On the night of Anant Chaturdashi, the sand at Mumbai’s Girgaon Chowpatty vanishes underfoot. A truck carrying a twenty-foot Ganesha, built over four months in a Lalbaug workshop, edges toward the water while a few hundred men wade in beside it, chanting a name they’ll shout again next August. Within the hour, a figure that…
The “announcement” came after Dipke was allegedly heckled by a group of people during his visit to Balaghat NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday mocked the Mohan Yadav-led Madhya Pradesh government and announced his resignation as the state’s chief minister.The sarcastic announcement came after Dipke was allegedly heckled by a…
After his decision to leave late-night television, Letterman and wife, Regina Lasko, moved back to Indiana In 1999, television host David Letterman bought a 2,700-acre ranch in Montana. According to Realtor, the ranch is one of several properties owned by Letterman, who has spoken openly about moving away from the pressures and lifestyle associated with…
‘Hanuman Ansh’ box office collection Day 38 (LIVE): Neem Karoli Baba biopic eyes Rs 210 crore in India amid ‘Mirzapur: The Movie’, ‘Haiwaan’ clash ‘Hanuman Ansh’ is showing no signs of stopping at the box office despite competition from ‘Mirzapur: The Movie’ and ‘Haiwaan’. The film based on the life of Neem Karoli Baba, also…
At the idol markets in Pen, the small Konkan town that supplies much of Maharashtra’s Ganesha idols every year, buyers do something you won’t see at a shop selling any other kind of statue. They pick the idol up, turn it slightly, and check which way the trunk curves before they check the price. It’s…
Xi was visiting India for the first time in seven years. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi briefly interrupted his opening remarks at the Brics Summit on Saturday after Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to be uncomfortable.PM Modi turned towards Xi and asked the translator accompanying the Chinese president, “Is it okay?” He repeated the…
Haig has been fond of convertibles for years. After giving them up for a period, seeing other drivers enjoying the spring weather with their tops down convinced her that she was ready for another one. At an age when many people are content to slow down, Barbara Haig is still putting the top down and…
Small-budget film ‘Hanuman Ansh’ has turned out to be another surprise success at the box office. The film had a slow beginning but later picked up strongly and crossed the Rs 200 crore mark in India gross collections. After hitting homerun in the Hindi languages the film is set to release in Telugu. Trivikram Srinivas…
If you’re bringing Bappa home this year, put the alarm away. Most households rush to install the idol at sunrise, the way they would for any other puja, but Ganapati sthapana does not work that way. The idol goes in at midday, not dawn, and getting that one detail right sets up everything else correctly.In…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the “growing strength, appeal and unprecedented trust” in Brics during the second day of the multilateral event in New Delhi.While chairing the Brics session on “Inclusive global governance and strengthening multilateralism”, PM Modi said that cooperation and support between the Brics members has led the shared vision transform…
