South Bombay’s iconic 114-year-old Taj Mahal Palace has just got itself trademarked, making this 114-year-old building India’s first to get such a registration. The Taj Mahal Palace has now joined the exclusive, elite club of trademarked properties in the world – alongside the Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and Australia’s Sydney Opera House. Usually, […]
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Banganga Tank: Built way back in 1127 AD, Banganga Tank is an ancient water tank that forms part of the Walkeshwar Temple Complex in Malabar Hill, South Mumbai. One of the holiest Hindu sites in Mumbai, as per legend, it was here that Ram’s brother Lakshman shot an arrow into the ground creating a hole for the water […]
Check It Out (2017-06-10)
Medical Camp A Medical Camp for Health Check-up is being organised at Dadar Athornan Madresa Hall, first floor, Dadar, Mumbai, on 18th June, 2017, from 10:00am to 12 noon. For enquiries and to register before 16th June, 2017, contact: 9822291743
Box-Cricket Tourney At Cama Park
Cama Park, Andheri organized All-Parsee box-cricket (underarm) tournament on 13th and 14th May, 2017, with 13 teams participating across Mumbai. This six-a-side, five-over contest witnessed engrossing knock-out stages. In the first semi-final, with the scores tied, Malcolm Baug and CJ witnessed a super-over. The heroic efforts of Shavir Afshai of Malcolm Baug managed to take […]
Farzan Bharucha Scoops 99.2%! Tops ICSE Board (Mumbai), Second All-India
Heartiest Congratulations to Farzan Bharucha who scored an incredible 99.2% in his tenth standard ICSE Board exams, topping the Mumbai Region and coming in a close second on an All-India level! The news about this extraordinary academic achievement by Farzan Bharucha, a student at Greenlawns High School (Breach Candy, South Mumbai), broke out on Monday, […]
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Mahim Causeway: The Mahim Causeway was built between 1841 and 1846 to connect the then islands of Salsette and Mahim, with a donation from Lady Jeejeebhoy of Rs. 1,57,000/-. Today it is the vital link connecting South Mumbai with northern suburbs. Bandstand Promenade: A 1.2km long walkway along the Arabian sea on Bandra West, the […]
Enthusiastic Jiyo Parsi Workshop For Mobeds At Mumbai
Right after the great success of 91 children being born in the last year, Jiyo Parsi, organized an interactive workshop for our proactive Zoroastrian Priests and their wives, at the Godrej Masina Hospital Centenary Hall, on 13th May, 2017. The purpose of the seminar was not only to familiarize our priests with the Jiyo Parsi […]
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Linking Road: Linking Road, previously known as Dadabhai Navroji Road, was one of the first arterial roads that ‘linked’ the suburbs of Bandra and Juhu, during the 1940s. Linking Road and Hill Road are two main shopping hubs for street stalls in the suburbs of Mumbai. Over the years, Linking Road has stretched beyond its […]
Alexandra Bids Farewell To Its Stalwarts
The start of the month, 1st May, 2017, marked the end of an era for The Alexandra Girls’ English Institution, as they bid farewell to some of the stalwarts of the Institution. A number of respected educationists, who have served the organisation for numerable years, were felicitated by the Board of Directors, Trustees and the […]
Ahmedabad’s Parsis Fight To Bring Back The Vultures
With vultures under the threat of extinction, Ahmedabad’s Zoroastrian community has come up with a plan to restore vultures to the area, to help with the traditional funeral practice of dokhmenishini. Around 30 years ago, there were over 80 million vultures in India, which was more than enough to take care of the funerary needs […]
TechKnow with Tantra Unified Ticketing System – UTS
If you travel by train, you know how difficult it is to stand in queue and buy suburban, unreserved ticket. UTS, by Indian Railways, solves this painful problem. UTS is the official mobile ticketing app for booking unreserved tickets. Paperless ticketing has been enabled in Chennai suburban section, Mumbai suburban section and New Delhi – […]