Mayura is Deputy Associate Editor and covers the state of Goa. She joined the Indian Express in 2011 and earlier reported from Mumbai and Delhi. She has covered beats including law, politics and administration. She was City Editor, Mumbai before she moved to Goa in 2021.

November 09, 2020 03:28 IST
Learning from heartbreaking stories, the Worli crematorium, spread over 80,000 sq ft carpet area, undergoing redevelopment, will also have facilities like webcasting of last rites for family members in India and abroad.
Mon, Nov 09, 2020
November 06, 2020 00:56 IST
According to the data placed before the court by the Shirdi police, 279 people were reported missing from Shirdi in Ahmednagar between 2017 and October 27, 2020, of whom 67 still remain untraced.
Fri, Nov 06, 2020
November 05, 2020 04:42 IST
Hansa has urged the court to transfer the probe to CBI or another state agency, accusing the Crime Branch of being “biased”.
Thu, Nov 05, 2020
November 02, 2020 01:36 IST
Nirav is currently lodged in a prision after the court in UK refused to grant him bail for the seventh time.
Mon, Nov 02, 2020
October 31, 2020 02:36 IST
While the Centre had nudged Maharashtra to rid the application process of certain discrepancies, state government officials said there are no discrepancies, and the scheme is, in fact, being implemented in toto.
Sat, Oct 31, 2020
October 29, 2020 01:19 IST
Baudh’s is a story playing out across the city as the Covid lockdown winds down but small businesses don’t know where the keys to demand are.
Thu, Oct 29, 2020
October 27, 2020 04:30 IST
These families are on the brink of urban poverty, forced to do what they once thought was impossible — borrowing for their children's school fees, defaulting on EMIs, falling back on rent, cutting down on necessities.
Wed, Oct 28, 2020
October 12, 2020 03:05 IST
Uddhav Thackeray announced on Sunday that the government had decided to move the car-shed out of Aarey to Kanjurmarg, an eastern suburb.
Mon, Oct 19, 2020
October 11, 2020 19:58 IST
The Centre has not renewed licences of Regional Level Tourist Guides, and wants them to take a certification which they say will demote them to ‘tourist facilitators’ from the globally accepted ‘tourist guides’.
Sun, Oct 11, 2020
October 08, 2020 10:45 IST
According to the WHO, 'cannabis' is a generic term used to denote the several psychoactive preparations of the plant Cannabis sativa. Seeds and leaves of the plant — used to make bhang, for example — are outside the ambit of the NDPS Act
Thu, Oct 15, 2020
October 06, 2020 04:25 IST
Justice Srikrishna had presided over a commission of inquiry appointed in January 1993 to look into causes of the communal riots that engulfed Mumbai, which claimed about 900 lives, and to find if any group of individuals or organisation was responsible.
Tue, Oct 06, 2020
October 04, 2020 02:18 IST
Remembered as frank and fearless, Pushpa Bhave, a professor of Marathi and Sanskrit, was fondly called Pushpa Bai, by her students and on the field, where she participated and led several social movements, including agitations against the Emergency in 1975
Sun, Oct 04, 2020
October 04, 2020 00:54 IST
Her courage that had inspired many earned her the moniker ‘the Iron lady of Mumbai’.
Sun, Oct 04, 2020
October 01, 2020 03:33 IST
According to sources, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will have to consider a number of aspects before granting the No-Objection Certificate (NOC)
Thu, Oct 01, 2020
September 28, 2020 02:15 IST
Director of Maritime Warfare Centre in Mumbai and Officer in Charge of the Naval History Project, relives the glory days of INS Viraat, once the centrepiece of the Navy’s combat capability, and tells Mayura Janwalkar why a generation of naval officers saw her go with a heavy heart
Mon, Sep 28, 2020
September 24, 2020 20:37 IST
How did the #Jerusalemachallenge get so popular and why is it linked to South Africa’s Heritage Day?
Fri, Oct 02, 2020
September 19, 2020 02:46 IST
The report placed before the Council also named India among the countries in which labour laws protecting the worker had been relaxed amid the pandemic making informal workers even more vulnerable.
Sat, Sep 19, 2020
September 15, 2020 02:05 IST
The court of judicial magistrate first class in Khalapur granted them bail of Rs 15,000 each and asked the accused, who were sent to judicial custody on Sunday, to be released.
Tue, Sep 15, 2020
September 15, 2020 01:14 IST
Dilip Dhanavade’s 23-year-old son Pradeep, who was a taxi driver for app-based cab services for the past three years, has ended up in police lock-up along with two journalists booked for trespassing on Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's farmhouse in Khalapur.
Tue, Sep 15, 2020
September 07, 2020 02:34 IST
When the Covid-19 pandemic struck in March, founders of Pune-based NGO Vowels of the People Association decided to create a free website (ssc.vopa.in) for Class X students, especially those studying in Marathi and semi-English medium schools.
Mon, Sep 07, 2020
September 07, 2020 02:15 IST
"I think for at least another year or two or until a vaccine is available, there is great scope for local tourism. People will be skeptical to move out, some countries may not allow foreign tourists," said Tatkare
Mon, Sep 07, 2020
September 01, 2020 03:47 IST
Each year ahead of Ganeshotsav, natives of Konkan are homeward bound from Mumbai, Pune and other parts of the state. The 10-day festival is celebrated with more fervour in the Konkan region than in other parts of the state.
Tue, Sep 01, 2020
August 31, 2020 01:31 IST
Over 25 predictions that we made in our book about the pandemic have been borne out. We have also expressed confidence that we will overcome it all. Hopefully, that too will turn out to be true, Said Dr Rajesh Parikh in an Interview with Mayura Janwalkar.
Mon, Aug 31, 2020
August 27, 2020 03:04 IST
On Tuesday, when the NDRF rescued four-year-old Mohammed Bangi from under a heap of cement and metal, Kishorev Lokhande said, “I felt so happy when that boy was taken out."
Thu, Aug 27, 2020
August 26, 2020 05:25 IST
Raigad Police have registered a case against five persons, including the builder, architect, consultant, and two officers of the Mahad Municipal Council for granting an occupation certificate.
Wed, Aug 26, 2020




