Three years on, lifer who jumped parole found with new name

MUMBAI: A murder convict, serving life term in a Nashik jail, jumped parole and went into hiding. His Kalbadevi-based family said he was HIV positive and had died. This excuse could not satisfy the Mumbai police, who finally traced the accused to aSatara...

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Only girl can decide nature of touch: HC

MUMBAI: The intention of an accused in a sexual assault case could be gauged only after hearing the victim's version, said the Bombay high court, declining relief to the owner of a popular chain of coaching classes in the city.A division bench of Justice...

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HC speeds up trial in Raheja family row

MUMBAI: The Bombay HC on Thursday framed two preliminary issues to be decided first in a suit filed by real estate magnate G L Raheja against his only son. The suit filed by the senior Raheja, over 80 years old, accuses his son Sandeep of trying to "usurp"...

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Bombay HC: Can a woman molest another?

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday questioned if a woman can be accused of outraging the modesty of another woman and sought the legal provisions for it.A division bench of justices Naresh Patil and V L Achliya was hearing a petition by a family...

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'Bad Man' Gulshan Grover urges forest minister to free elephant Sunder

MUMBAI: On behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, actor Gulshan Grover has sent an urgent letter to Maharashtra forest minister Patangrao Kadam, urging him to help ensure that the 14-year-old elephant Sunder is sent to a...

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Regularisation of slums — a ploy to fool slum voters?

MUMBAI: The state government's decision to extend the cut-off date to protect shanties (from 1995 to 2000) is a cynical ploy to fool slum voters and perpetrate a scam that has largely favoured private developers.The problem of housing has assumed alarming...

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Power shift: Consume less, shift from Reliance to Tata

MUMBAI: Congress MP and member of the party's working committee Gurudas Kamat has congratulated chief minister Prithviraj Chavan for accepting his demand to consumers who do not exceed 300 units of power consumption to shift from Reliance energy to Tata...

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Battery pit leak led to smoke in sub?

Mumbai/NEW DELHI: The mid-sea mishap on Wednesday took place when INS Sindhuratna had just begun its "sea workup phase" after undergoing a refit at the Mumbai dockyard from May to December last year.As part of the procedures, the Western Naval Command's...

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Mumbai Raj Bhavan gets ISO certification

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Raj Bhavan has been awarded an ISO certification. Maharashtra governor K Sankaranarayanan accepted the ISO 9001: 2008 certification from Mona Desai, Director of AGSI, an ISO certification company at Raj Bhavan.Vijay Muley of the Boon...

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Transfer policy for pre-1995 slums announced

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday announced the slum transfer policy in the legislature.The policy is applicable to only pre-1995 slums. Under this policy the slum structures that came up prior to January 1, 1995 will be...

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Vile Parle chowk to be named after 'Pu La'

MUMBAI: The Vile Parle MLA Krishna Hegde has given a proposal to the Mumbai municipal commissioner to name the junction of Hanuman Road (Near Parleshwar Temple) in the honour of the great Marathi writer and humorist Late Shri Purushottam Lakshman Deshpande,...

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Bombay high court rejects Sakshi Punjabi's plea of copyright infringement

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday granted no relief to a film writer who claimed that her copyright in the story was violated by the makers of Shaadi Ke Side Effects (SKSE). Sakshi Punjabi moved the high court against Shobaa Kapoor and others...

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Bombay HC to clarify in PIL on Mumbai varsity VC

MUMBAI: Bombay high court will clarify today if petitions challenging the appointment of Mumbai University vice chancellor Rajan Welukar will be heard afresh or will be restricted to a single question on his qualifications. A bench headed by chief justice...

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Mumbai Metro-III consensus eludes cabinet

MUMBAI: Mumbai's proposed Metro Rail-III ran into trouble at the cabinet meeting on Monday night as ministers and even bureaucrats sparred over sanctioning it. Sources said though the Rs 23,000-crore project has been cleared by the Centre and Prime Minister...

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Slum transfer policy to protect 4 lakh structures

MUMBAI: The state government will announce a transfer policy to provide immediate protection to four lakh slum structures, said sources. The policy will fast-track protection to slums as it does not require legislation."In slums where the 1995 cut-off...

