Mumbai: A defiant BCCI chief N Srinivasan said he cannot be "bulldozed" or forced to quit amid growing clamour for his resignation in the light of his son-in-law being arrested on charges of betting in Indian Premier League. Srinivasan, who landed in Mumbai on Friday afternoon where his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan is being produced in court, also said that the BCCI's rules will be followed strictly. "I have done nothing...
02:00:35 PM May 25, 2013
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, an alleged uterus removal racket to pocket the money under the Rajiv Gandhi Insurance Scheme has been busted in nine districts of Maharashtra. The racket was running in the nine district including Latur and Usmanabad. The racket came in light after a social organisation Tathapi did a study and alleged that several women has lost their uterus due to the racket. It is alleged that...
05:03:30 PM May 24, 2013
Nashik: A local court has remanded five bookies, arrested in connection with alleged betting on IPL matches, in police custody till May 25. The five bookies - Rajendra Savna, resident of Nashik Road, Sameer Mahindra Mantri, Praveen Bhutada, Ravindra Dhage and Pankaj Somani (all from Buldhana, Maharashtra) - were arrested from Nashik road on Wednesday night while they were allegedly betting on the IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers...
01:00:15 PM May 24, 2013
Thane: The Thane city police arrested a doctor from a hospital on Wednesday for allegedly molesting a patient, the police said on Thursday. Sub-inspector AP Daundkar of the Naupada police station told PTI on Thursday that the patient, a 45-year-old housewife, had got herself admitted to the Sahayog Hospital in the Naupada locality. Allegedly, on Tuesday when nurses had left for the day, the accused who was on the night...
01:46:20 AM May 24, 2013
Nashik: Five persons were arrested for allegedly betting on the IPL matches during a raid at a bungalow in Nashik, the police said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the Sai Palace bungalow in the city on Wednesday night and arrested the five bookies, Assistant Commissioner of Police Pankaj Rahane said. Ten mobile phones, a laptop and other betting related material were also seized from the place,...
02:35:03 PM May 23, 2013
Mumbai: A 27-year-old woman allegedly hanged herself while her husband watched with horror through a laptop webcam in Mumbai. The woman was chatting with her husband and had an argument after the parents of the man allegedly forced him to call off their wedding. The man, the police say, frantically called the woman's family members but it was too late before anybody could reach the house. She was declared dead...
09:23:36 AM May 23, 2013
Pune: The new identity for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt from Wednesday is prisoner number 16656 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune where he was shifted from Mumbai's Arthur Road Prison following his surrender before a TADA court. Dutt, whose conviction in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case was upheld by the Supreme Court in March 2013, was brought to Yerwada Jail at the crack of dawn on Wednesday. He is lodged...
11:01:38 PM May 22, 2013
New Delhi: Four people have been named in the 2008 Malegaon blast chargesheet filed in a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai on Wednesday. The four accused named in the chargesheet are Rajender Chaudhary, Dhan Singh, Manohar Narwaria and Ramji Kalsangra, who is still absconding. But the chargesheet does not name Swami Aseemanand, Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit or any other Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh functionary. While the investigators...
03:15:53 PM May 22, 2013
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Mumbai and invited the neighbouring country's industrialists to invest in the state. "During the meeting, the Chinese Prime Minister evinced keen interest in investing in the infrastructure and pharmaceutical sectors in the state," an official spokesperson said after the meeting. Li sought information from Chavan on Maharashtra government's efforts to develop Mumbai as a global city,...
03:31:03 AM May 22, 2013
Mumbai Police Joint Commissioner Himanshu Roy said that Alpesh Patel could help them find more links between the players and the bookies. ...
07:11:18 PM May 21, 2013
Mumbai: Section of traders in Maharashtra on Monday night agreed to call off their prolonged agitation protest against the Local Body Tax (LBT) after a meeting with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan here. Chavan held lengthy discussions with traders, which ended late on Monday evening, after which some of the participants at the meeting announced that the traders would be calling off the stir. "Traders in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Navi Mumbai...
10:10:46 AM May 21, 2013
Mumbai: After more than three weeks, Mumbai traders on Monday called off their strike against Local Boy Tax (LBT). The strike was called off after a meeting took place between Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and protesters. All shops will be opened on Tuesday. Traders, wholesalers and manufacturers launched an indefinite strike against the Maharashtra government's LBT which replaces octroi. Chavan held lengthy discussions with traders, which ended late on Monday...
11:13:17 PM May 20, 2013
Mumbai: Zaibunnisa Kazi, an accused in the 1993 Bombay blast case, on Monday surrendered in a Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (TADA) court in Mumbai. Her daughter last week had filed an application to seek an extension on medical grounds. The 74-year-old has maintained that she has done nothing wrong, and has demanded a re-investigation into her role in the case. "I am innocent. I plead the government to give me...
03:40:13 PM May 20, 2013
Mumbai: A 23-year-old youth was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing his elder brother by stabbing him over 12 times. According to Mulund Police, the deceased Udayraj Yadav (25) was a college dropout who used to "beat his family members including his father Hiralal (56)". On Saturday, the accused Vinay Yadav returned home from work and had an argument with Udayraj over timing of dinner. Udayraj slapped Vinay and in...
01:54:31 AM May 20, 2013
Mumbai: City police registered a case of theft after diamonds worth Rs 3.91 crore that were to be exported to Belgium went missing from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. According to the complaint, filed with Sahar Police, the complainant, who happens to be the employee of a diamond trading firm, sent a consignment containing 24 packets of diamonds to Belgium by air cargo on May 16. The representative of the Belgium-based...
11:22:41 PM May 19, 2013
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