Mumbai: Mumbai's crumbling infrastructure is best exemplified by the city's potholed roads. An RTI filed by CNN-IBN reveals how Rs 60 crore were spent last year alone. This is double the budgeted expense to smoothen the roads, and it's the taxpayers' money that has gone down many potholes. Despite allegations of irregularities and kickbacks not a single contractor has been blacklisted. Minimal fines are being imposed for shoddy work and...
10:05 AM, Feb 14, 2012
Three days before the crucial Mumbai corporation elections, Bal Thackeray in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN slams Sharad Pawar and Prithviraj Chavan for saying the Shiv Sena is on the decline. ...
12:07 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray on Sunday doesn't rule out accepting estranged nephew Raj Thackeray back in the party but says Raj will need to take the first step. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Thackeray also touched upon many issues. Thackeray also admitted that Raj's exit has resulted in a split in the Marathi vote bank. He also added that a split in the Marathi vote bank is bound to...
06:58 PM, Feb 12, 2012
A RTI filed by CNN-IBN reveals Rs 60 crore meant to fix the Mumbai's potholes has gone down the drain. ...
02:50 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Pune: A clash broke out between army officers from the College of Military Engineering and traffic policemen in Pune on Tuesday night. According to the police, constables were roughed up and civilians and media personnel were also assaulted. The army also ordered an inquiry into the incident. The clashes broke out reportedly after traffic policemen apprehended two College of Military Engineering officers for a traffic violation. Following this, nearly 30...
07:59 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Russel Rebello of Mumbai is the only Indian missing after a cruise ship capsized off the coast of Italy on Friday killing 11. ...
09:47 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Mumbai: The 2012 Mumbai civic body election is being seen as a do-or-die election for the Shiv Sena and its executive president Uddhav Thackeray. With the Sena-BJP combine worried about the MNS factor, the question is - will tying up with the pro-Dalit RPI help bail out the Sena? With the Congress and NCP announcing an alliance for the Mumbai corporation polls for the first time, the Shiv Sena-BJP combine...
04:21 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Pune: Anuj Bidve's friends and family paid their final tribute and cremated him in Pune on Saturday. But their fight for justice, they say, will continue for their son, an innocent 23-year-old, who was shot dead in UK on Boxing Day. Anuj's friends and family paid their last tribute to him on Saturday after his body was brought back to India from the UK where he was shot dead in...
07:33 AM, Jan 08, 2012
Bidve's parents visited the spot where he was shot dead, in Salford, on Friday. His father has appealed for justice. ...
05:30 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Showing black flags to the prime minister was the people's own reaction, Team Anna member Shazia Ilmi said. ...
07:14 PM, Jan 01, 2012
Mumbai: A day ahead of his three-day fast for a strong Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare has upped the ante against the UPA Government and has threatened to protest outside Congress President Sonia Gandhi's house from December 30 saying the Government has taken a U-turn on its promises. Describing the Lokpal Bill draft a very weak one, Hazare on December 22 challenged Sonia Gandhi to a public debate on it to...
08:26 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Mumbai: Work is on at a hectic pace at Mumbai's MMRDA grounds, where Anna Hazare will lead a three-day fast for the Lokpal Bill starting on Tuesday. Workers have been working hard to make the MMRDA ground in the Bandra-Kurla complex ready for the fast. The police personnel have conducted a recce and fire officials have also conducted an inspection at the venue. The Maharashtra government has deployed 2000 police...
07:41 AM, Dec 26, 2011
on this episode we discuss how technology can enhance the learning experience for students. ...
11:12 PM, Dec 24, 2011
Pune: MBA aspirants writing the SNAP MBA exam for admission to Symbiosis institutes in Pune have alleged errors and irregularities in the competitive exam. Students have alleged that the institute ties up with coaching centres giving their students an unfair advantage. The institute though has rejected these allegations saying students are disgruntled because the paper was tougher than previous years. But many aspirants like Rohith Castellino who took the SNAP...
06:10 AM, Dec 22, 2011
Mumbai: It is phase two of the Municipal Council polls in Maharashtra on Wednesday. But it is being seen as a token phase since Sharad Pawar's NCP virtually swept the polls in the first phase itself. What is bigger is that Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign seems to have had no effect on the polls. It was a special birthday gift for NCP President Sharad Pawar as his party virtually swept...
11:41 AM, Dec 14, 2011
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