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Ensure boards put up against sale of cigarettes outside schools, colleges : HC directs Maharashtra

MUMBAI: Bombay high court has directed the State Education Department to instruct all the educational institutions in Maharashtra to display boards outside its premises on the ban on sale of cigarettes and tobacco products within 100 yards of it. A...

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Maharashtra government in a fix over release date of Madhav Chitale committee report

MUMBAI: As the Madhav Chitale committee is all set to submit its report on the irrigation scam, the state government will find itself in a bind whether to release it or not before the elections.Chitale was appointed last year to probe the irregularities...

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Matang community demands separate reservation

MUMBAI: Members of the Matang community late Wednesday afternoon brought traffic on Madame Cama Road in South Mumbai to a halt for 30 minutes. Mantralaya and Vidhan Bhavan are both located on this road. There is a ban on morchas in this precinct.The...

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Assessment yet to begin 5 days after HSC exams started

MUMBAI: Five days after the HSC exams commenced, not a single answer sheet has been assessed. Students who are busy preparing and appearing for their exams are worried about the results.The education department has assured students that the results will...

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Land allotted to Congress MP returned, Maharashtra govt tells high court

MUMBAI: The state government told the Bombay high court that land allotted to Congress MP Rajiv Shukla's firm BAG Films Educational Society had been returned. But the society lawyer said they have returned it as the terms of the allotment were 'onerous'...

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Railway cops go on a wild-goose chase in techie murder case

MUMBAI: The railway crime branch sleuths last week thought they had almost solved software engineer Esther Anuhya's mysterious murder case, but their joy was short-lived.A railway informer last week claimed to have identified the man seen along with...

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HC to hear plea to transfer probe in builder's killing

MUMBAI: Bombay high court will hear a petition seeking transfer of probe in the killing of Navi Mumbai builder Sunil Lahoria on Tuesday. A division bench of Justice P V Hardas and Justice A S Gadkari will hear a public interest litigation by activist...

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Offices of polictal parties legal: Government tells HC

MUMBAI: State government on Monday told Bombay high court that offices of political parties like BJP and Janata Dal could not be demolished as they have existed at Nehru Garden near Mantralaya even before the Development Control Rules came into force...

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Station diary submitted to Bombay HC in builder's killing

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday was given the station diary in connection with the probe into the killing of Navi Mumbai builder Sunil Lahoria.A division bench of Justice P V Hardas and Justice A S Gadkari heard a public interest litigation...

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Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan inaugurates monorail in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavanon Saturday inaugurated the monorail in Mumbai.The country's first Monorail service is commencing operations after a delay of over two years. This new addition to the city's public transport system...

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Employee steals Rs 2.75cr gold from jewellery store in Mumbai

MUMBAI: A 22-year-old man, Pramod Bhati, employed with a jewellery store in Kurla (W), stole 10.5kg gold worth Rs 2.75 crore from the shop and fled.The incident took place on Thursday when Bhati stole the gold after changing the direction of the closed...

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Centre nod for Mumbai’s TB control plan

MUMBAI: The Centre on Friday gave the green light to upgrade BMC's tuberculosis-control programme in such a manner that extensively drug-resistant TB cases could be diagnosed within three months.Additional municipal commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar said...

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Junkies spread terror in south Mumbai lanes

MUMBAI: The roads and lanes of the Fort precinct, Marine Drive and Masjid Bunder have become a haven for drug addicts, who are a tribe that even cops tend to avoid confronting. The presence of junkies on footpaths and bus stops prompts people, especially...

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Mumbaikars invited to Chikoo Festival at Dahanu this weekend

MUMBAI: The Konkan fruit farmers of Dahanu are organising a colourful agro-tourism event, Chikoo Festival, on February 1 and 2 with the help of Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) and Kokan Bhumi Pratishtan."The Chikoo festival will be...

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Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan inaugurates Mumbai monorail

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavanon Saturday inaugurated the monorail in Mumbai.The country's first Monorail service is commencing operations after a delay of over two years. This new addition to the city's public transport system...

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