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HC to hear PIL on ban on women at Haji Ali

Bombay high court will hear on Monday a public interest litigation challenging the ban on the entry of women into the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali Dargah which houses the mazaar (tomb) of the saint and has millions of visitors every year. Source: Mumbai News

HC to lay guidelines for issue of passport

Bombay high court is likely to lay down on Monday guidelines for passport authorities to follow while issuing passports. Source: Mumbai News

HC to decide the fix date to decide status of iconic Shivaji Patk

Bombay high court on Monday will fix the date of the final hearing of a 2009 pending public interest litigation to decide whether Shivaji Park at Dadar is a playground or a recreation ground. Source: Mumbai News

International artist Parama to hold an exhibition in the city

Parama (Paolo Libralesso) fuses European classicism with Oriental philosophies. Source: Mumbai News

HC fixes final hearing date on Haji Ali's women ban

Bombay High Court on Monday fixed March 16 as date for the final hearing of a public interest litigation challenging the ban on the entry of women into the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali Dargah which houses the mazaar (tomb) of the saint and has millions of visitors every year. Source: Mumbai News

Four thousand runners join weekend race at BKC

Over 4,000 runners from the financial services industry participated in a weekend race at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) Sunday. The sprint marked the finale of the IL&FS Fun Run which is now in its third year. Source: Mumbai News

Officials of Maharashtra's tiger reserves get lessons in site security

Officers of the Special Tiger Protection Task Force (STPF) who keep vigil at tiger reserves in Maharashtra are receiving lessons in site security training from international experts in law enforcement. Source: Mumbai News

Setting a new benchmark in charity work

Voluntary organisations could draw lessons from a leading philanthropist who is known more for his works of charity than the multi-crore business empire he built 50 years ago. Source: Mumbai News

Mill worker mourns relentless campaigner

A few kilometres away from Breach Candy hospital where Kolhapur activist Govind Pansare breathed his last, one of Mumbai’s former mill workers mourned the death of a man he had once known in his youth. Source: Mumbai News

Protests after racial abuse by traffic cop

People from the Northeast living in Mumbai reacted strongly to a racist comment made by a police constable to a woman in Juhu recently. Source: Mumbai News