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India.com
28-04-2025
- Automotive
- India.com
Maharashtra Day 2025: Traffic diversions, road closures, no-parking zones in Mumbai on THIS day
Maharashtra Day 2025: Traffic diversions, roadblocks, parking bans in Mumbai on May 1 | Important routes to avoid Maharashtra Day: Celebrated on May 1 every year, Maharashtra Day or Maharashtra Din marks the formation of the state of Maharashtra in 1960. This year's celebrations will feature a grand parade at Shivaji Park, Dadar. In preparation, Mumbai Traffic Police have issued a detailed traffic advisory, listing road closures, diversions, and no-parking zones. Traffic Advisory for May 1 Traffic restrictions will be enforced from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM on May 1 in the Shivaji Park area. Motorists are advised to plan ahead and avoid this zone to prevent delays. Road Closures in Mumbai on May 1 Keluskar Road South and North: Completely closed for general vehicles. Only vehicles with valid invites will be allowed access. SK Bole Road: From Siddhivinayak Junction to Portuguese Church Junction, traffic will be allowed only one-way. Swatantraveer Savarkar Road: No entry from Siddhivinayak Junction to Yes Bank Junction. Western Suburbs Traffic: Vehicles heading toward the western suburbs will be rerouted via SK Bole Road, Portuguese Church, Gokhale Road, LJ Road, and Raja Bade Chowk. South Mumbai Bound Traffic: Vehicles must take Pandurang Naik Road, Raja Bade Chowk, LJ Road, and Gokhale Road. Listed No-Parking Zones Keluskar Road (South & North) Pandurang Naik Road NC Kelkar Road (from Gadkari Chowk to Kotwal Garden) Citizens without a car pass are urged to park at designated Kohinoor Parking Lots near Plaza Cinema on JK Sawant Road, Dadar (West). Advisory for Commuters Public transport services like trains and buses will run as scheduled but might face slight delays. Commuters are advised to use alternate routes and follow instructions from the traffic authorities. For live updates, follow Mumbai Traffic Police's official channels.
Mint
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Mint
What is Maharashtra Day? Check traffic advisory, roadblocks, diversions in Mumbai for May 1 state holiday
Maharashtra Day, also known as Maharashtra Din, is observed every year on May 1. This year, the day commemorating the creation of Marathi-speaking state of Maharashtra will be celebrated on the coming Thursday. Notably, it coincides with International Labour Day. This day holds immense significance in the landscape of our country as the division of the Bombay State took place on this day in 1960. The state was divided into Gujarat and Maharashtra. The former comprised Gujarati and Kutchi speaking population while the latter consisted of Marathi and Konkani speaking population. To celebrate the formation of Maharashtra, public and private events are organised on this day, which is observed as a state holiday. Parades, political speeches and ceremonies mark this day. Mumbai traffic police issued a road advisory ahead of Maharashtra Day parade which will take place at Dadar's Shivaji Park. Traffic restrictions will be effective from 6:00 AM till 12:00 PM on May 1. Check road closures in Mumbai on May 1 Keluskar Road South and North will remain closed for all vehicles. Only the vehicles of invitees will be allowed to acces this route. From Siddhivinayak Junction to Portuguese Church Junction across SK Bole Road, vehicles will be able to take one-way route. Entry from Siddhivinayak Junction to Yes Bank Junction will be restricted on Swatantraveer Savarkar Road. Traffic heading toward the Western Suburbs will be re-routed from Siddhivinayak Junction. Vehicles proceeding through this route will be asked to take SK Bole Road, Portuguese Church, Gokhale Road, LJ Road, and Raja Bade Chowk route. South Mumbai bound vehicles will have to take Pandurang Naik Road, Raja Bade Chowk, LJ Road and Gokhale Road route. Keluskar Road (South & North) Pandurang Naik Road NC Kelkar Road (from Gadkari Chowk to Kotwal Garden) The notice further urges citizens to park their vehicles at Kohinoor Parking Lots near Plaza Cinema, JK Sawant Road, Dadar (W) if they don't posses a car pass. First Published: 28 Apr 2025, 01:01 PM IST
Telegraph
06-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
The South Wales mining village that made Richard Burton a global icon
The writing is on the wall: 'There is one place you belong to, and in my case it's Pontrhydyfen.' The quote sings out from a mural on the façade of the Miners Arms pub in the former South Wales mining village. The words are those of the local lad made good; the miner's son who became a Shakespearean actor; the Hollywood star who never forgot his Welsh roots. This year Pontrhydyfen remembers the centenary of the birth of Richard Burton, who was born Richard Walter Jenkins in the village near Port Talbot in November 1925. The Centenary festival features a programme of events, plus the new tour I've joined to walk in Burton's footsteps. The launch coincides with the April 4 release of a new film, Mr Burton, which focusses on his lesser-known early life before the Hollywood headlines. Also starring Toby Jones and Lesley Manville, Harry Lawtey plays the young Richard, who was taken under the wing of his schoolteacher, Philip, the eponymous Mr Burton, played by Jones. Teenage Richard took his teacher's surname after he became his legal guardian. 