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Joy of sharing with the underprivileged

India, Nov. 8 -- The Dgyandeep Seva Mandal Primary School in Karave village, Panvel, has been spreading happiness among girls living at Swapnalaya, a children's home in the suburb, for the last 16 yea... Read More


A changed Diwali, thanks to a pet

India, Nov. 8 -- There was a time when Diwali was all about bursting firecrackers for Sapna Parmar, 54, an advertising professional. Her parents spent lakhs on crackers when she was a child, which she... Read More


Trading fireworks to fund drought-hit kids' education

India, Nov. 8 -- The idea of a firecracker-free Diwali at Gandhi Bal Mandir, an aided Marathi-medium school in Kurla, started with a simple question. Soon after schools reopened following the Covid-19... Read More


A carnival that puts the brakes on crackers

India, Nov. 8 -- Residents of Sky Forest, a two-tower luxe residential complex in Lower Parel, came together on Saturday for a carnival, a significant part of which focused on encouraging children to ... Read More


Three generations go cracker-free

India, Nov. 8 -- What began as an effort to save water grew into a 30-year movement to promote an eco-friendly Diwali at Saraswati Vidyalaya, Thane, and through Jigyasa, a Thane-based social organisat... Read More


Saving up for fort visits

India, Nov. 8 -- The SSM Shivaji Vidyalaya, run by the Shivaji Shikshanottejak Mandal, in Kalachowki, has been promoting an eco-friendly Diwali among its students for the past two years. Along with en... Read More


Breathing change: Citizens who are cutting out firecrackers for an eco-friendly Diwali

MUMBAI, Nov. 8 -- The Bombay High Court's order banning bursting firecrackers in public places prompted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday to rope in 237 corporators to spread aw... Read More


Shiv Sena ups the ante with free Diwali kits for farmers

MUMBAI, Nov. 8 -- Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde is offering drought-hit farmers and other marginalised families in the state a Diwali gift similar to the one withdrawn by a cash-strapped state g... Read More


No interest in Gokul, ordinance is only to break legal deadlock: CM

MUMBAI, Nov. 8 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday defended his government's decision to amend the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, saying the move was necessitated by the "legal imp... Read More


'Gifts can't influence woman to leave all wealth to daughter'

MUMBAI, Nov. 8 -- Thirty-six years after a Malabar Hill woman passed away, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted probate to her will of 1989 in which she had bequeathed her wealth to her London-b... Read More