Mumbai: Drown your sorrows in costlier alcoholTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: Imbibing alcohol in the city has never been easy on the Mumbaikar's wallet, and there will no forthcoming relief as the Maharashtra government has increased excise duty on all liquor, with the exception of wine. This was announced in the budget ...See all stories on this topic »
181158: Most Punjabis believe Indian groups are behind Mumbai attacksThe HinduAlthough a few Punjabis see the possibility the Mumbai attacks could have been launched in Pakistan, overall politicians and lawyers in Punjab province believe that India should look to internal insurgent groups as the sole actors of the Mumbai attacks ...See all stories on this topic »
Navi Mumbai Sikhs protest over Milan turban issueTimes of IndiaNAVI MUMBAI: 'Pagadi sambhal jatta, pagadi sambhal oye! (Take care of your turban, which is your honour)'. During India's freedom struggle, this Punjabi song was used to instil a sense of outrage against the British. Now, Navi Mumbai Sikhs are once ...See all stories on this topic »
DoT cancels Etisalat DB s license for Delhi Mumbai circlesMoneycontrol.comThe Department of Telecom has swung into action cancelling Etisalat DB's licences in the Delhi and Mumbai circles, reports CNBC-TV18's Siddharth Zarabi. Remember, the DOT had sent a show cause notice to Swan Telecom, now Etisalat DB, ...See all stories on this topic »
Mumbai cops smarten up for WCHindustan TimesPTI With the ICC Cricket World Cup final just around the corner, Mumbai police are raring to present a "fit, polite and clean" image of the force as the city gets ready to play host to the event. As the event is expected to draw foreigners and ...See all stories on this topic »
Hasan Ali Khan had links with arms dealer: AideTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: Kolkata businessman Kashinath Tapuriah has admitted that racehorse owner Hasan Ali Khan had links with Saudi arms dealer Adnan Kashoggi, enforcement directorate officials told a court on Thursday. Tapuriah was arrested on Thursday at 2.30 am ...See all stories on this topic »
Reliance, Mumbai Angels Exit Dhama ApparelWall Street JournalBy DIVYA GUHA OF MINT New Delhi -- Reliance Venture Asset Management Ltd, a unit of the Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Group, and Mumbai Angels, a business incubator, have sold their respective stakes of 45% and 5.5% in Hyderabad-based Dhama Apparel ...See all stories on this topic »
Mumbai police arrest paedophile BritonsSifyMumbai: Two Britons, Duncan Grant and Alan John Waters, who were charged with child sexual abuse, were arrested in Mumbai on Monday, an official said. The Supreme Court had on Friday upheld the six years' imprisonment awarded to Grant and Waters for ...See all stories on this topic »
Kiwi pace bowler Bennett ruled out of World CupLos Angeles TimesMUMBAI (Reuters) - New Zealand pace bowler Hamish Bennett has been ruled of the World Cup with an ankle injury and will be replaced by Daryl Tuffey, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Sunday. Bennett suffered an injury to his left ankle ...See all stories on this topic »
Residential population in south Mumbai on declineThe HinduPTI With property rates hitting the sky, the affluent south Mumbai area has witnessed a decline in residential population, while the suburbs have seen a rise, according to Census officials. And ironically, the population of homeless people in southern ...See all stories on this topic »
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Mumbai Home Prices Fall 20% From 2010 Peak, Jones Lang SaysBusinessWeekBy Pooja Thakur March 21 (Bloomberg) -- Mumbai home prices have declined 20 percent from their 2010 peak as lower sales, higher land values and increased borrowing costs forced developers to reduce prices to woo buyers, according to Jones Lang LaSalle ...See all stories on this topic »
Mumbai, Delhi too loud for comfortHindustan TimesMumbai leads the loud pack followed by Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore. The ITO in Delhi and Bandra in Mumbai are nosier than the busiest parts of London, New York an Average day time noise in seven big Indian cities is much higher than the national ...See all stories on this topic »
Security beefed up at Mumbai's railway stationsDaily News & AnalysisBy Dayanand Kamath Place: Mumbai Agency: DNA Security has been beefed up and checking of passengers' luggage been intensified at all the railway stations in Mumbai for the past couple days following the intelligence report that 'Sikh' terrorists of ...See all stories on this topic »
