Three teams searching for the X-ray technician

MUMBAI: Three teams formed by the Mulund police have been sent to Nashik, Igatpuri and Kanjurmarg in search of a 28-year-old X-ray technician for allegedly filming a 26-year-old homemaker on Wednesday.The incident occurred at around 9.30pm when the victim...

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X-ray technician found secretly filming woman patient

MUMBAI: Three teams formed by the Mulund police have been sent to Nashik, Igatpuri and Kanjurmarg in search of a 28-year-old X-ray technician for allegedly filming a 26-year-old homemaker on Wednesday.The incident occurred at around 9.30pm when the victim...

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Hotel cleaner held for obscene

MUMBAI: A 28-year-old cleaner of a renowned restaurant was arrested for being obscene in a birthday party attended by over 100 guests in the restaurant in Kurla (West) on Wednesday. Orissa resident Pranab Rawat could be the first one to get arrested...

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Power sector needs major changes, say experts

AHMEDABAD: Impact of gas pricing and coal pricing mechanism on Indian power sector was one of the few issues which were discussed at the second 'Power Sector India Roundtable' held at School of Petroleum Management in Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University...

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Monetizing gold will help economy recover, says commerce minister

MUMBAI: Semantics aside, the prospect of India mortgaging her gold reserves to curb current account deficit is a step closer to reality.Commerce minister Anand Sharma has reiterated that "even if India considers monetizing a part of its declared gold...

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After getting rapped for poor security, BMC tightens its systems

MUMBAI: A week after facing criticism for not detecting weapons and fake bombs being carried by anti-terrorism squad (ATS) officials and letting them the enter civic headquarters, the security team of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) tightened...

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Man picked up for Dabholkar murder released

MUMBAI: The Pune police on Thursday released SanathanPrabhat activist SandeepShinde who was picked up from Goa in connection with the murder of rationalist NarendraDabholkar."He was not arrested but picked up for seeking information on the murder of...

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Man picked up for Narendra Dabholkar murder released

MUMBAI: The Pune police on Thursday released SanathanPrabhat activist SandeepShinde who was picked up from Goa in connection with the murder of rationalist NarendraDabholkar."He was not arrested but picked up for seeking information on the murder of...

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HC to hear PIL on toll collection on incomplete roads

MUMBAI: Bombay high court is slated to hear a public interest litigation on Friday against toll on incomplete and bad roads. The State government is expected to tell the court what progress to put in place a regulatory mechanism. A division bench of...

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Secretary to remain present after HC issues contempt of court notice

MUMBAI: The principal secretary (Consumer Protection) will remain present before the Bombay high court on Friday to respond to its show cause notice for not taking the court's orders seriously and failing to present a concrete scheme to lay down norms...

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Bombay HC upholds conviction of talathi in bribe case

MUMBAI: Eleven years after a Sangli based talathi was caught red handed receiving bribe of Rs 250 to transfer names in property related documents, the Bombay high court has upheld his conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act and has ordered...

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Portrait by Raja Ravi Varma to be auctioned in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Portraits by Raja Ravi Varma, silver umbrellas, ceremonial spears and desks from royal Indian collections will be auctioned by Pundoles in Mumbai on September 3-4.Raja Ravi Varma's portrait of Seth Lachman Das is expected to fetch Rs 30 lakh...

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Teen rapes neighbour's minor daughter

MUMBAI: A 19-year-old has been arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping his neighbour's eight-year-old daughter in a slum locality at Azad Nagar in Ghatkopar (West). The matter was observed by the minor girl's mother four days after the offence occurred,...

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Minor girl attacked

MUMBAI: An unidentified man attacked a 13-year-old girl with a sharp object when she stepped out of her home early on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred in a narrow bylane of Mukund Nagar locality in Dharavi at 5.45pm, said the police. Victim Shivani...

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BMC employee jumps from seventh floor died

MUMBAI: A 30-year-old man ended his life jumping the seventh floor of his office in Ghatkopar (East) on Wednesday. Deceased Vikrant Kamble, employed as peon with at the office of BMC assistant superintendent of markets, eastern suburbs, office was depressed...

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Maharashtra government to soon launch scheme for girl child

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government will soon table an insurance scheme under which the girl child, born in below poverty line families, will get Rs 1 lakh for education on turning 18.Mooted by Women and Child Development Ministry, the scheme Sukanya...

