Cocker Spaniel

Originally descended from the Land Spaniels of Spain, the Cocker Spaniel was developed in England as a hunting and retrieving dog. The English Cocker Spaniel initially belonged to the large family of Spaniels and got its separate identity from the American Cocker Spaniel in 1892. The description of ‘Cocker’ probably originated from the use of […]

Panday Girls’ Student Excels In National Talent Contest

Chinmayee Mondkar, a student of The Bai RFD Panday Girls’ High School, won the National `India’s Number 1 Indian Talent’ competition, held across various levels, through 2017-18. Chinmayee received the ‘State Topper Award’ and ranked 8th in NEIT (National English Indian Talent), followed by the ‘Excellence Medal Award’ in NSIT (National Science Indian Talent), and […]

Hilla Towers To Hold ‘Know Your Religion’ Classes

Hilla Towers Co-Op Housing Society Ltd., Lalbaug, is organising ‘Know your Religion’ – classes that offer the much needed opportunity for our community’s youngsters to gain knowledge and understand various aspects regarding our Zoroastrian religion. Though aimed at the youth, ‘Know your Religion’ welcomes parents and elders as well. The classes, starting on 15th July, […]

Film Review: Sacred Games

“Based on Vikram Chandra’s 2006 thriller novel of the same name and touted to be the first Indian original series from Netflix, the eight episodes have Saif Ali Khan as the scornful cop, Sartaj Singh, coerced and frustrated by his superiors, on the trail of top crime lord and gangster Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddique).  The […]

Yin And Yang: The Balance Of Life

‘Yin’ and ‘Yang’ are words that imply balance. The essence of balance, however critical to the mental and physical wellbeing in life, still remains underestimated – we need to give a serious thought to it. You will realise that everything in life consists of Yin and Yang. Initially used to understand and interpret natural phenomena, […]

Election FAQs

. ‘FAQs For Candidates’ will cover numerous queries including: Q: Are the EVM machines tamper proof? A: Yes, this set of EVMs is non-hackable. There are no receptors or transmitters embedded. So the question of anyone accessing the machine remotely through Wireless does not arise Q: Will there be Video capture of the Polling Area? A: […]

Film Review: SANJU

Genre: Biography, Drama, Comedy Rating: 3.5/5 162 minutes Director: Rajkumar Hirani Clearly deviating from their forte — comedy (Munnabhai films, 3 Idiots), established writers Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi have tried their best to incorporate elements of the genre in their biopic of Sanjay Dutt — ‘Sanju’. The film traces certain phases of Dutt’s chequered […]