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1,500 steps between a trekker and a pilgrim

India, Jan. 26 -- Last week, a funicular train started its operation on the Haji Malang hill. Visitors can now bypass the arduous physical climb of about 1,500 rock-cut steps to and from the shrine ne... Read More


DRI seizes gold worth Rs.2.89 cr concealed in meat grinder; 2 held

MUMBAI, Jan. 26 -- The Mumbai unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Friday foiled an attempt to smuggle in foreign-origin gold worth an estimated Rs.2.89 crore, concealed inside a m... Read More


Tool gauges mangrove loss due to coastal rd

Mumbai, Jan. 26 -- Urban researcher and geospatial analyst Abhijit Ekbote, 50, has developed a mapping tool that citizens can access freely to assess mangrove loss due to the proposed Versova-Dahisar ... Read More


BMC yet to set up even one dog shelter two months after Supreme Court order

MUMBAI, Jan. 26 -- Two months after the Supreme Court directed civic bodies to move stray dogs to shelters, Mumbai is still struggling to set up even a single facility. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corp... Read More


Cong-led front to stake claim in BNMC

MUMBAI/THANE, Jan. 26 -- After discussions that lasted more than a week, the Congress, NCP (SP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) will together stake their claim to power in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Cor... Read More


farmers start marching from nashik to city

PUNE, Jan. 26 -- PUNEAround 40,000 farmers launched a 'long march' from Nashik on Sunday, demanding implementation of long-pending assurances under the Forest Rights Act, completion of irrigation proj... Read More


Mussoorie's 100-year-old sufi shrine desecrated, case filed

Dehradun, Jan. 26 -- Members of a Hindu right-wing outfit allegedly vandalised a "mazaar" (shrine), believed to be over 100 years old, built on private land in Mussoorie, the Uttarakhand police said o... Read More


entry of 'non-Hindus' banned in Kedarnath, Badrinath

Dehradun/Mussoorie, Jan. 26 -- The Shri Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC )on Sunday announced that the entry of non-Hindus will be prohibited inside 45 temples under its jurisdiction. The an... Read More


Abhishek, Surya blitz hand India series win

Guwahati, Jan. 26 -- Scintillating fifties from Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav helped India break new ground in the history of chasing as they demolished a target of 154 in just 10 overs, reduci... Read More


Sawant picks up 7/69 as Hindu Gym beat Apollo

Mumbai, Jan. 26 -- Leg-spinner Rahul Sawant took a seven-wicket haul to help PJ Hindu Gymkhana beat Apollo CC by 8 runs in the first round of Young Comrade Shield match. Brief scores: Dadar Union SC 3... Read More