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
Mumbai: As West Bengal battles the massive hooch tragedy, another possible tragedy was averted in Mumbai. Authorities recovered spurious liquor worth Rs 16 crore and seized fake bottles going by the names of big foreign brands. This time, as Mumbai gets set to ring in the new year, excise officials fear the city can see spurious liquor flooding the market due to the high taxes on liquor. Maharashtra's excise dept...
08:50 AM, Dec 16, 2011
Mumbai: After Kingfisher Airlines, Air India's accounts have been frozen for not paying service tax. Air India owes a total of Rs 150 crore in outstanding service tax to the Central Government. First banks, then vendors and now, the Service Tax Department of the Government, the action against ailing airlines Air India and Kingfisher is coming thick and fast from all sides. With various partners demanding to be paid, the...
11:56 PM, Dec 08, 2011
New Delhi: Air India's bank accounts have been frozen for not paying service tax. Sources say that the airline's accounts have been frozen by the Central Board of tax authorities for avoiding payment of service tax. The airline has to reportedly pay Rs 100 crore to clear the service tax. Sources add that Air India says the company will make some payment on Thursday, after which accounts will be de-freezed....
01:17 PM, Dec 08, 2011
Mumbai: From the violence to the exam centre, it was back to school for some 1200 party workers of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. All because party chief Raj Thackeray insists they need to pass this exam to be able to contest for the upcoming civic elections. Shirish Parker, MNS spokesperson, said, "Our chief Raj Thackeray thought of this idea to see what our party workers are up to. What is...
09:20 AM, Dec 07, 2011
Rajeev Kher, along with his brother Ranjit and friend Ulka, runs a business aimed at providing portable toilets to India's poorest. ...
02:29 PM, Dec 05, 2011
New Delhi: Kingfisher chairman Vijay Mallya has said he is in talks with an Indian investor to bail out Kingfisher Airlines. This even as Mumbai Airport authorities have put the airline on notice for not paying dues up to Rs 90 crore, threatening to disallow flights to Mumbai airport, if the airline does not abide by its terms of payment. The airline has started paying the airport daily as per...
10:43 PM, Dec 02, 2011
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