reserves, while television panels argue over procurement targets and buffer stocks. Yet amid this obsession with inputs and outputs, one variable is conspicuously absent: the physical health of the human bei

Mumbai: Come Ganeshotsav, Mumbai is poised to get an eye-catching landmark – the ambitious Elphinstone Double-Decker Road Overbridge, being fast-tracked to provide a key link to the Sewri-Worli Elevated Corridor and Atal Setu, officials said. The double-decker ROB, will dramatically arise by Sep. 2026 from the ashes of the 112-year-old British-era Elphinstone Bridge that is being demolished since Oct. 225 after it outlived its utility. The swank double-decker coming up in its

Yogesh Kumar Gupta Kolhapur: When a police officer takes genuine interest in securing justice for citizens duped in financial fraud, investigations can move swiftly enough to lift the crushing burden off affected families. Kolhapur Superintendent of Police Yogesh Kumar Gupta has demonstrated precisely that. His firm and sensitive handling of a cheating case ensured relief for Akshay Deepak Dhale, a young entrepreneur from Kolhapur who had fallen prey to a Rajkot-based company