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FIR lodged five days after card fraud

MUMBAI: The NM Joshi police lodged an FIR in the Rs25,000 card fraud that occurred on last Friday. The case was registered after the victim Tushar Ambre ran around two police stations to register the complaint. Ambre, who lost Rs25,000 in an ATM fraud,...

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Action director Tinu Verma arrested for attacking stepbrother

MUMBAI: Bollywood action director Tinu Verma was on Thursday arrested for allegedly attacking his stepbrother over a property dispute, police said."Tinu Verma was arrested at about 3.00am today from his hideout in the city," S D Dafle, senior inspector...

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Woman hit on head at Goregaon station says it was an accident

MUMBAI: A 28-year-old woman, who had sustained injuries to her forehead at Goregaon station on Monday, has told the GRP that she was not attacked and that the wound was accidental.Rupali Shinde was waiting to board a Virar-bound local when the incident...

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Onion festoons at dahi handi to focus on inflation

MUMBAI: A spectacular dahi handi competition between Spanish castellers and local govindas at the Gateway of India waterfront will kickstart Janmashtami celebrations in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon. Thursday will see a colourful line-up of events including...

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Police nab 25 train stuntmen

MUMBAI: Twenty-five people, 13 of them minors, were nabbed by the Mumbai Central GRP on Tuesday for performing stunts on train. The group was returning after a visit to Siddhivinayak temple. The drive was conducted between Mumbai Central and Mahim stations...

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Youth stabbed in Nalasopara

MUMBAI: A Nalasopara youth was stabbed by two youngsters when he accidentally brushed past them. Kundan Gupta (22) was walking to his Nagindas Pada home in Nalasopara (east) when his hand hit Ganesh Kirkira (22) and Kamlesh Yadav (20) on Monday at around...

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'Real Estate Regulation and Development Bill 2013 a positive step'

MUMBAI: The National Real Estate Developers' Council (NAREDCO) wants rules and regulations governing real estate sector to be rationalised. It said large portion of the inconsistencies emerge from archaic laws, guidelines that conflict with the development...

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Tribals from Thane to get information on their land through RTI

MUMBAI: Nearly 6,000 tribals from various talukas in Thane district can finally hope to get information on their land. On Tuesday, the state chief information commissioner ordered that all information be provided to RTI applications filed by 10 tribals...

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Amboli double murder case to be heard this week

MUMBAI: A sessions court will continue to hear a witness in the Amboli double murder case on this week. Keenan Santos (24) and Reuben Fernandez (29) were stabbed after a scuffle near a paan shop in Amboli, Andheri (W), on October 20, 2011. Accused Jitendra...

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Court to hear Mookhey's husband and in-laws ABA

MUMBAI: A session court will hear the anticipatory bail application of the husband and in laws of former beauty queen Yukta Mookhey who were granted interim relief. The court granted relief to Mookhey's husband Prince Tuli, father-in-law Bacchiter Singh...

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Trial in Pallavi Purkayastha murder case to continue this week

MUMBAI: A special court will continue to hear the 2012 Pallavi Purkayastha murder case this week. On August 9, last year legal advisor Pallavi Purkayastha (25) was found dead by her live-in partner, Avik Sengupta, at their flat in Wadala's Himalayan...

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Court to hear train blasts case

MUMBAI: A special MCOCA court will continue to hear a defence witness in the 2006 Mumbai serial train blasts case on Monday. The defence witnesses followed after the accused submitted their written statements under section 313 of the CrPC. In their...

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Bridge on middle Vaitarna dam ready, BMC to fill the dam to its full capacity

MUMBAI: After delay of over two years, the Public Works Department (PWD) has almost completed the work of the bridge on the Middle Vaitarna Dam making way for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to fill the dam. In a letter written by the PWD...

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BMC to hand over cleaning to beaches to the ward offices

MUMBAI: With complaints of garbage and filth on city beaches increasing, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to take away beach cleanliness works from the solid waste management (SWM) department and allocate it to the civic ward...

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'Fleet taxi more viable than driving a personal car'

MUMBAI: Fleetcab operator TabCab recently conducted a survey wherein it found that using a fleet taxi over private car was more "viable and economical."Prasenjeet Bagchi of TabCab said, "There is a sizeable number of cars on-road that ply daily. With...

