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A road in Arrey Colony

Spooktacular tales on the scariest festival

As Mumbai celebrates Halloween in style, we take a look at some of the scariest stories from the city's nooks and...

31 Oct 2017 6:59 AM IST

Representational image of a slender-billed vulture

Parsis now take to cremation, solar desiccation of their dead

Community members said that ravens and kites have now replaced the vultures around the Tower of Silence.

25 Dec 2017 2:01 AM IST

Representational image of a slender-billed vulture.

Parsis take to cremation, solar desiccation of bodies

In the Tower of Silence, which is situated at Malabar Hills, solar concentrators have been installed in order to...

23 Dec 2017 2:48 AM IST

The Maneckji Sett Agiary at Fort, south Mumbai.

Parsi women married outside can enter fire temple, says SC

SC paves way for women, married to non-Parsi, to break tradition & be at Tower of Silence.

15 Dec 2017 1:06 AM IST