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The Parsi Punchayet and two prominent Parsis Jamshed Kanga and Homi Khusrokhan reached a settlement on February 19 to put an end to a legal dispute that had been on since 2009 over the ban of two “renegade” Parsi priests. Source: Mumbai News

The city police have traced 2, 091 children out of 2,527 children who went missing in 2014 in the special drive to trace the missing children. Source: Mumbai News

In a serious bid to monitor prices of exorbitantly-priced medical devices like cardiac stents and implants, the government seems to be cracking the whip on medical device companies by issuing them a show-cause notice for not having revealed their prices. Source: Mumbai News

Move Prompted By HC Observations Source: Mumbai News

Ryan International Group of Institutions, one of India’s largest K12 focused groups, had one more reason to cheer recently when Madam Grace Pinto was awarded the World Women’s Leadership Award in Education for 2015. Source: Mumbai News

Rati Agnihotri, Raju Srivastav, Kavita Verma, Carlyta Mouhini, Shweta Khanduri, Ramji Gulati and Ali Asgar were among those present at the 34th Annual Day and prize distribution ceremony of Children’s Welfare Centre High School, spearheaded by principal Ajay Kaul. Source: Mumbai News

Music lovers got a chance to get up close and personal with some of their favourite celebrity musicians Roopkumar Rathod, Taufiq Qureshi and V Selvaganesh at The Westin Mumbai Garden City. Source: Mumbai News

The state government’s effort to get rid of the tobacco-chewing habit has got a thumbs up from the School Bus Owners Association Source: Mumbai News

From the verandah of his luxury suite in Colaba, artist Howard Hodgkin can see a broad sweep of the city’s skyline. There’s the red dome of the Taj Mahal Hotel, the stone silhouette of the Rajabai Clock Tower and the modern, curved Bombay Stock Exchange. Navigating the city’s teeming streets has become tougher for the 82-year-old painter so he savours this bird’s eye view. “I like to keep coming back here,” says Hodgkin, whose love affair with Mumbai began in 1964. “I just feel at home.” Source: Mumbai News

Several residents of Marine Drive and its vicinity are of the opinion that the entire debate over replacement of sodium vapour lamps by LED units on the road has been blown out of proportion by politicians. While many residents said yellow lights gave a heritage feel to the area, there was a class of people who wanted the cost-effective LED lights. Source: Mumbai News