Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.

Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.  The site will be updated regularly with selected maps in chronological order.

Click here for more information.

Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.  The site sill be updated regularly with a selection of new maps, accompanied by captions, in chronological order.

Click here for more information.

Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.  The site sill be updated regularly with a selection of new maps, accompanied by captions, in chronological order.

Click here for more information.

Featuring historic maps from the Library's collections, "Places in History" documents battles and campaigns of the Civil War, as well as other historical events, by examining maps and their historical context.   The site sill be updated regularly with a selection of new maps, accompanied by captions, following the course of the Civil War in chronological order.

Click here to view the "Places in History" web site and Archive.

After taking charge as municipal commissioner amid the Covid-19 pandemic, IAS officer Iqbal Singh Chahal on Saturday hit the ground, visiting BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai Central and later proceeding to Dharavi, where he took stock of the increasing patients in Asia's largest slum pocket.

The proposal to allow free travel by ST buses was cleared by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday. When asked about the delay, transport minister Anil Parab said, "There were some concerns raised by districts in green zone about outbound migrants from red zone areas.

(This story originally appeared in MumbaiMirror on May 10, 2020)

Fed up of waiting to be accommodated on trains or buses for their home states, a fresh sea of migrant labourers took to the Eastern Express Highway (EEH) on Saturday in a bid to cover the arduous journey on foot. Some labourers said they had no roof over their heads in Mumbai and would sometimes go to bed on the pavement on an empty stomach. The groups comprised daily wagers, masons, carpenters and restaurant staffers.

The central government headed by Narendra Modi is committed to protect the rights of SCs and STs, he said

The spread of the coronavirus has halted all tennis events since mid-March and will not resume until July 13 at the earliest

From PPEs to ventilators to face shields, manufacturers have invested money to ramp up production and deliver during this crisis

Today is the last day of the first decade of the second millennium. It started with a bug, remember?

There are many Indias today, all of them struggling to be heard at the same time. Some argue. Others shout, scream, rant.

Would a Pune-style bomb blast have happened in a Chinese city? Or a 26/11? Or any of the scores of terror attacks that India has been subjected to over the years?

Migrant flamingos and migrated family fly into Mumbai every winter.

World Cup yet to take off

Fear of virus is overshadowing government appeals to businesses to resume operations

In a rare finding, an Indian grey wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) was documented for the first time in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagara district. The wild animal was documented by Sanjay Gubbi of Nature Conservation Foundation, and his team, while camera trapping for studying leopards.

South Western Railway, along with the state government, is likely to operate the first train to West Bengal to ferry migrant workers on Sunday.

A group of parents have written to the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education as well as to chief minister Pramod Sawant, expressing their anxiety over the decision to conduct the board exams during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Actress Jessica Biel has revealed that she cold-shoulders the glitzy celebrity lifestyle.

They dazzle, but they ain’t diamonds.

When it comes to partying its the sassy, saucy Pooja Bedi who epitomises the spirit of having fun differently.

Passions ran high at this party which had the evergreen favourite theme of Red and Black.

How can we miss the eateries that are adding the food-glam quotient to the city.

Cinema halls owners are also focusing on sprucing up their theatres to attract audiences.

A touch of vintage.

With the destinies of Bollywood’s movers and shakers changing every Friday, to assess star ratings is no easy feat. And that’s where the Times Celebex powered by zoOm! is going to make a difference.

A woman was arrested from northwest Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar on Friday for allegedly supplying e-cigarettes and other psychotropic substances to the minors during the lockdown .

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) released its academic calendar and notified that the students will be returning to the campus between June 25 and 30. The varsity stated that the examinations will be completed by July 31.

With daily-wage earners now rushing back to their villages in special trains, there’s consternation in business circles about a manpower crunch. Assurances of continued salary till work begins in right earnest haven’t kept the migrants back, according to traders. Normally, the migrant population returns to the villages for the harvest period in late summer and comes back soon after, but this year, traumatised by the pandemic standstill, they are likely to think twice before returning to the cities.