Dipti Singh

A physically disabled woman has alleged that she was denied entry to a restaurant in Mumbai's Sakinaka area solely because of her disability, triggering outrage among disability rights activists and legal experts who have termed the incident discriminatory and unconstitutional.

Amid growing confusion triggered by social media posts and reports surrounding a body calling itself the Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ of India (ECCCI), the Archdiocese of Bombay has issued a strong pastoral directive clarifying that the organisation is not part of the Catholic Church headed by Pope Leo XIV.

A viral advertisement offering a property directly behind Shah Rukh Khan's residence, Mannat, for Rs 900 crore has triggered a police complaint and allegations of possible fraud.

A day after a viral advertisement falsely claimed that Mumbai's iconic Retreat House at Bandstand was going on the block for Rs 900 crore, activists and members of the Catholic community have alleged that the incident is part of a broader pattern of fraudulent ownership claims involving prime Church-owned properties.

The Catholic Church's Retreat House property in Bandra – at the centre of a controversy over a recent ad that claimed it was up for sale at an estimated price of Rs 900 crore – has a new set of protectors now: concerned citizens who have come together and vowed to stop any unauthorised and fraudulent sale of the prime church property.

Share ‘When do we teach?' From election duty and SIR surveys to delayed payments, Maharashtra teachers say non-academic work is overwhelming classrooms and educators alike

A study by the Early Childhood Association (ECA) and Inspirenext Learning Foundation (ILF) has found that body shaming is no longer an isolated form of bullying but an accepted part of student culture. The findings are particularly concerning for Mumbai, where a majority of students reported either experiencing or witnessing appearance-based humiliation.

Mumbai is facing one of its driest starts to the monsoon in recent years, while large parts of Maharashtra are slipping deeper into rainfall deficit territory. Reservoir managers are monitoring water levels, farmers are delaying sowing, and weather experts warn that if the current lull persists, drought-like conditions could emerge across parts of interior Maharashtra before the peak monsoon months.

India's international-school boom is colliding with a classroom crisis: As more schools adopt global curricula and students pursue international qualifications, the supply of teachers trained and certified to deliver them is not keeping pace.

The long-running water-sharing dispute between Navi Mumbai and Panvel has reached the Bombay High Court, with four Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) corporators filing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging that residents face recurring drinking water shortages because an additional 30 million litres per day (MLD) from the Morbe Dam system is being withheld.