Jitters over Pak final in MumbaiCalcutta TelegraphSuch back-to-back triumphs would set the Afridi-led squad up for a final in Mumbai, which still bears the 26/11 scars. A Pakistani team had last played in the city 22 years ago, in the 1989 MRF series against Australia. Besides the searing 26/11 ...See all stories on this topic »
FICCI Frames 2011: James Murdoch for lesser govt control over mediaEconomic TimesMUMBAI: In his keynote address at FICCI Frames 2011 , James Murdoch made an eloquent case for lesser government control over media and greater digitisation. As chairman and chief executive, News Corporation , Europe and Asia, James Murdoch is widely ...See all stories on this topic »
Mumbai Christians condemn US Quran burningTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: Several Christian organizations in the city have condemned the burning of the Quran by a small Florida church. Pastor Wayne Sapp committed the act on March 20, 2011 under the supervision of pastor Terry Jones, who had threatened to do the same ...See all stories on this topic »
Suitcase murder case: Killer hubby brought to MumbaiDaily News & AnalysisBy Dayanand Kamath Place: Mumbai Agency: DNA Dr Parvez Shaikh, 35, who was arrested by the CST railway police on Saturday from Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, was brought to the city on Sunday. He was produced before a local court and has been remanded ...See all stories on this topic »
Indian rupee firm on local shares, dollar inflows, Asian peersEconomic TimesMUMBAI: The Indian rupee ended stronger on Thursday boosted by positive local shares and inflows from corporate borrowings, but a weak euro and high oil prices could play spoilsport, traders said. The partially convertible rupee closed at 44.7450/7500 ...See all stories on this topic »
Magnet' cities to take load off Mumbai, PuneTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: Fast-paced urbanization has resulted in a sharp decline in civic services, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said in the Maharashtra legislative assembly on Tuesday. "The state has been witnessing a frenetic growth of small towns. ...See all stories on this topic »
When Mumbai cops hid a suspect in the station's bathroomNDTV.comMumbai: The tussle for one-upmanship between the local police and the Crime Branch sleuths is a legendary tale. An incident at the Goregaon police station yesterday added another take to a list of stories shared at the chai tapri. ...See all stories on this topic »
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Mumbai's 'laptop baba' arrested for lewd emailsNDTV.comMumbai: Love and rejection in the Information Age can spawn freak tales of vendetta, especially when there is a spiritual guru involved. The Mumbai police arrested self-styled spiritual guru Rahul Ramkumar Sachan from a non-descript village on the ...See all stories on this topic »
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Tragedy averted in Mumbai harbourSifyMumbai: A tragedy was averted in Mumbai harbour last week when ill-fated container cargo ship MSC Chitra - which had partly sunk after a collision last August - broke loose from its moorings but was soon recovered, a maritime authority said here ...See all stories on this topic »
Awesome foursome promotes Bloodywood in MumbaiDaily News & AnalysisBy Shabana Ansari Place: Mumbai Agency: DNA When the rock band Pentagram premiered their 'Mental Zero' at the Carter Road promenade nearly two years ago, children from the nearby slums crowded near the stage. “The song's appeal goes beyond urban ...See all stories on this topic »
Lorgat happy with Mumbai as final venueNDTV.comAhmedabad: ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has defended Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium as the venue for the World Cup final, saying it could provide the perfect setting for a Sachin Tendulkar "fairytale". The climax to world cricket's showpiece takes ...See all stories on this topic »
Mumbai lawyer gifts lingerie to colleague, arrestedNDTV.comMumbai: Two Mumbai-based advocates are pitted against each other, but not for reasons you would normally imagine. One is a spurned lover and the other, the victim of his relentless pursuit for the past year, which involved giving her gift-wrapped ...See all stories on this topic »
