Kochi Biennale in December

Bold and Colourful

Art curator-turned-full-time artist Sharmistha Ray wants to dabble in abstract art and make it really large.

A Goan Odyssey

Rekha launches designer Wendell Rodricks’ book on Goa, while his close friends raise a toast.

Road Lessons

For the past seven years, Mira Mamnani, 67, has been playing teacher, friend and guide to the 40-odd children who have been coming to her every morning.

Nature First

For her age group, Aishwarya Sridhar, 16, is a little different. She has the names and characteristics of rare and endangered birds at the tip of her tongue rather than those of actors or rockstars.

Recycling Drive

Does your weekly garbage often include Tetra Pak cartons? Instead of disposing them, you could collect these, hand them over to the nearest Sahakari Bhandar store and help save trees.

Motorcycle theft bid: Citizens’ squad nabs teenager

A special squad formed by the Antop Hill police that comprises residents of the area nabbed a teenager on Saturday, reportedly while he was trying to steal a motorcycle.

27 years on, former bank employee gets 3-year RI for fraud

As many as 27 years after he cheated a bank to the tune of Rs 86,000, a Special Central Bureau of Investigation court convicted a former Bank of Baroda employee and sentenced him to three years of rigorous imprisonment on Saturday.

Woman run over by bus

A woman died after she was knocked down by a BEST bus at a busy intersection outside Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus on Saturday.

Man killed; wife, lover among four arrested

The Malwani police on Saturday arrested a woman for allegedly killing her husband.

Filmmaker Raj Kanwar dead

Raj Kanwar, one of the most successful filmmakers of the 1990s, passed away in Singapore on Friday.

Ready to build 300-bed hospital for poor patients: Seven Hills in HC

Court asks firm to submit written proposal to BMC, says corporation should reply within two weeks.

Mercury shoots up, 35°C in Santacruz

After a cool spell towards the end of last month, February has begun on a hot note, with the maximum temperature on Friday rising more than four degrees above normal to 35.2°C in Santacruz while Colaba recorded 32.2°C, three degrees above normal.

No personal attacks against Cong leaders: Ajit, Patil get Pawar rap

Gently rapping nephew Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Home Minister R R Patil on their knuckles without naming them, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar said on Friday that party leaders should refrain from making personal attacks against Congress leaders during campaigning for elections to zilla parishads and municipal corporations where the two coalition partners are contesting against each other.

HC rejects MNS plea to hold political rallies in Shivaji Park

Bombay High Court on Friday refused to grant permission to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) that had approached the court seeking permission to conduct an election rally at the public ground.