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Mayura Janwalkar
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.
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Raigad building collapse: 12 dead, 78 rescued; case registered against five personsSubscriber Only
August 25, 2020 13:15 IST
Raigad building collapse: Tarique Garden is estimated to be not more than 10 years old and houses over 40 families. The NDRF, local rescue teams, including police and fire brigade, are engaged in the operation
Tue, Aug 25, 2020
Maharashtra: One dead as building collapses in Mahad, over 70 feared trappedSubscriber Only
August 25, 2020 04:18 IST
The top three floors of the structure, known as Tarique Garden, collapsed around 6.50 pm. Eyewitnesses said the building, which is estimated to be not more than 10 years old, began shaking with some residents managing to rush out before it collapsed.
Thu, Aug 27, 2020
Virtual prayers, sanitised pandals: Ganesh puja in the time of CovidSubscriber Only
August 22, 2020 02:13 IST
On Friday, a day ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi, the festival that kicks off the 10-day Ganeshotsav celebrations, the pandal is almost deserted, except for a few volunteers and workers milling around in masks.
Sat, Aug 22, 2020
UK High Commissioner: ‘We are very clear, as is India, that this vaccine is for everybody’Subscriber Only
July 31, 2020 01:41 IST
On his first virtual visit of Mumbai on Wednesday, he discussed a range of issues from the response to the Covid-19 crisis, UK’s new immigration policy and laying the building blocks for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India.
Fri, Jul 31, 2020
Lockdown effect: Amid job loss, pay cuts comes demand for waiver, reduction in alimonySubscriber Only
July 30, 2020 03:14 IST
In the face of the pandemic and subsequent losses of jobs and income, however, the courts too have a new set of facts to take into account while deciding cases contested over payment of maintenance.
Thu, Jul 30, 2020
Lawyer who offered Rs 25 lakh for return of migrant workers to UP urges SC to give it to kin of 5 who died on way homeSubscriber Only
July 18, 2020 01:43 IST
In his petition, Sagheer Ahmed Khan wrote that he had named the five workers based on limited research from information available in public domain. None of the deceased were known to him or related to him.
Sat, Jul 18, 2020
Renaming of Brahmi script to Dhammalipi divides teachers, historians in MaharashtraSubscriber Only
July 14, 2020 03:17 IST
While some academicians, on either side of the debate, say that the first written evidence of the script were the edicts of Emperor Ashoka in 3rd century BC, others say that the Brahmi script was in use at least two centuries prior in 5 th century BC.
Tue, Jul 14, 2020
‘Brought back 20,000 seafarers, sent 9,000 to join new jobs on foreign-flag ships’: Amitabh KumarSubscriber Only
July 07, 2020 03:56 IST
“The main issue being discussed is crew change. Crew change is very important because fatigue starts to set in. It’s not good for the safety of the vessel if the crew is fatigued. That is the most important aspect...,” said Director General of Shipping Amitabh Kumar.
Tue, Jul 07, 2020
Now, a Covid hurdle in bullet train tracksSubscriber Only
July 02, 2020 01:56 IST
The Rs 1.1 lakh crore project, the Centre's flagship collaboration with Japan that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had described as a “white elephant”, was announced jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Tokyo in 2017.
Thu, Jul 02, 2020
Nearly 4,000 seafarers still stranded on board ships, await repatriationSubscriber Only
June 28, 2020 02:49 IST
The Indian crew staged a peaceful protest on the ship asking the Indian government and state officials to help them return home to their families.” In all 495 Indians on board five ships -- four at Tilbury and one at Bristol -- are awaiting clearances to return home, the union said.
Sun, Jun 28, 2020
Maharashtra: Tourism limps to recovery, surge in searches on travel destinationsSubscriber Only
June 25, 2020 03:49 IST
While building confidence among travellers is one challenge before the travel and hospitality sector, rediscovering itself with the "new normal" safety regimen of the post novel coronavirus world is another.
Thu, Jun 25, 2020
Maharashtra: Six-member central team visits cyclone-hit RaigadSubscriber Only
June 17, 2020 02:41 IST
The six-member delegation included joint secretary, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Rameshkumar Ganta, and officers from the Union ministries of finance, energy, rural development, agriculture and road transport and highways.
Wed, Jun 17, 2020
Maharashtra: Ravaged by Nisarga, Shrivardhan reels in the dark, awaits phone connectivitySubscriber Only
June 08, 2020 02:42 IST
“We could hear the winds – whoosh, whoosh – long before the cyclone came. The rooftops, the windows started rattling. I was so scared by that deafening sound that I could not dare to open my eyes,” says the fisherwoman in a magenta nine-yard sari.
