Most of it come under Mundhwa police station jurisdiction. Many mandals are using DJ during the immersion procession, says police The Pune city police have filed three cases against Ganesh mandals ...

Adilabad: Demand for creation of new mandals is getting louder in erstwhile Adilabad district day by day with the State government declaring 13 new mandals in different districts recently. On July 23, ...

Pune: Police on Monday served notices to over 250 mandals in the city refraining them from making chariots over 16ft high for the Ganapati immersion ceremony. Deputy commissioner of police (Zone I ...

Pune city police have registered 164 cases and 12 non-cognizable offences in the last five years against Ganesh mandals in the city for violating noise pollution guidelines issued by Bombay High ...

Ganeshotsav mandals and Dhol Tasha performances attract crores of people every day and, thus, become vehicles of change. Major mandals told The Indian Express that the Porsche case, in which an ...

Nagpur: As the city grapples with a significant rise in dengue and chikungunya cases, Ganesh Utsav mandals are stepping in to address the critical blood shortage. With platelet counts plummeting ...

This year, though, mandals are using live bands and singers on moving trucks and amplifying live instruments. The use of dhol-tasha, a traditional form of percussion music, was exempt from the ban ...

D espite a ban on DJs and sound systems during Ganpati visarjan processions, many mandals have found a loophole to keep the music loud. The Bombay High Court had, in 2018, prohibited the use of ...

Keeping with the spirit of the Ganpati festival, the Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd (DRPPL) made financial contributions to 250 mandals in Dharavi, which carry out social welfare activities.

The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox.

Despite this ban, several Ganesh Mandals in Satara violated the prohibition during the Ganesh Visarjan procession, leading to legal action. Three Ganesh Mandals now face charges at the Satara City ...