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Western Railway rail block during midnight, no block on Sunday

MUMBAI: There will be no rail block on the Western Railway this Sunday. However, officials said that a jumbo block will be carried out from Saturday midnight. Said WR chief spokesperson Sharat Chandrayan, "We have planned a rail block on the WR at the...

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Rail block on Harbour line on Sunday may delay services

MUMBAI: There will be a rail block on the up Harbour line between Kurla and CST and on the up and down Harbour lines between Vadala road and Mahim stations from 11.30 am to 3.30 pm on Sunday. Officials said that the down Harbour line services to Bandra/Andheri...

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RTO demands reply for suspension notice on driving school

MUMBAI : The Andheri RTO has sought reply from a driving school in Kandivli in connection with a suspension notice served to the latter for "threatening" officials recently.Deputy RTO Bharat Kalaskar said, "A representative from the driving school along...

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Mumbai gang rape: Kin of accused claims he is minor, police disagree

MUMBAI: The family of the first accused arrested in the gang rape of a young photojournalist here today said he is a minor, a claim, if found true, could see him escape a stringent prison sentence and spend just three years at a correctional facility.Sarnabai,...

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Rape not the end of life, want to join duty, Mumbai gang-rape victim says

MUMBAI: "Rape is not the end of life. I want strictest punishment for all the accused and want to join duty as early as possible".This is the message the young photojournalist has sent out from her hospital bed to people who feel outraged at her gangrape...

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Mumbai gang-rape case: Accused to be tried in fast track court, police commissioner says

MUMBAI: City police commissioner Satya Pal Singh on Friday said the trial against the five accused, who gang-raped a photo journalist, will take place in a fast track court.The girl, who was reportedly on an assignment for photoshoot at Shakti Mills...

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Mumbai gang-raped journalist undergoes surgery, stable

MUMBAI: The woman photojournalist who was brutally gang-raped on Thursday underwent surgery on Friday, said a spokesperson for the Jaslok Hospital where she was admitted.The victim, who was gang-raped in the deserted Shakti Mills compound in Mahalaxmi...

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In Mumbai, gang-raped journalist undergoes surgery, stable

MUMBAI: The woman photojournalist who was brutally gang-raped on Thursday underwent surgery on Friday, said a spokesperson for the Jaslok Hospital where she was admitted.The victim, who was gang-raped in the deserted Shakti Mills compound in Mahalaxmi...

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Citizens' groups express solidarity with Mumbai gang rape survivor

MUMBAI: The gang rape of a 22-year-old photojournalist from Mumbai has evoked strong reactions from citizens' groups across Mumbai which demanded an overhaul in the approach towards violence against women. "The casual and insensitive approach to a range...

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Dabholkar killing probe heading in right direction: Patil

MUMBAI: The probe in the murder case of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar is heading in the right direction, Maharashtra home minister R R Patil said here on Friday."Investigation into the Dabholkar murder case is on the right track. The case will be...

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Govt to bring in amendment to regulate medical devices soon

MUMBAI: The government has decided to regulate medical devices, even as it plans to roll out free diagnostic services at public health centres soon. At present, there are no specific guidelines specifying standards for medical devices.""An amendment...

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Fire breaks out in Nariman Point highrise

MUMBAI: A fire broke out at the 15th floor of a commercial highrise in Nariman Point on Wednesday evening. An entire office in the 17-storey Earnest House building at NCPA Marg was destroyed in the fire that lasted for nearly 45 minutes.Fire brigade...

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Misuse of night shelters irks Mira-Bhayander civic leaders, demands its shut down

MUMBAI: Following the suicide of a civil engineer and small time film producer in a municipal night shelter at Kashimira, civic leaders have demanded shutting down the shelters in the Mira-Bhayander region. The body of Ashok Mewad (40), a resident of...

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MNS leader arrested for locking Manor rural hospital

MUMBAI: The Manor police arrested the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leaders for forcibly locking the rural health centre to protest against lack of doctors and medical staff last month.The Manor unit of the MNS had on July 30 locked the Manor rural...

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Mumbai: MNS leader arrested for locking Manor rural hospital

MUMBAI: The Manor police arrested the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leaders for forcibly locking the rural health centre to protest against lack of doctors and medical staff last month.The Manor unit of the MNS had on July 30 locked the Manor rural...

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Anti-bill forces responsible for Narendra Dabholkar's killing: CM

MUMBAI: Blaming opponents of the anti-superstition bill for the killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has said organisations behind such acts should be be isolated and their activities stopped.Amid spontaneous...

