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Shiv Sena to celebrate foundation day Wednesday Tuesday, 18 June 2013 12:08
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena will celebrate its 47th foundation day at a major function here Wednesday. This is the first time when it will be held in the absence of party founder Bal Thackeray, who died last year.Party president Uddhav…
'Suraj Pancholi coping well with jail' Tuesday, 18 June 2013 09:13
Mumbai: Locked away with hardened criminals, Suraj Pancholi seems to be coping well with his condition, according to his sister who met him at the Arthur Road Jail here.Suraj's sister Sana visited Suraj in prison Saturday. To the family's relief…
Deposit Rs.10,000 to meet dying mother, court orders terror accused Monday, 17 June 2013 22:06
Mumbai: A special court here ordered an accused in the July 2006 Mumbai serial train blasts case to deposit Rs.10,000 if he wanted to visit his ailing mother with an escort, his lawyer said Monday.The accused, Mohammed Sajid M. Ansari,…
Widespread June rains cheer Maharashtra Monday, 17 June 2013 21:01
Mumbai: Spelling cheer for the people, farmers and industry, Maharashtra has received an average of nearly one-fourth of its total annual rainfall in just the first fortnight of June, officials said here Monday.Of the state's total annual average of 115.99…
Rains batter Mumbai, Maharashtra Sunday, 16 June 2013 21:42
Mumbai: Heavy rains continued to batter Mumbai and most parts of Maharashtra for the third consecutive day Sunday, crippling normal life.In view of very heavy to extremely heavy rains forecast over the city in the next two days, Municipal Commissioner…
Heavy rains lash Maharashtra; farmers, politicians smile Sunday, 16 June 2013 16:32
Mumbai: Monsoon has got off to a great start in entire Maharashtra this year, bringing cheers to farmers as well as politicians in view of the Lok Sabha elections due in the first half of the next year.Most parts of…
Heavy rains cripple Mumbai Sunday, 16 June 2013 16:20
Mumbai: Heavy rains over two days have crippled suburban trains and hit life in Mumbai Sunday, officials said.Many low-lying areas in the city and suburbs were flooded due to the incessant downpour accompanied by gusty winds that lashed the metropolis.According…
Maritime crisis looms as two tankers stranded off Mumbai Saturday, 15 June 2013 17:54
Mumbai: Two huge oil tankers stranded off the Mumbai coast could pose serious risks of marine accidents and ecological problems, a top maritime authority said here Saturday.The oil tankers - MT Pratibha Tapi and MT Pratibha Indrayani - belong to…
Mumbai gets special cancer centre for women Saturday, 15 June 2013 15:20
Mumbai: Maharashtra's first integrated centre for cancer to cater exclusively to women was launched here Saturday.The privately-run B. Nanavati Hospital (BNH) and the Bangalore-based Health Care Global Enterprises Ltd (HCG), Asia's largest cancer care network, have joined hands for the…
Hackers in Europe siphon off money from Axis Bank Mumbai accounts Friday, 14 June 2013 21:30
Mumbai: In a shocker for Mumbai police, at least 14 salary accounts of policemen with the private Axis Bank were hacked and the monies siphoned out by some unidentified persons in Britain and Greece, a top official said here Friday.The…
People enjoy high tide at Marine Drive Friday, 14 June 2013 21:26
People enjoy high tide at Marine Drive in Mumbai on June 14, 2013.
SC lets tenants stay on in unsafe Mumbai building Friday, 14 June 2013 20:20
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday permitted some residents of a dilapidated building in Mumbai's Mazagaon to continue staying in it for next fortnight at their own risk and with no liability to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai in…
World War II explosives found in Mumbai Harbour, defused Friday, 14 June 2013 16:42
Mumbai: The Indian Navy has safely disposed of 90 unexploded ordnances, believed to be of World War II vintage, discovered during dredging operations in the Mumbai Harbour over the past few days, a defence official said here Friday.The recoveries were…
NCP to name new Maharashtra unit chief Saturday Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:34
Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will name its new president for Maharashtra here Saturday, a party official said here Thursday.The appointment will be announced at an extended NCP Working Committee meeting here to be presided over by party chief…
Mumbai to host non-fiction book festival Wednesday, 12 June 2013 16:11
Mumbai: Focussing on genres like business, management, leadership, health, fitness, politics, media and cinema, India's first non-fiction festival will be held in Mumbai June 21 to 23.The three-day festival, India Non-Fiction Festival(INFF), is centred on the theme "Be Bold, Stay…
NCP lawmakers, Independent join Maharashtra cabinet Tuesday, 11 June 2013 16:49
Mumbai: Five days after the Nationalist Congress Party ordered all its ministers to quit the Maharashtra cabinet, the party effected a reshuffle of its representatives here Tuesday.Maharashtra NCP president Madhukar Pichad and three other party legislators were sworn-in as new…
Shatrughan Sinha supports L.K. Advani after boycotting Goa conclave Tuesday, 11 June 2013 13:42
Mumbai: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, one of the best known Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from Bihar, has reportedly thrown his weight behind BJP patriarch L.K. Advani, who relinquished all party posts after Narendra Modi was named the lead campaigner for…
5 killed in Mumbai building collapse Monday, 10 June 2013 21:27
Mumbai: 5 person was killed and four others were injured when a portion of a residential building collapsed here Monday evening, officials said.According to Brihanmumbai Municipa Corporation's Disaster Control Cell, four-storey building Aftab Mansion's portion collapsed shortly before 8 p.m.…
10 crew members rescued from cargo ship off Maharashtra Monday, 10 June 2013 11:55
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra): Ten crew members were rescued from an Indian cargo ship which drifted and got stuck off the Konkan coast at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra, police said Monday.The brand new cargo carrier, "MV Shri Jayate" reported an engine failure Sunday…
Torrential rains disrupt Mumbai Monday, 10 June 2013 09:44
Mumbai: Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and coastal Maharashtra for the second consecutive day Monday, disrupting normal life in the region, officials said.Many parts of the city and suburbs have been waterlogged and some areas were flooded Monday morning,…
Monsoon brings cheer to Mumbai Sunday, 09 June 2013 09:13
Mumbai: The southwest monsoon finally hit Mumbai Sunday, a day earlier than its usual date of approaching here, bringing welcome rains that cooled the city while also disrupting normal life.According to the weather bureau, Mumbai south recorded 32 mm and…
1,423 check dams to be opened in Maharashtra Saturday, 08 June 2013 19:22
Mumbai: In a revolutionary attempt to provide a long-term solution to the scourge of annual droughts, the Maharashtra government will throw open 1,423 check dams in six districts of the state Sunday.The dams will store water for drinking and agriculture…
Priyanka Chopra's father critically ill Saturday, 08 June 2013 14:39
Mumbai: National award-winning actress Priyanka Chopra's father, the affable Ashok Chopra, is seriously ill. The cancer that struck the doctor a few years back has returned.He is currently admitted at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.He is in a "very critical…
Two die in Mumbai wall collapse Saturday, 08 June 2013 14:39
Mumbai: Two young men were killed early Saturday when the wall of a shopping complex collapsed here following torrential pre-monsoon rains, said officials.The two men were were killed in Bhandup suburb of north-east Mumbai.The incident occurred when the retaining wall…
Ex-World champ Karamjit for Maharashtra Rally Friday, 07 June 2013 16:19
Nashik: Malaysia's ace driver Karamjit Singh and his long-time co-driver Jagdev Singh will headline the Mahindra Adventure Rally of Maharashtra, the second round of the FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship, to be run here this weekend.Backed by JK Tyre, the…
