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Mumbai sees muted Ganesh visarjan festivities this year as Covid keeps crowds away

The 10-day Ganeshotsav is usually a lavish spectacle in Mumbai, but this year's festivities were missing the loud celebrations and crowds that typically choke the city.

How a 3-yr-old boy in Maharashtra made his Muslim parents celebrate Ganpati festival at home

Abrar along with his parents Aslam Jamadar and Arshiya have been celebrating the festival at home since last week. They have also been performing aarti every day.

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.

Mumbai’s Lalbaugcha Raja won’t be part of Ganpati festival this year due to Covid

The organisers of the Lalbaug mandal will run a blood and plasma donation drive instead, and honour Covid warriors and soldiers who lost their lives in Galwan.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.