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TopicGanesh Chaturthi

Topic: Ganesh Chaturthi

Mumbai measures everything in Bollywood box office terms. Even Ganesh Utsav

The ‘Saiyaara Effect’ has shaken up Bollywood, unable to decode or deconstruct its massive success. Take a look at the staggering numbers: Rs 576 crore on a Rs 40-60 crore budget.

Ravissant high tea in Mumbai, Rahul Mishra’s couture conquest—and Bappa’s arrival

Can haters and doubters kindly stop spilling the tea about a possible successor waiting in the wings to replace Mr Cool Cat? Who can be cooler?

British got threatened by Ganesh puja on Mumbai streets. Tilak began it to assert Hinduness

According to a new biography, written by Vaibhav Purandare, Bal Gangadhar Tilak wanted to consolidate Hindus and he supported the caste system.

10 days, 4 cities & 500+ tourists — Maharashtra all set to hold 1st International Ganesh Festival

Organised by state's tourism dept, festival will take place from 18 to 28 September. Dept's director says aim is to make it an annual event, put it on global cultural calendar.

Ahead of BMC polls, BJP Mumbai woos the ‘Marathi manoos’ with grand Ganpati celebrations

Highlighting the lack of large-scale festivities in the past 2 years, BJP has launched buses, a train for those travelling home for the festival & organised a contest for best pandal.

Tablighi Jamaat, Onam, Ganesh Chaturthi — Covid spared none, so Dussehra not immune

There is a strong fear of a surge in Covid cases in several states in the upcoming months due to the ongoing festival season. The government has also flagged concerns about it.

Bal Thackeray’s father and Ambedkar used Navratri festivities to counter Brahmin Ganesh utsav

Keshav Sitaram Thackeray ‘Prabodhankar’ had joined BR Ambedkar in a movement to allow ‘untouchable’ to worship alongside Brahmins during Ganesh utsav in Mumbai.

Festive season warning — 4 states saw massive Covid surge after Ganesh Chaturthi, Onam

SBI research report says Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana and Kerala reported 50-60% of all their Covid cases after these festivals in August.

When Modi remembered Sonu Sood, and a ‘bypass’ in the heart of India

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Ganesh Chaturthi, less than 500 people line up for Mumbai’s Lalbaugcha Raja health camp

In view of the Covid pandemic, the Lalbaugcha Raja organising committee has set up a blood and plasma donation camp in place of its usual towering Ganpati idol.

On Camera

No amount of welfarism and futurist illusion can remove poverty of Indian people: BS Sanyal

The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.