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Harassed, four of Pune family kill themselvesDaily News & AnalysisBy Chaitraly Deshmukh Place: Mumbai Agency: DNA A family of four — aged parents and two sons — ended their lives by consuming poison at their residence in Bavdhan area of Pune on Thursday. The victims have been identified as AT Narayan, 65, ...See all stories on this topic »
Sri Lanka, New Zealand eye top two spots in the groupLos Angeles TimesMUMBAI (Reuters) - Sri Lanka and injury-hit New Zealand will have their eyes firmly on the top two positions in their group when they clash in the World Cup at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on Friday. With both teams having secured their last eight spots ...See all stories on this topic »
Woman's body found at train yard in MumbaiNDTV.comMumbai: In yet another case of a woman strangulated to death, the body of a woman was found at a train yard in Mumbai, an official said on Tuesday. According to the Mumbai Central Railway Police, a motorman discovered the body late on Sunday while he ...See all stories on this topic »
Qualcomm in Talks With Bharti Airtel, OthersWall Street JournalBy Bijou George of Dow Jones Newswires MUMBAI (Dow Jones)--Qualcomm Inc is in talks with several firms, including Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's largest mobile phone operator, as it seeks to firm up its planned exit from the four ventures housing its ...See all stories on this topic »
FIR filed over SMS rumour about sea linkTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: A wild rumour about the collapse of three supporting cables on the Bandra-Worli sea link circulated through SMS on Wednesday, prompting the Hindustan Construction Corporation (HCC)-the makers of the bridge- to file a complaint with the cyber ...See all stories on this topic »
'Navin Nischol was the first person from FTII acting batch to become a star'Daily News & AnalysisBy Priyanka Naithani Place: Mumbai Agency: DNA Film and television actor Navin Nischol, 65, who died of a cardiac arrest on Saturday morning, was a product of the Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). The acting batch student ...See all stories on this topic »
Online ticket to final? Get ready for a checkHindustan TimesFollowing warnings of a possible terror threat to the ICC World Cup final to be played at the Wankhede stadium on April 2, the Mumbai police have decided to check the antecedents of spectators who will get tickets to the game from the ...See all stories on this topic »
Photos: Hugh Jackman Arrives in MumbaiDesi Hits!We already told you that Hollywood big shot Hugh Jackman was coming to town to attend the FICCI FRAMES 2011 film and media conference and now we have the pics of the Wolverine star landing at Mumbai airport! Bollywood megastar Shahrukh Khan is set to ...See all stories on this topic »
Sonia Gandhi is no Indira, says Bal ThackerayDaily News & AnalysisBy Alok Deshpande Place: Mumbai Agency: DNA Despite his son Uddhav being executive president of Shiv Sena and grandson Aditya the party youth wing's president, Sena chief Bal Thackeray has once again targeted Congress for promoting dynastic ...See all stories on this topic »
Defence ministry says land title not in its nameTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: In a new twist to the row over the ownership of a prime plot of land allotted to the scam-rocked Adarsh society, the defence ministry has submitted that it does not reflect in the military register. The ministry also said the title of the land ...See all stories on this topic »
Paramedical staff in civic hospitals in Mumbai on strikeNDTV.comPTI, Updated: March 24, 2011 14:37 IST Mumbai: As many as 10000 paramedical staff of 16 civic-run hospitals in the city went on a strike today. Paramedical personnel including nurses, ward boys, lab technicians, labourers and others from `peripheral' ...See all stories on this topic »
Decade sees 60% increase in Mumbai univ studentsTimes of IndiaMumbai: Here's a piece of good news: University of Mumbai registered a 60% increase in its student population in the last one decade from 3.42 lakh in 2001-02 to 5.49 lakh at present. The varsity also saw a 100% increase in the number of colleges ...See all stories on this topic »
New teams to track encounter witness in MumbaiDaily News & AnalysisBy Mustafa Plumber Place: Mumbai Agency: DNA The Navi Mumbai Police have formed two special teams to trace Anil Bheda, the missing prime witness in the alleged fake encounter case of Ramnarayan Gupta, officers on Monday told the Bombay high court. ...See all stories on this topic »