Mon, Jun 08, 2020‘He went inside to get our TV set… I wish he hadn’t,’ says mother of 17-year-old killed in cyclone NisargaSubscriber Only
June 07, 2020 02:53 IST
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's announcement of Rs 4 lakh compensation to the kin of those killed in the natural disaster, does little to comfort Amar's mother.
Sun, Jun 07, 2020
Cyclone Nisarga: CM Uddhav Thackeray to visit worst-hit Raigad district todaySubscriber Only
June 05, 2020 01:36 IST
Thackeray, according to a statement issued by his office, has instructed the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) to restore power supply on a war-footing. Also, people evacuated to camps in Mumbai should be allowed to return only after their Covid-19 test, Thackeray added.
Fri, Jun 05, 2020
Four killed as Cyclone Nisarga hits Maharashtra coast, blows overSubscriber Only
June 04, 2020 04:24 IST
This is the second cyclone to strike the Indian coast in two weeks, but unlike Amphan, which wreaked havoc on the eastern coast 10 days ago, Nisarga was relatively milder. This is only the second time since 1902 that a cyclone has developed over the Arabian Sea.
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
Maharashtra: Power lines, cellular network disrupted in parts of RaigadSubscriber Only
June 04, 2020 03:23 IST
‘Nisarga’, categorised a severe cyclonic storm by the India Meteorological Department, made landfall in the Raigad district around 12.30 pm, with talukas of Murud and Shrivardhan – both popular tourist destinations – being worst hit, among others
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
Cyclone Nisarga: Nearly 15,000 from Raigad moved to safer placesSubscriber Only
June 03, 2020 11:49 IST
Speaking to The Indian Express, Raigad guardian minister and Minister of State Tourism Aditi Tatkare said people living near the sea in talukas including Shrivardhan, Murud and Alibaug have been asked to vacate their homes and move in either with a relative or into a transit shelter set up in Zilla Parishad schools.
Wed, Jun 03, 2020
GR refusing fee reimbursement to non-CAP admissions discriminatory: Bombay HCSubscriber Only
May 30, 2020 03:22 IST
Ruling in favour of the students, represented by senior counsel Birendra Saraf, the court directed the government to “reimburse the education fees and the examination fees (already paid or yet to be paid by the students) to the petitioners”.
Sat, May 30, 2020
‘Not about food or shelter, migrants want to go home out of self-respect’Subscriber Only
May 28, 2020 03:57 IST
Earlier this month, Sagheer Ahmed Khan moved the Supreme Court stating that his “conscience is not allowing him to let poor migrants remain in lurch” and he offered to pay Rs 25 lakh to facilitate the travel of poor migrant workers from Mumbai to his home district of Sant Kabir Nagar “irrespective of caste, creed and religion”
Thu, May 28, 2020
‘Never seen such difficult times in 45 years’Subscriber Only
May 24, 2020 04:26 IST
Unlike a quintessential fish market, the Koldongri crowd of buyers was thin and the market rather quiet. In 45 years that she has been selling fish at the market, Manda Maushi says there hasn’t been a time more restless.
Sun, May 24, 2020
Maharashtra: With no wages and savings, more workers rely on administration, charity for foodSubscriber Only
May 20, 2020 06:31 IST
Even as the lockdown entered its fourth phase, the sight of many people asking for material help on the streets, especially outside grocery stores pleading with well-to-do shoppers to buy them flour, rice or milk packets, too has not been uncommon.
Wed, May 20, 2020
1.84 cr food packets distributed among poor in 42 days: BMCSubscriber Only
May 18, 2020 05:43 IST
According to the BMC data, the civic body had started food distribution through its community kitchens set up in each of the 24 wards in the city.
Mon, May 18, 2020
Deaddiction specialists say lockdown was hard on patients, some support liquor home deliverySubscriber Only
May 08, 2020 14:22 IST
The images of people crowding wine shops by the hordes all over the country went viral on social media on Monday. In Mumbai, a day later the BMC asked wine shops to down their shutters again.
Fri, May 08, 2020
Lockdown may cast its long shadow on Ganpati festival if idols aren’t sent out soon: Maharashtra artisansSubscriber Only
May 03, 2020 03:39 IST
Kunal Patil, who heads the Hamrapur unit of the Ganesh Utkarsha Mandal, says that with Mumbai and Pune bearing the highest burden of COVID-19 cases in the state, they should at least be allowed to send their idols to the rest of Konkan.
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