Mumbai: A newly installed roof and cladding were damaged at Ratnagiri railway station amid heavy rains in the Konkan region, on Monday, October 7. According to officials of the Konkan Railway, tin sheets were blown away and cladding fell, damaging about 15 to 20 sq ft roof, as heavy rains and gusty winds lashed the … Read more
The Maharashtra government on Sunday declared the geoglyphs and petroglyphs in Ratnagiri as ‘protected monuments’ under the Maharashtra Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1960, reported TOI. The group of petroglyphs at Deud, Ratnagiri, dates back to the Mesolithic era (roughly 20,000-10,000 years ago), according to a notification by the culture department. Geoglyphs … Read more
For years, growers of the Devgad mangoes tried many hacks with little success to prevent unscrupulous traders from mixing cheaper varieties with this premium variant of the hapus, or alphonso, mangoes. They probably have a fix now. Grown at Devgad in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra’s Konkan region, these mangoes are known for their thin … Read more
