Quaid Najmi
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82-Year-Old Khaira Babaji Singlehandedly Feeds Three Million on Maharashtra Highway
YAVATMAL, Maharashtra — From the crack of dawn May 30, the sprightly 82-year-old Baba Karnail Singh Khaira has been a busybee, shuffling around at his modest 'Guru Ka Langar,’ near → Read More
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Covets Biz, Bollywood and Big Bucks from Mumbai
MUMBAI – Taking a break from the farmers’ agitation in north India, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will arrive here late Dec. 1 for a mega-shopping blitzkrieg in the → Read More
Hathras Horror: 10,000 Women, Groups Worldwide Seek Justice for Victim
MUMBAI – Over 10,000 women, feminist groups and rights activists from all over the world Oct. 4 came together to seek justice for the Hathras gang-rape victim as the case → Read More
Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Opposition in Gloom as Lotus Set to Bloom
MUMBAI — After the Maharashtra Assembly elections concluded Oct. 21, more than half a dozen exit poll surveys have predicted a decisive return for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena → Read More
For 45 Years, Maharashtra War Widow Has Awaited Possession of Her ‘Promised Land’
AHMEDNAGAR — This is one war widow of Ahmednagar cast in the mold of her husband Kondaji Lakshman Malunjkar, who was killed in the 1965 India-Pakistan war. → Read More
Watch: Pune woman skydives in nine-yard saree
By Quaid Najmi Pune adventurist Shital Rane-Mahajan set a new record by becoming the first Indian to skydive sporting a colourful Nauvari (a Maharashtrian style of draping) saree in Thailand on Monday. Speaking to IANS shortly after landing, an elated Shital said owing to favourable weather conditions, she was able to skydive twice from an aircraft at heights of around 13,000 above the… → Read More
Pune Adventurist Skydives from 13,000 Feet Wearing Maharashtrian Sari
MUMBAI — Pune adventurist Shital Rane-Mahajan set a new record by becoming the first Indian to skydive sporting a colorful Nav-wari sari in Thailand Feb. 12. → Read More
Bombay HC to hear PIL on notes missing between printing press and RBI
By Quaid Najmi A public interest litigation -- probably holding the key to the historic demonetisation of November 8, 2016 -- filed by RTI activist Manoranjan Roy will finally come up for hearing at Bombay High Court in Mumbai on February 12. The PIL was filed in 2015, on the basis of RTI replies received from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and other institutions, pertaining to large quantities… → Read More
Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu to Be Stars of ‘Shalom Bollywood’
MUMBAI — Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who arrived in Mumbai late Jan. 17, has a date with some of the biggest stars and film personalities at an exclusive ‘Shalom → Read More
India's Tallest Christmas Tree Reaches to the Heavens
MUMBAI — Over 10,000 twinkling colorful fairy lights, cherubic angels and fairies, reindeer and snowmen, bells, streamers and festoons, tiny crosses, and a beaming paunchy Santa Claus waving from the → Read More
Rains Paralyze Mumbai, West Maharashtra; Modi Urges Residents to ‘Stay Safe’
MUMBAI — Maharshtra state government and civic authorities put the state on high alert after torrential rains lashed Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad and other parts of Maharashtra for the fourth → Read More
Legendary Hindustani Classical Singer Kishori Amonkar Dies
MUMBAI – A large number of doyens of classical music and the entertainment industry, admirers and others converged April 4 to pay tribute and offer their last respects to legendary → Read More
A 'Roti Bank' comes up in Aurangabad for the poor
By Quaid Najmi Aurangabad, Maharashtra: A unique 'roti bank' has been launched in this city, famous for its Ajanta-Ellora caves, for the poor. People can 'deposit' rotis and the poor, aged, sick or the unemployed people can 'withdraw' a. → Read More