The Latest Breaking News from Mumbai

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Ashish Shelar is the president of the Mumbai BJP, a senior cricket administrator, and the candidate from Mumbai’s Vandre West constituency, which he’s represented since 2014. In this interview with Sreenivasan Jain, he talks about the “anti mood” against the BJP in Mumbai, and blames “arrogance” and “lethargy” within the…

Notably, Mumbai Police has sent a proposal seeking the extradition of Anmol Bishnoi after the US authorities shared inputs about his presence. Read Further on Dynamite News:

In Mumbai’s vibrant Worli Koliwada, three septuagenarian women sit in the shadow of colourful buildings, watching children play in a makeshift playground nearby. It’s a daily routine – they sit for hours every evening, chatting about things of great and small significance. 

Payal Kapadia's “All We Imagine as Light" is about as rich a movie experience as you’ll find this year

In the narrow lanes of Mumbai’s Govandi Shivaji Nagar slum, the smell of soap mingles with the humid afternoon air as women go about their daily routines of washing and cleaning. Among them is Savitra, perched on the steps outside her house, scrubbing utensil after utensil. But there’s caution not…

Taliban’s pick for Mumbai consulate has already reached India, reports say

Mumbai Police on Tuesday arrested a man from Chhattisgarh for allegedly issuing a death threat to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. Read further on Dynamite News:

Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light wowed Cannes with its portrayal of the struggles of women in Mumbai. She talks about inequality, misogyny – and being haunted

The threat to Shah Rukh Khan follows a series of threats issued to fellow actor Salman Khan, allegedly from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Read further on Dynamite News:

INTERVIEW: Buckingham embarked on a nomadic career in New Zealand, Australia and India. He tells Lawrence Ostlere how those experiences helped him restore Oxford to the Championship for the first time in 25 years