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Jains protest autopsy on sadhvis killed in accident
Should the police do a post-mortem operation on the bodies of two Jain Sadhvis killed in a road accident on the Western Express Highway? This question brought hundreds of protesting Jains to a hospital in Dahisar on Monday. The issue was resolved late in the evening after a senior Jain monk said that a post-mortem can be done.The Sadhvis were kille...
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26/11: In pain, these survivors found strength to move on
The 26/11 attacks tore apart countless families, leaving behind survivors with deep emotional scars. It was easy to become bitter and look back in anger. But Manoj R Nair and Yogesh Pawar found many who have channelised their grief into a positive wave of effort to improve the lot of others:There are documents strewn all around. An insurance agent ...
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Mumbai: Shia Muslims get their first cemeteries
After a two-decade-long fight for a cemetery of their own, the city's Shia Muslim community have been given seven burial grounds across the city.On Sunday, mayor Shraddha Jadhav handed over two cemetery plots -- one in Mulund (East) and the other in Kapaswadi, Juhu -- to community groups at a function in Imamwada. Five other burial grounds, includi...
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Cricket pitch: Parsis aim to recover lost ground
When British colonialists first introduced cricket to India, the first Indians to take up the sport were Parsis. They dominated the game in Mumbai for more than a century. Lately, it seems, the pitches no longer attracts young Parsis to the game.Now the Parsee Gymkhana, the Parsee Cyclist Club and former captain of the Indian team Nari Contractor h...
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Jains protest autopsy on sadhvis killed in accident
Should the police do a post-mortem operation on the bodies of two Jain Sadhvis killed in a road accident on the Western Express Highway? This question brought hundreds of protesting Jains to a hospital in Dahisar on Monday. The issue was resolved late in the evening after a senior Jain monk said that a post-mortem can be done.The Sadhvis were kille...
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26/11: In pain, these survivors found strength to move on
The 26/11 attacks tore apart countless families, leaving behind survivors with deep emotional scars. It was easy to become bitter and look back in anger. But Manoj R Nair and Yogesh Pawar found many who have channelised their grief into a positive wave of effort to improve the lot of others:There are documents strewn all around. An insurance agent ...
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Mumbai: Shia Muslims get their first cemeteries
After a two-decade-long fight for a cemetery of their own, the city's Shia Muslim community have been given seven burial grounds across the city.On Sunday, mayor Shraddha Jadhav handed over two cemetery plots -- one in Mulund (East) and the other in Kapaswadi, Juhu -- to community groups at a function in Imamwada. Five other burial grounds, includi...
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Cricket pitch: Parsis aim to recover lost ground
When British colonialists first introduced cricket to India, the first Indians to take up the sport were Parsis. They dominated the game in Mumbai for more than a century. Lately, it seems, the pitches no longer attracts young Parsis to the game.Now the Parsee Gymkhana, the Parsee Cyclist Club and former captain of the Indian team Nari Contractor h...
