Bangalore/Mumbai: The International Society for Krishna consciousness, better known as ISKCON, is in the throes of controversy. Members are battling a host of serious charges, the most recent ones includes fraud and criminal conspiracy. ISKCON, arguably India's biggest exporter of Lord Krishna to the western world, is struggling to keep its spiritual identity intact as scandal, corruption, and infighting threaten to tear its foundations apart. The ISKCON newsletter - with...
08:43 AM, Apr 28, 2012
Mumbai: Power shortage of 1500 to 2000 MW of electricity in Maharashtra is taking a toll on the industries across the state, especially in the auto hub of Pune. One of Asia's largest auto hubs in Pimpri Chinchwad near Pune, a thriving industrial district is let down by one basic problem - power. This plant using high-tension electricity to melt copper and brass to make engine parts for auto majors...
09:21 AM, Apr 19, 2012
The engineers and pilots warned the management that if they are not assured that all their pending dues including salaries would be paid by April 20 then they would strike work from Tuesday. ...
10:56 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Kingfisher flights have been cancelled across India as pilots stayed away from work over non payment of their salaries. ...
04:08 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Mumbai: As Kingfisher hits rough weather, it isn't getting any easier for other members of the exclusive club in the Indian skies. The country's six domestic passenger airlines are all fighting for survival and a short-staffed Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) fears financial stress among them could compromise passenger safety. The financial audit report of the regulatory body that concluded just last month says all airlines were slammed for...
08:06 AM, Feb 21, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai on Thursday failed the ballot box test with only 46 per cent of Mumbaikars turning out to elect the people to run the maximum city. Mumbai's movers and shakers refused to budge on election day. At last count, a dismal 28 per cent of people from SoBo, as south Mumbai is fashionably called, turned out to vote. It's been billed as the mini assembly election in Maharashtra. Elections...
09:22 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Mumbai: As political parties battle it out to capture the control of Mumbai's civic administration, the city's neglected waterfronts are back on priority, being poised for a makeover. But the question is whether plans to transform the island's coast's will ever become a reality. The world's biggest cities including New York, London, Sydney and Tokyo are often defined by their popular waterfronts. Mumbai's 60-km long coastline on the other hand...
01:56 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Pune: The bus driver from Pune went on a reckless rampage through the city's busy streets killing 9 people and injuring 27, has been sent to police custody till February 3. The question, however, remains as to what exactly caused Santosh Mane to go berserk. Driving on the wrong side of the road, the state transport bus driver rammed into over 40 vehicles, mowing down everyone in his path before...
07:28 PM, Jan 26, 2012
Pune: A bus driver ran berserk in Pune on Wednesday morning, driving his vehicle in almost a murderous rage running over pedestrians, school children, morning joggers. The rampage went on for almost an hour before the man could be overpowered and arrested. Nine people lost their lives in this mindless act and 27 others were injured. Morning joggers and office goers flung little school children out of the way as...
08:13 PM, Jan 25, 2012
The survivors of the Italy boat capsize and their family members speak about their ordeal. ...
09:20 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai's 84-year old Prabha Pense has been playing matchmaker for the differently abled for the last 22 years. In the case of Prabha Pense, a resident of Mumbai's Shivaji Park, one is never too old to play cupid. The octogenarian plays matchmaker to singles and all are differently abled. Pense, a former teacher for hearing impaired children, has brought lonely singletons together for the past 22 years, running a...
09:05 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai's municipal schools are in a dismal state. An RTI obtained by CNN-IBN reveals a high dropout rate, a dearth of teachers, and rampant mismanagement, which are just some of the problems plaguing the system. The elections to control the country's richest civic corporation Brihan Mumbai Corporation (BMC), are just a month away, but questions raised about municipal education in Mumbai have thrown up disturbing answers. The BMC's own...
08:50 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Mumbai: Kiran Nagarkar, best known for his seminal English novel, 'Ravan and Eddie', is out with a sequel called 'The Extras', once again starring Ravan Pawar and Eddie Coutinho. But there is cause for concern. The reclusive author feels that writers in India fear breaking new literary ground now because of political intolerance. 17 years after Kiran Nagarkar first published a riveting tale about two now-iconic literary figures Ravan and...
09:22 AM, Jan 16, 2012
Mumbai: Anna Hazare, the crusader who gave many sleepless nights to the UPA government and politicians, on Wednesday ended his Mumbai fast in two days. After riding the crest of popularity in August, Anna, who reveled in the media glare struggled to take some tough questions on low turnout and political leaning that came his way. Team Anna even put up some vague defence on why it could not get...
09:29 PM, Dec 28, 2011
Mumbai: The black flags that greeted Anna Hazare on Tuesday on the way to MMRDA ground were perhaps an indication of the lackluster support that awaited him. Team Anna had expected at least one lakh people on day One but only about 7,000 turned up. Team Anna member Kiran Bedi said, "People came on the roads, they are watching us on the television that is also support for us." Social...
06:32 AM, Dec 28, 2011
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