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HC to hear PIL for water Vasai-Virar villages

MUMBAI: Bombay high court is slated to hear on Friday will hear a public interest litigation for direction to the State government to complete its scheme to supply water through pipelines to 69 villages in Vasai and Virar municipal areas. A division...

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Businessman faces trial over false evidence in Mumbai

MUMBAI: A metropolitan magistrate has ordered prosecution of a businessman for providing false evidence in the court in a cheating and fraud case.The court said prima facie evidence exists to prosecute Rajesh Nair, former managing director of Sigrun...

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Leptospirosis claims 2 lives in 10 days

MUMBAI: After lying dormant for most of monsoon, leptospirosis claimed two lives over the last ten days. Hospital outpatient departments have also been witnessing a sudden surge in leptospirosis cases though civic records suggest that only five people...

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Mumbai: Leptospirosis claims 2 lives in 10 days

MUMBAI: After lying dormant for most of monsoon, leptospirosis claimed two lives over the last ten days. Hospital outpatient departments have also been witnessing a sudden surge in leptospirosis cases though civic records suggest that only five people...

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Mumbai: HC nixes auto union’s 3-day strike plan

MUMBAI: Faced with the possibility of an injunction from the Bombay high court over its proposed 3-day auto strike from August 22 for a fare hike, the Sharad Rao-led Mumbai Autorickshawmen's Union beat a hasty retreat on Tuesday and withdrew its plans.A...

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New law to regulate private colleges in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: Nearly a decade after the Supreme Court verdict, the Congress-NCP government is all set to bring in a comprehensive legislation to regulate admissions and fees in private medical and engineering colleges from the 2013-14 academic session.In the...

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BJP against screening of 'Madras Cafe' in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Opposing screening of 'Madras Cafe', in Mumbai for allegedly portraying the outlawed LTTE in bad light, the BJP on Wednesday warned that its activists would take to streets if the film was screened."The film with John Abraham in leading role,...

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​Train mugging case: Cops grill 28 men but culprit at large

MUMBAI: A day after an American national was mugged on a running Western Railway local, Government Railway Police (GRP) rounded up 28 suspects for interrogation but failed to make any breakthrough. The police also released an identity sketch that has...

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​Probe finds cop sought bribe from kin of oil-attack accused

MUMBAI: A departmental probe has found a policeman guilty of extorting money from the family of a youth accused of throwing hot oil on a woman's face.The family of Ajit Talreja (26), who threw hot oil on a 21-year-old nurse last month, had complained...

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​Dadar GRP constable suspended for extorting money from techie

MUMBAI: The GRP commissioner suspended a Dadar railway constable on Monday, a day after TOI reported how cops extorted money from a software professional. The constable, A B Khillare, and two of his colleagues took Rs 7,000 from Sumant Pradhan, after...

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​Girl population falls across Mumbai, experts blame sex selection

MUMBAI: The city has undergone a sea change in recent years but its societal attitudes have stubbornly stayed the same. A ward-level analysis of the latest Census data reveals that 20 of Mumbai's 24 municipal wards experienced a decline in child sex...

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Riches to rags: Ex-editor Sunita Naik offered shelter by Mumbai couple

MUMBAI: Sixty-five-year-old Sunita Naik, former editor of Marathi magazine 'Grihalaxmi', who was living on the pavement outside a local gurdwara here for the past two months, has been offered shelter by a couple."I no longer live on the footpath, outside...

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Riches to rags: Ex-editor offered shelter by Mumbai couple

MUMBAI: Sixty-five-year-old Sunita Naik, former editor of Marathi magazine 'Grihalaxmi', who was living on the pavement outside a local gurdwara here for the past two months, has been offered shelter by a couple."I no longer live on the footpath, outside...

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Cancer patients forced to camp in Mumbai street

MUMBAI: With just a patchwork of colourful plastic sheets to shield patients from the heavy monsoon rains, a Mumbai street acts as an unofficial ward to one of India's top cancer treatment centres.Every year, the Tata Memorial Hospital draws tens of...

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Cancer patients forced to camp on Mumbai street

MUMBAI: With just a patchwork of colourful plastic sheets to shield patients from the heavy monsoon rains, a Mumbai street acts as an unofficial ward to one of India's top cancer treatment centres.Every year, the Tata Memorial Hospital draws tens of...

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