'Richard was the North Star of Welsh cinema,' says the Cardiff-born film's producer Ed Talfan. 'Making the film made me realise how incredibly hard it must have been to be brought up in poverty yet still find a route out.' The three-hour tour links two existing walking trails, shuttling between the village of Pontrhydyfen and the Port Talbot suburb of Taibach by coach. A new interpretation has been added along the route with QR codes to download audio content for self-guided explorers. The starting point, the Miners Arms, is where Richard's parents first met, and the actress Sian Owen, his niece, has a poem to 'Uncle Rich' framed on the wall amongst old family photographs. Nearby is the Bethel Chapel, now a community café, where thousands gathered after his death for a memorial service, and the terraced house on Penhydd Street where Sian still lives. It's here, according to popular folklore, that Richard and second wife, Elizabeth Taylor, turned up in a Rolls Royce, the Hollywood starlet asking the family in her newly perfect Welsh, to use the toilet. At the time, they were amongst the highest paid actors in Hollywood and the original 'It' couple. Later we headed onto Port Talbot, stopping at the Plaza Cinema community centre, where Richard came to see George Formby films as a young man. Amongst the memorabilia of Port Talbot's acting talent – Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Sheen – tourist guide Griff Harries shared his own memories over coffee in the community cafe. 'I remember stories about him as a child in the Sixties,' he said. 'My parents revered him as a screen idol and now, through my labour-of-love research for these tours, I've come to know the young man.' The next day, I visited the Richard Burton Archives at Swansea University. The reading room was laid out with a series of family photographs, hand-written diary entries and old film posters, all donated to the university by Richard's widow, Sally Burton. 'Curating his personal effects has shown me his real passion for words and writing. Like his hero, Dylan Thomas, he could also have been a writer,' says Head of Cultural Collections, Sîan Williams. The university is working on an exhibition of memorabilia to open at a Port Talbot shopping centre later this summer and there are plans for a birthday gala event to mark Richard's birthday in November. The latter is to be staged at The Orangery at Margam Country Park, the historic estate just outside of Port Talbot, that makes for a fine rural escape from the industrial landscape with walking trails and family activities. Back in Port Talbot, I visited the school where Richard was taught by Philip Burton, the house where he lived with his elder sister after his mother died, and the public library where he devoured the literary greats – low-key landmarks all overshadowed by the town's looming steelworks. We finished at Taibach Memorial Park, where the young Richard would have played rugby and climbed trees. 'I've watched the old interviews with Richard and, when you look at the eyes,' adds Griff, 'there's no hint of arrogance. He was one of us.' Richard Burton died in Switzerland after a brain hemorrhage in 1984, aged 58, the same year as John Lennon. The diet of three bottles of spirits and 60-odd cigarettes a day finally caught up with the actor who never won an Oscar but was nominated seven times. He was buried locally, said to have been laid to rest in a red suit with a copy of Dylan Thomas' poems. The memorial at Taibach Memorial Park features one of Richard's own poems which, like the quote from the mural at Miners Arms, suggests you can take the boy out of Wales, but you can't take Wales out of the boy. 'And there were things that made me; Grew round the core of my young soul, But I have other worlds for whom to weep; I shall return no more.' How to do it For more information, and to book a tour, see The monthly tours are free but are first-come, first-served. There are options too for accessible, signed and Welsh-language tours. The Richard Burton Archives at Swansea University are open to visitors Tue-Thu; Stay in Swansea at the Grand Hotel.
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Neighbourhood News: Skipton
Christ Church services: Sunday at 9.30am - Eucharist; Wednesday at 9.30am – Eucharist The service on Sunday, February 2 at 9.30am in Christ Church will be a Solemn Eucharist to celebrate Candlemas. Skipton Film Club: 'Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans,' directed by FW Murnau (USA, 1927, U), will be screened on Sunday, February 2 at Plaza Cinema, Skipton. All members and non-members are welcome. For more info on this and other Film Club screenings, please see the Instagram site: Skipton Retired Men's Forum: the next meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 4 in the Soroptimist Rooms on Otley Street. Tea, coffee, and biscuits at 10am; at 10.30am Chris Binns will give a presentation on 'A walk from John o' Groats to Lands End.' Members and visitors welcome. Skipton and Craven History Society: the next talk, on Thursday, February 13, at 7.30pm at the Swadford Street Centre, Skipton, will be 'Richard the Lionheart: Warrior King par excellence' by Dr Roger Martlew. Non-members welcome; £3 entrance charge.
