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Mumbai: BMC chief Parveen Pardesi presents Mithi river rejuvenation plan to Aaditya Thackeray
Watch video: Man completes 65 item breakfast challenge in just 12 minutes!
Competitive eater and YouTube personality, Adam Moran, who is popularly known by his channel name 'Beard Meets Food' has set a new record by breaking an "unbeatable" breakfast challenge in record time. The 33-year-old banker-turned-YouTuber gulped down 65 breakfast items which totaled almost 4,000 calories in just 12 minutes.
The Terminator 2 by Shepherd Place Farm has 65 items which amass a mammoth 4,000 calories
Shepherd's Place Farm in Nottinghamshire, London created the Terminator 2, a sequel to their original Terminator offering, to put diners to take the food test. The food challenge called 'Terminator 2' contains eight of all the traditional English breakfast items, including bacon, sausages, and eggs, and are served with a 'LOT' of baked beans and toast. The 'Terminator 2', which contains 65 breakfast items costs just 15 Euros.
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Mumbai Crime: Three steal furniture, dental equipment from clinic in Kandivli; arrested
The Kandivli police have caught three accused who were allegedly involved in a burglary case at a dental clinic in Kandivli. Just a day after the inauguration of the clinic, the accused broke in and fled taking all the furniture’s, machines and dental instruments.
According to the police sources, the dentist, doctor Yogesh Mundde who opened a clinic at shop number 501 and 502 (godown and clinic) located at Acme shopping centre.
A few weeks ago, on June 16, when he visited his clinic, upon opening the shutters, he was shocked to see his clinic was empty as he was robbed of all his furniture and dental instruments from the clinic and godown. He then approached the Kandivli police station and registered a complaint.
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The police then registered a burglary case and began investigations, checking the CCTV camera which revealed the burglar.
After taking a close look at the CCTV footage, Dr Mundde identifie..
Byculla museum death: Terming BDL museum lift levegator 'deliberate'
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Couple with two children break into shops in Palghar, rob cupcakes
The viral fever that left 32-year-old Mumbai man in coma
In November, when 32-year-old banker Keegan Vaz developed a fever along with a cough and cold, he did, what any of us would do. He went to a local chemist, got some over-the-counter medicines and popped the pills, maintaining the week-long course. He even recovered. Until late November, when he started getting headaches.
By December first week, his condition started deteriorating and Vaz started vomiting. A banker, he took a break from work and stayed at this Wadala home, which he shares with a couple of friends. But resting and more over-the-counter medicines didn't help. When he became increasingly weak, his friends then took to a primary health care centre.
Dr Vivek Agrawal, consultant brain, spine and interventional neurosurgeon at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, explains the procedure
The doctors there, on a quick check-up, asked his friends — by now Vaz had fainted — to take him to a multi-specialty hospital. At Girgaum's Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, the ..
Strangers on a train
I've travelled to many countries on my own and always managed to figure my way around. The 'developed' world, especially, is designed to minimise human dependence on humans. Maps, labels, signs: all help a newcomer navigate the system with relative smoothness. Germany, the native place of efficiency, was where I least expected to feel confused as I tried to get a train from Frankfurt to Weimar. Abandoning my independence, yaniki, machismo, I finally asked two young men near the ticket machine if it was the right one. They confirmed and then, to my surprise, began helping me buy the right ticket, which I was dismayed to discover, required two changes. "Don't worry. We are taking the same train till the first change, so we'll get you on."
On the train, they immediately cracked open some beer and toasted each other. I learned they were cousins, and from Nepal, which gave their neighbourly behaviour to me a double meaning. S, the younger one had just flown in from Nepal. "I came to receive..
Destiny be damned
The Extraordinary Journey of The Fakir is a heartwarming international film in English, starring Tamil star Dhanush and Bérénice Bejo, that opened on Friday. Bejo, of course, is the Argentine-French Oscar-nominated actress from The Artist. The film is remarkable for many reasons (the Tamil dubbed version is Pakkiri). First, it is thrilling to see Dhanush effortlessly crack the Bollywood ceiling in a true-blue international co-production: it is a French-Belgian-Indian co-production, in English, directed by Canadian director Ken Scott. Dhanush holds his own in an international cast. Scott takes a Bollywood approach, pulling off a tightrope act, balancing romance, comedy, action, adventure and magic realism, with a touching message about hope amid illegal refugees, including people of colour, topped off with naach-gaana and a happy ending. It's a gora doing Bollywood, and he succeeds marvellously. And, it is timely, as nations worldwide, including the US, Europe and India, g..
Chopped pieces of dead body wrapped in plastic bag found in Palghar
Mumbai crime: Man held for stealing cop's bag with arms at JJ hospital
The myth of a safe-for-women India
Real North India from ground-level
We all know about there being two Indias, blah blah. Most of these clichés about the rural/urban schisms, while progressively shrinking in uncanny ways, continue to hold. But, who really stands right at the intersection of the gap between these First and Third worlds—simultaneously living in separate centuries— within the same country?
