Shirish Vaktania is a journalist at Gujarati Midday. He covers a diverse range of topics including building materials, the construction industry, cultural movements, and internet culture, as well as pop culture and subcultures. Shirish's work has been featured in prominent publications such as Mid-Day and MSN.
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The Sion-based Municipal Shivranjani Society, as its name suggests, is home to several former and serving Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials
The Kurla GRP have arrested a 42-year-old hawker involved in a bag snatching case, in which a 50-year-old doctor lost his hand while trying to save his wife as they both fell from a moving train at Kurla.
Rajiv Chandrabhan Lala, 60, the retired Air India employee who killed his 54-year-old wife R Shalinidevi at her Powai home, allegedly forgot his mobile phone
By: Shirish Vaktania
Saturday's Opposition protest rally in South Mumbai did not cause the expected traffic congestion, as the traffic police took commendable measures
By: Shirish Vaktania
Relatives of a nine-year-old girl residing in Andheri East, who had gone missing around 1.30 pm on Monday, were shocked to find the child begging outside the Andheri railway station around 7 pm the same day.
By: Shirish Vaktania
Borivli shopkeepers protest new barricades, while officials say traffic has reduced by 70 per cent fueling a debate on public access and mobility
My father survived only because he was wearing a helmet. A helmet not only saves lives in road accidents, but can also protect you in unexpected situations
Updated On: 13 September, 2026 07:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania An alert Mumbai police team foiled a late-night suicide bid on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link around 1 am on Saturday.
