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Nearly nine months after the crushing defeats in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday appointed Ashok Chavan as state party chief and Sanjay Nirupam to head the Mumbai Congress. Source: Mumbai News

Members of the Save Aarey movement do not want to take their foot off the gas. After mobilizing 3,000 people for a protest march on Sunday, campaigners are working to spread the message to cyclists to ride together on March 7 (Saturday) to press for the conservation of Aarey. Source: Mumbai News

While all class X students are busy with their last-minute preparations for the SSC exams, fourteen-year-old Rushabh Shikhare is making trips to the hospital to ensure he does not have to do so in the middle of the exams which may well be his last. Source: Mumbai News

Mumbai can now boast of yet another opulent brand. Stefano Ricci, the Italian luxury brand, founded by the designer in 1972, opened its flagship store of menswear garments, accessories and home collections, recently at an upscale South Mumbai hotel. Source: Mumbai News

A school in Vashi was restrained from increasing fees without the parent-teacher association’s consent by the civic body Source: Mumbai News

BJP is finding itself increasingly isolated on the issue of constructing a shed in Aarey Colony for Metro III Source: Mumbai News

Even as the recent controversial statement of the RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat on Mother Teresa has received strong opinionated responses and also started an online war between opposing views on the issue, a Mumbai based artist has gently put forth his impression with charcoal and acrylic on canvas. Source: Mumbai News

The sudden, enormous hike in electricity tariff by Reliance Infrastructure has given a "420 volt" shock to consumers in Mumbai. Source: Mumbai News

A group of activists will gather to protest last week's murder of Bangladeshi writer Avijit Roy at the hands of extremists. Source: Mumbai News

A corporate house has partnered with the Helen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Deaf-Blind (HKIDB) to provide hearing and visually impaired children and young adults with accommodation, rehabilitation and vocational training. Source: Mumbai News