More than anyone else—the central government bureaucrat. They get to these jobs cracking arguably one of the world's toughest (UPSC) exams. Which covers for its syllabus (the General Studies paper, in particular), practically everything under the sun!
Their first posting, in their early 20s, involve small towns, overseeing rural hamlets, in thoroughly distant states. This, when their general-awareness and academic exposure is at its peak. But the land they survey is wholly opposite to the books they've 'rattofied' to get there—let alone cultures they come from. Writer Upamanyu Chatterjee played this aspect up charmingly, wi..
Miss India 2019 Suman Rao: Deepika Padukone is my favourite actress
Mumbai Diary: Tuesday Dossier
SONA, KITNA SONA HAI
Sonakshi Sinha stays true to her name, dazzling in gold at the launch of a hair styling product at an Andheri five-star on Monday. Pic/Sameer Markande
Leading from the front
Adi Godrej, Sudha Murthy and Anu Aga
Kickstarting its 150 year celebrations with a grand alumni dinner earlier this year, St Xavier's College is now hosting a leadership summit for the first time. With an illustrious line-up of speakers — including Adi Godrej, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Narayan and Sudha Murthy, and Anu Aga — the essence of the event is to understand the way great leaders think and learn from their journey. The theme of the summit is The Inflexion Point, and there will also be panel discussions on the present and future of the banking sector in India and the post-election future of Indian financial markets. The event takes place in the college auditorium on July 13 and tickets range from R2,000 to R4,000. A hefty sum to pay to get inspired?
A quick nostalg..
Of holy cows and total bullshit
Remember Mohammad Akhlaq, the 50-year-old Muslim man who was lynched by a mob in a village near New Delhi on suspicion that he had consumed beef? It turned out later that the meat was actually mutton. Since then, we've seen many more attacks by cow vigilante groups.
That incident made me wonder, though, if the average Indian lynch mob cannot tell mutton apart from beef, can it tell a cow apart from a bull? While on that, is a bull holy as well or is it just cows? If I passed a family of bovines in the middle of New Link Road, black, white, humped, flat-backed, old, young, calves, bulls — do I worship all of them or can I skip some? I've never seen a picture of a black buffalo being worshipped, only white cows.
Quite a few Indians believe that white means female, and black, male. But as with human beings, it's not skin colour but existence of a penis and testicles that determine maleness, while the presence of udders and a vagina are sure signs that it's female. Some openly wonder..
Mayawati appoints her brother, nephew to key party posts
Mumbai Crime: Gang breaks into 2 shops in Palghar, leaves only with cupcakes
A gang of four, suspected to be a couple and their two children, broke into two adjacent shops in Palghar in the wee hours last week. Interestingly, one of the shops is a cake manufacturing unit, where the man broke open the shutter lock using an iron rod and pulled it up to create a narrow space to sneak into the shop.
"The gang members pretended to be rag pickers. The couple was carrying a sack at the time of the offence. The man first entered the cake shop, ate a few cakes, picked up a few cupcakes for his accomplices, apparently his wife and two children, and came out of the shop discreetly. The cost of the cakes eaten is R500," said investigating officer PSI Ramesh Palve of Palghar police station.
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One of the thieves captured in the CCTV inside one of the shops
"Later, the man broke into the adjacent digital board shop. He tried to break into the drawer containing cash but his attempts failed. Ther..
After taking away their roof, Mumbai cops burn their belongings
We do not have any morsel of food left, nor my children have any spare clothes to wear. They (the police) came and burnt them all, saying we cannot stay here. My wife is six months pregnant and my two daughters are unwell. Where will we go?" asks Balu Machindra Chauhan, 30, a day after they were forcibly evicted from Amar Mahal junction, Chembur, by the police. While the state agencies are clear they won't allow encroachments, the incident has once again raised serious concerns about shelter homes for the homeless in the city.
"If this is not our home, then where is our home?" asks Ashwini Pawar, 25. "I have been staying here for the last two decades, and have also got a ration card, which shows our address: below Amar Mahal footpath. We also get monthly ration from the fair price shop." Chauhan adds, "My daughter Anjali (5) is physically challenged. She and Chakula (2) were both scared when the police threw our belongings out. The police kept shouting, 'Chale jao yahaan se, dobara nah..
Mumbai Diary: Sunday Dossier
Sombre Soha
Actor Soha Ali Khan seems to be in deep thought as a bunch of playful strays follow her at a shoot at Aarey Colony in Goregaon East on Saturday. Pic/Satej Shinde
Yoga in the kitchen
Chef Lakhan Jethani and Vedant Malik, who run Mizu, a Japanese fine-dine at Atria mall, Worli, want their staff to not only be fit but also feel good. Which is why they have roped in close friend, fashion model Agatha Francini Gomes Figueiroa, to teach their employees yoga. Figueiroa, on her part, says she's more than happy to share the knowledge.
"Working in a restaurant kitchen can be physically and mentally taxing, so we focus on areas like the shoulders, lower back, wrists and fingers along with breathing techniques and concentration meditation. We make it a point to start and finish the sessions with the Pranav Om and a huge self-love hug where they say out loud'I love myself'."
