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Found Ketan with crushed skull, Siya ‘appeared calm’: Lohagad rescue team member

“On reaching Lohagad Fort, we discovered a deceased boy with severe head injuries," Sunil Gaikwad (right) said.
Updated on Jun 27, 2026 08:59 pm IST

64-year-old Mumbai trekker injured after falling into 250-feet gorge

He was shifted to Velhe primary health centre for treatment where hi (Photo for representation)
Updated on Apr 20, 2026 10:10 am IST

India's most haunted places: From Ramoji Film City to Bhangarh Fort

Six haunted places in India, that one must never visit alone
Published on Nov 30, 2024 07:53 pm IST

Punjab businessman gifts 1 crore Rolex to contractor for Rajasthan-style fort

The contractor's commitment to "quality, speed of delivery, and meticulous attention" made the businessman perform this gesture reportedly.
Published on Oct 31, 2024 04:32 pm IST

Fort Rajwada, Jaisalmer: A luxurious oasis amidst the golden sands of Rajasthan

Fort Rajwada, Jaisalmer: A luxurious oasis amidst the golden sands of Rajasthan
Published on Dec 19, 2023 11:44 am IST

‘Janata Raja’, an ode to Shivaji’s valour to be staged in Lucknow from Oct 26

Stage being constructed at Janeshwar Mishra Park in Lucknow. (HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 24, 2023 07:42 am IST

Review: Western Lane by Chetna Maroo

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Updated on Sept 12, 2023 08:34 pm IST

Man suffers head injury after Gulmohar tree falls in Fort

HT Image
Updated on Aug 23, 2023 12:32 am IST

BMC identifies 217 unsafe buildings for demolition

Mumbai, India - April 17, 2023: BMC declares Munshi Bhavan as dilapidated structure, at Andheri, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, April 17, 2023. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 01:14 am IST

A numismatist and a law enforcer

Mumbai, India - April 10, 2023: Police personnel Umesh Kadav displays his collection of post-independent coins and paper currencies of India at his residence, in Worli, Mumbai, India, on Monday, April 10, 2023. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 01:06 am IST

Artist duo dabbles in colour in new show

Idris Khan is showing six works that are focused on the intensity of the colour across various media. This will be complemented by Morris’s sculptures (above) that an interplay of colours, in which blue sometimes features as the star.
Updated on Dec 13, 2019 04:43 pm IST

Panvel civic body tables proposal to name official residences after forts in Raigad

In a bid to relive the era of warrior king Shivaji, the Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has decided to name official residences after forts in Raigad. HT Photo
Updated on Sept 07, 2019 01:50 am IST

Won’t convert Shivaji’s forts into heritage hotels: Maharashtra clarifies stance

After the Maharashtra government’s move to convert 25 forts into heritage hotels and venues for weddings received flak from the Opposition and the Maratha community, the state clarified its stance on Friday and said it would not touch the forts under the protected list of the Archaeological Survey of India. HT Photo (Representative Image)
Updated on Sept 06, 2019 11:59 pm IST

Mumbaiwale: Rediscover the Bombay of your grandparents with this free video archive

From a 1971 report on the Election Candidates Campaign in Bombay. Note that the poster os for Aan Milo Sajna.
Updated on Aug 16, 2019 11:48 pm IST

Forest department signs MoU to give land for Byculla zoo extension in Mumbai

The civic body will be given the land on a 99-year lease period at a rent of 1 each year.
Updated on Jun 06, 2019 02:48 am IST

Always wanted to grow a beard, says Mumbai cop after genital reassignment

A genetic test called karyotyping was carried out at St George’s Hospital, Fort, in 2017 and established the cop’s gender as male.
Updated on Apr 24, 2019 08:13 am IST

Mumbaiwale: The taekwondo champ who returns to his slum to give kids a helping hand

In a Chembur slum, onetime resident and taekwondo champ Jaydeep Kadam gives kids a fighting chance at success
Updated on Mar 28, 2019 08:09 am IST

Mumbai teachers demand salary hike, to protest on March 22

The sit-down protest has been scheduled for March 22 at the university’s Fort campus.
Published on Mar 16, 2019 04:29 am IST

Mumbaiwale: Who’s been decorating the water tankers in Fort?

Over that week, we’d found eight tankers but no clue to who’d been decorating them.
Updated on Feb 23, 2019 03:43 pm IST

Set in stone: Maharashtra’s forts shine at a seminar

Tejas Garge, head of the Maharashtra Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, at the seminar on Saturday.
Updated on Feb 18, 2019 07:03 pm IST

As their population declines, Parsi-Zoroastrians struggle to manage religious properties

The Parsi community in India is facing challenges because of its declining population.
Updated on Jan 20, 2019 10:44 pm IST

24-yr-old Mumbai man who stabbed girlfriend remanded in police custody for 7 days

Salman Shaikh, a delivery boy for a food aggregator, killed his girlfriend Nasrin.
Updated on Aug 02, 2018 12:56 pm IST

Sri Lanka’s Galle stadium faces axe over Dutch Fort

The fort was initially built by the Portuguese who colonised the island in 1505.
Updated on Jul 20, 2018 05:30 pm IST

Locked up in a fort, only cops for company: Meet India’s loneliest prisoner

With staff scaled back to just five policemen, even food for the prisoner now comes from outside. ‘Cops accompany him and chat with him on his evening walks, because he has no other company,’ says Chandrahas Vaja, who is in charge of the jail.
Updated on Jul 15, 2018 09:50 am IST

170 South Mumbai buildings dispose over 100kg plastic waste

Some of the plastic waste collected by the residents over the weekend.
Updated on Jun 19, 2018 11:46 am IST

SSC 2018 results: Sports and cultural marks take scores to 100%

Students celebrate their success after SSC were declared on Friday.
Published on Jun 09, 2018 12:45 am IST

City trekker duo locate ‘lost’ fort near Purandar

Sachin Joshi(left) and Onkar Oak at Dhawalgad fort.
Updated on May 20, 2018 04:03 pm IST

Amid sparse ’90s crowd, popstars from Boyzone and Westlife evoke nostalgia

Keith Duffy and Brian McFadden perform at Phoenix Marketcity in Mumbai on Saturday.
Published on May 20, 2018 12:56 am IST