Publicis Group to acquire stake in WatermelonLivemintMumbai: Advertising conglomerate Publicis Groupe announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Mumbai-based advertising agency Watermelon Healthcare Communications Private Limited. Once the transaction is completed, the entity will ...See all stories on this topic »
Mumbai paedophilia case: Witness goes back on statement, says he had lied in courtDaily News & AnalysisBy Menka Rao Place: Mumbai Prosecution witness 2, 26-year-old Mihir Shinde (name changed) on Friday said that he lied before the trial court which convicted British nationals Duncan Grant and Allan Waters for paedophilia. ...See all stories on this topic »
Mumbai beats Delhi in per capita incomeTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: The per capita income (PCI) of the country's financial capital is a modest Rs 8000 more than that of the national capital. Mumbai's PCI for 2009-2010 stands at Rs 1.25 lakh, up Rs 15000 from Rs 1.10 lakh in 2008-09, according to the state ...See all stories on this topic »
DF's budget has little for MumbaiTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: For the second year running, Mumbai has got hardly anything substantial out of the state budget, except for a couple of tourism projects and announcements for infrastructure works that were already on the cards. The CCTV plan for city roads ...See all stories on this topic »
Sonjoy Chatterjee is Goldman India headTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: After building Goldman Sachs' India operations from scratch in March 2006, its country head L Brooks Entwistle is relocating to Singapore as the US-based bank's chairman and head of investment banking for Southeast Asia, media agencies reported ...See all stories on this topic »
Stamp duty on exchange transactions to impact volumes: KotakDaily News & AnalysisPlace: Mumbai Agency: PTI The Maharashtra government's decision to impose a 0.005% stamp duty on all transactions in stock and commodity exchanges is likely to have some impact on volumes, Kotak Mahindra Bank said on Thursday. ...See all stories on this topic »
Ramji told me he did Malegaon, used my motorcycle: PragyaIndian ExpressFormer ABVP activist and key terror accused Pragya Singh Thakur has told the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad that fellow radical Ramji Kalsangra was responsible for the September 29, 2008, Malegaon bomb blast which he executed using her motorcycle. ...See all stories on this topic »
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Mumbai Metro miles away from Ajit's finish lineTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: In between doling out crores to farmers and raining down taxes on others, state finance minister Ajit Pawar made one announcement in his budget speech on Wednesday that warmed the cockles of many a Mumbaikar's heart. ...See all stories on this topic »
Hasan Ali case: Enforcement Directorate quizzes Indian heads of foreign banksNDTV.comMumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today got fresh leads into the black money case involving Pune-based businessman Hasan Ali after he surrendered to the probe agency late on Thursday night. Armed with information following Mr Ali's ongoing ...See all stories on this topic »
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Temperature in Mumbai drops by 10 degrees in one weekDaily News & AnalysisBy Alok Deshpande Place: Mumbai Agency: DNA Last week on Wednesday, Mumbai registered the highest temperature for March in three decades when the mercury level reached 41.6 degrees centigrade. A week later on Wednesday, the mercury level has ...See all stories on this topic »
Pakistani court adjourns hearing in Mumbai case till March 26Daily News & AnalysisAn anti-terrorism court in Pakistan today put off till March 26 its ruling on a plea by prosecutors to declare Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving attacker involved in the 2008 Mumbai attack, and terror suspect Fahim Ansari as "proclaimed offenders" or ...See all stories on this topic »
Ugly cops banned from Mumbai World Cup final: reportsMonsters and Critics.comNew Delhi - Authorities in Mumbai have banned ugly policemen from duties at the final of the cricket World Cup scheduled at the city's Wankhede stadium, news reports said Thursday. Mumbai police chief Arup Patnaik had directed top officials that only ...See all stories on this topic »
