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Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?– Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, 1965. I was offered my first job in Mumbai on a very rainy day in September 2005, a few weeks after we had celebrated the…

“My grandfather Naimullah Shaikh fought alongside Param Vir Chakra awardee Havildar Abdul Hameed in the 1965 war against Pakistan. He also served in the war with China. His younger brother, Subedar Saleem of the Bombay Sappers, was another 1965 veteran. And my uncle, Lance Naik Hakeemuddin, fought in the Kargil…

A cooperative in Pune, India, is diverting waste from the landfill while also alleviating poverty

A village in Pune’s Mulshi taluka has announced the economic boycott of Muslims – except those living in the village– in a resolution termed as “a step for the protection of dharma”.

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A Hindutva activist who is officially declared absconding by the police and is the prime accused in the 2024 Kolhapur Vishalgad fort violence is set to get married in Pune today. 

Ten press associations from Maharashtra demonstrated in Mumbai and Pune on Thursday, expressing concerns that the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024, will impact press freedom.

A 13-year-old student from Bihar, who went missing from the hostel of Vedavyasa Sainik School at Malaparamba on March 24, was traced to Pune on Monday.

Gauri, a 27-year-old transwoman, left her village in Dharashiv district in 2019, to come to Pune in search of a job and start her gender transition. Today, she lives alone in Pune, where she works as a domestic worker in offices and homes. When times are dire, she resorts to…