Est. 1964 · Mumbai1964 – 2025 · every issue, digitised
Parsiana
The global Zoroastrian link medium
News

News from 2022.

20 reports published between 2012 and 2025, alongside the fortnightly magazine.

  • 24 September 2022

    WZCC's non-Parsi associate members The World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce will admit non-Parsis as associate members, noted the global organization's head, Capt Percy Master. As…

  • 19 September 2022

    Hopes of the moribund Federation of the Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India (FPZAI) being revived were dashed when a meeting scheduled for October 2, 2022 was "postponed till furth…

  • 29 July 2022

    A miscellaneous petition filed in the Bombay High Court this July challenging the results of the May 29, 2022 Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trusteeship elections for seven seats all…

  • 31 May 2022

    An effusive welcome was accorded to the new seven-member board of Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trustees this afternoon. The Chief Election Commissioner Cmde Aspi Marker officially …

  • 29 May 2022

    The seven newly elected trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) as announced by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Cmde Aspi Marker on May 29 are (in alphabetical order): X…

  • 17 May 2022

    Whether Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trusteeship candidate Maharukh Noble is eligible to contest the May 29, 2022 elections will probably be decided by the Election Commission (EC)…

  • 8 March 2022

    The pallbearers at Doongerwadi have refused to carry Covid afflicted corpses to the dakhmas. The president of the Mumbai Mazdoor Sabha and the pallbearers conveyed this message to …

  • 7 March 2022

    Cmde Aspi Marker (retd) has been named the chief election commissioner for the next Bombay Parsi Punchayet trusteeship election by Bombay High Court Justices Shahrukh Kathawalla an…

  • 1 March 2022

    The date for the election of seven Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trusteeship seats has been set for Sunday, May 29, 2022. High drama preceded the decision today afternoon with forme…

  • 22 February 2022

    The next and possibly final Bombay High Court hearing on adopting amendments to the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trusteeship scheme is scheduled for Friday, February 25 at 4.30 p.m…

  • 21 February 2022

    At a Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trustees board meeting today evening the three majority trustees, chairwoman Armaity Tirandaz, trustee Viraf Mehta and Xerxes Dastur proposed movi…

  • 4 February 2022

    Clarification Darius Khambata has clarified that the corpus of one crore will be raised by Berjis Desai and not him. He, however, stands by his offer along with Desai "to foot the …

  • 4 February 2022

    A one crore rupee (USD 133,877) election corpus will be donated to the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) by jurists Darius Khambata and Berjis Desai, the Bombay High Court was told by D…

  • 3 February 2022

    Following a two and a half hour hearing on the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) election scheme, Bombay High Court Justices Sharukh Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav adjoined the hearing to…

  • 1 February 2022

    Amendments to the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) election scheme should be put before a division bench of Bombay High Court Justices Sharukh Kathawalla and Milind Jadvav on Thursday,…

  • 11 January 2022

    An election for seven trustees to the Bombay Parsi Punchayet has been agreed to by all the trustees. "Mrs. Armaity Tirandaz, Mr. Viraf Mehta, Mr. Xerxes Dastur, Mr. Noshir Dadrawal…

  • 10 January 2022

    A division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justices Sharukh Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav will further discuss two options tomorrow morning for the much delayed Bombay Par…

  • 7 January 2022

    A Bombay High Court division bench comprising Justices Sharukh Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav suggested today in a virtual hearing that the lawyers for the opposing factions of the B…

  • 7 January 2022

    After a hearing today morning on the acceptance of the consent terms signed by the five Bombay Parsi Punchayet trustees, a Bombay High Court (BHC) division bench of Justices Sharuk…

  • 7 January 2022

    The precaution dose of Covishield will be administered by The B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital effective January 11, 2022. Those who have completed 60 years of age will be eligi…