On our own
One of this diarist's favourite stores, O.M.O, in Bandra, is moving once again. After hosting a final..
Hey, I don't know what's AI?
See boss, don't get me wrong. I appreciate the Internet world, okay, so we now have information at our fingertips that we never had as easily available before. So, today's kids will never quite know what it's like to enter the hallowed space called a library, where a big SILENCE sign greeted you as you walked in, and you pored over huge tomes, wanting to understand Hitler's impact on WWII, and now a Kindle or Wikipedia not only give you information on the Nazis but also the latest dope on the Kardashians and Kanye West.
And, I don't want to sound old-fashioned, but I do agree that we have an ocean of stuff that would have been impossible to access a decade ago: but have we stopped reading? And is there information overload? And kids are on their cells all day, their faces buried in a blue screen never looking up at the blue sky. And, I would argue that we need to occasionally stop and think whether we are just bringing in generation after generation of 'mental machines'. And just when ..
Google Doodle honours Bollywood's legendary actor Amrish Puri on his 87th birth anniversary
On the occasion of Bollywood's iconic actor Amrish Puri's 87th birth anniversary, Google honoured the renowned actor with a doodle. The doodle was unveiled by Google on the actor's 87th birthday, was made by a Pune-based guest artist Debangshu Moulik, celebrates the life and legacy of Amrish Puri.
The late actor, Amrish Puri is known for his iconic and some of the most memorable roles as a villain in innumerable movies in the Indian cinema. He is best remembered for his role as Mogambo in Mr. India which starred Anil Kapoor and Sridevi.
Puri's dialogue, "Mogambo khush hua" went on to become his signature dialogue and is popular to this day. Amrish Puri was born in Jalandhar (Punjab) to a Punjabi-speaking Khatri family of Nihal Chand Puri and Ved Kaur. The actor had four siblings, elder brothers/renowned actors Chaman Puri and Madan Puri, elder sister Chandrakanta, and a younger brother, Harish Puri.
Puri landed his first role in a movie at the age of 39, before which he was working in ..
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Mumbai's top cop pedals to 1,500 km cycling history
Indian Police Service (IPS) Krishna Prakash, special inspector general of police (IGP), administration, Maharashtra, is back home in Mumbai after creating cycling history. The tough cop has finished a stupendous fourth in the men's open category of the Race Across West (RAW) in USA. The race, which requires cycling for approximately 1,500 km across four American states, started on June 11 and ended on June 14.
"Competitors had to finish the RAW race in 92 hours but I did it in 88 hours," said Prakash, adding, "I went into the event hoping to become the first ever Indian to finish the cycling race. I never imagined I would get a ranking." The open category had competitors of age 18 to 50 years, which meant Byculla's 48 year-old Prakash was competing with men much younger to him.
Difficult terrain called for high adaptability
Trying terrain
"This is considered the world's toughest cycling course. Like any endurance event, physical fitness is a must, but it also needs vast reserves of men..
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When Gandhi met Jinnah in 1982
Child-sage Balak Nath
In Himachal, and nearby regions, a yogi is worshipped, who is considered a form of Shiva in Kalyug. His name is Baba Balak Nath. In art, he is visualised as a young boy with a yoga staff in his hand, seated on a peacock wit h the hood of a serpent serving as his parasol.
The story goes that he was born in the hills, and is one of the great Siddhas of the world. Since he possesses the knowledge of the universe, time does not affect him; he remains an eternal child and prefers to meditate in a cave. Unlike children, he stays away from women, because he does not realise his own strength and once accidentally hurt a cat, who was actually the mother-goddess Parvati in disguise. In his cave, women worship him from a distance, even though there is no rule stopping them from getting closer to his image. Some people connect him with Kartikeya, the son of Shiva and Shakti, because he is closely associated with the peacock. In North India, Kartikeya is considered to be a celibate god who shuns wo..
Mumbai Diary: Saturday Dossier
Yemeni couple comes to India to save child with rare disorder; in trouble to go back home
A Yemeni couple whose three-year-old was treated for a rare neurological disorder in Delhi is now caught in a quandary, with no home to go back to and other recourse in a strange land.
Mahmood Shaker Edres (32), a mechanical engineer from Aden, his wife Buthina (28) and two children Shaker (3) and Ekhlas (1) arrived in India in February on a six-month medical visa. Shaker was diagnosed with Craniosynostosis, a condition that causes problems with normal brain and skull growth.
Shaker Edres
"When Shaker was born, we were thrilled," said Edres, about their first child. "A few weeks later, his grandmother noticed something wrong with the shape of his head. Doctors said his skull bones haven't expanded in line with the growing brain. He was in constant pain and got intense seizures.
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A friend suggested treatment in Germany, but Edres could not afford even the discounted $35,000 and chose India. With Yemeni air space shut, the family rea..
Mumbai doctor's suicide: Why can't cops clearly explain sequence, asks Payal Tadvi's husband
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