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TopicGanpati festival

Topic: Ganpati festival

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?

Shinde’s 3-yr-old grandson is Mumbai’s latest VIP & DMK is embracing astral politics in Tamil Nadu

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Lalbaugcha Raja had a VIP-sized problem this year. SRK to Amit Shah edged out common devotees

Lalbaugcha Raja received about Rs 3 crore in donations this year in just five days. Over 50 lakh devotees visit here every year.

‘50 pandals a day, home visits’: Why CM Shinde went on Ganpati darshan spree in Thackeray turf Mumbai

Over 10 days of the festival, Maharashtra CM visited '100s of pandals', big & small, across the city, which is in 'complete contrast to Uddhav Thackeray,' say leaders from his camp.

Puja boxes, train trips, vaccine camps: How parties plan to use Ganpati festival to campaign

Mumbai civic polls are 6 months away, and restrictions on Ganpati festivities because of Covid have forced parties to find different ways to campaign.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.