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Mumbai: A horse-mounted police unit, introduced in Mumbai after 88 years, and tableaux on various themes, including environment and wildlife, were part of the 71st Republic Day parade held at Shivaji Park in Dadar here on Sunday. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari hoisted the national flag at the official ceremony, where Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, state DGP Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve and others were present. Police personnel mounted on 11 horses took part in the parade. "We introduced the mounted police unit during the parade. Total 13 horses have been purchased and the police unit will include one sub-inspector and assistant sub inspector each and 32 constables. PSI Sagar Shinde is the head of the unit," DCP Pranay Ashok told PTI later. "Horses in the unit can be used for crowd control during festivals and marches, at beaches and the rider can keep watch from a good height," he added. Republic Day celebrations underway at Shivaji … [Read more...] about Horse-mounted police unit, tableaux part of Republic Day parade in Mumbai

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From midnight till 7am on Wednesday, Colaba in south Mumbai received the heaviest rainfall of 166mm, followed by Malabar Hill (164), Grant Road (162), Kalba Devi (152), Bandra (134) and Chembur (102), the BMC said in a statement. … [Read more...] about After dry spell, Mumbai wakes up to heavy rain

The company is expected to incur a loss of Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) at the current fare slab of Rs 10 to Rs 40Reliance Infrastructure arm Mumbai Metro One has said that in the first year of operations of the Mumbai Metro rail, the cash shortfall at the fare slab of Rs 10 to Rs 40 will be worth Rs 220 crore (Rs 2.2 billion). … [Read more...] about Mumbai Metro: Cash shortfall of Rs 220 crore in 1st year

Kartik Aaryan has come a long way in Bollywood and nothing says it better than hundreds of screaming fans assembling on the film sets just to get a peek at the star. The ‘Love Aaj Kal’ hunk, who has currently moved on to shoot for his next film, ‘Dostana’, was in for a pleasant surprise on the film sets. A regular day on the sets turned into an exciting and overwhelming one for the actor who found himself surrounded by screaming fans. A couple of videos doing the rounds on social media, saw the hunk going to stand on top of his car just so that his fans assembled on the sets could get a good look at him. Being the grounded and fan-friendly star, he was seen blowing out kisses to the ladies who called out his name and smiled and waved out to the others gathered there. View this post on Instagram … [Read more...] about Watch: Kartik Aaryan creates quite the fan frenzy on ‘Dostana 2’ sets in Mumbai