Mumbai rave party: Cops quiz mystery PR woman

Mumbai rave party: Cops quiz mystery PR woman Mumbai: The mystery woman who had arranged for cricketers Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell to be present during the rave party at Juhus Oakwood Premier hotel that was raided on Sunday, has been identified by cops. Ninety one people were detained during the police operation and the establishments director arrested. The woman, Namrata Kumar, who is a public relations representative, had got in touch with Parnell through one of his...
12:16 PM, May 25, 2012

Mumbai: Rave party busted; IPL players involved too

Mumbai: Rave party busted; IPL players involved too Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Sunday evening bust an alleged rave party at Oakwood Hotel in Juhu. The police claim to have recovered cocaine from the party. Over 80 people, including foreign nationals, have been detained and medical reports are awaited. The police sources said few IPL players may have been involved in the rave party as well. The police said only after the test reports they will be able to...
10:44 PM, May 20, 2012

Mumbai: Dubious aviation report to help builders

Mumbai: Dubious aviation report to help builders Mumbai: While the fate of a controversial study report by certain Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials " recommending shutting down a runway at Juhu aerodrome " rests with the Government of India, MiD DAY has learnt that certain developers attempted to use the information to gain additional height for their proposed projects in the upscale neighbourhood. MiD DAY had reported on Tuesday about the aviation safety department of AAI...
02:36 PM, May 16, 2012

Mumbai airport's runway safety report bogus?

Mumbai airport's runway safety report bogus? Mumbai: Even as aviation authorities are making a bid to revive the Juhu aerodrome, certain officials, it appears, are taxiing in the opposite direction. MiD DAY is in possession of documents that indicate an unholy nexus between some Airports Authority of India (AAI) bigwigs and the builders lobby, endeavouring to shut down one of the runways at the aerodrome for furtherance of building projects. The records suggest the officials attempted...
01:27 PM, May 15, 2012

SRK calls Kunder episode a 'Shakespearean farce'

SRK calls Kunder episode a 'Shakespearean farce' Mumbai: A day after Shah Rukh Khan is said to have roughed up the husband of his former best friend at a party thrown by actor Sanjay Dutt to celebrate the success of his film Agneepath, conflicting accounts are emerging from various eyewitnesses of what really happened at the posh Juhu lounge where many of Bollywood's A-listers were present. Both Shirish Kunder and Khan were nonchalant following the altercation. Khan...
02:38 PM, Jan 31, 2012

SRK calls Kunder episode a 'Shakespearean farce'

SRK calls Kunder episode a 'Shakespearean farce' Mumbai: A day after Shah Rukh Khan is said to have roughed up the husband of his former best friend at a party thrown by actor Sanjay Dutt to celebrate the success of his film Agneepath, conflicting accounts are emerging from various eyewitnesses of what really happened at the posh Juhu lounge where many of Bollywood's A-listers were present. Both Shirish Kunder and Khan were nonchalant following the altercation. Khan...
02:38 PM, Jan 31, 2012

How the fast will unfold

How the fast will unfold New Delhi: Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Manish Sisodia and Kumar Vishwas will be at Mumbai grounds while comrades Prashant Bhushan, Shanti Bhushan and Sanjay Singh will be in Delhi to carry out the agitation in Ramlila grounds. Anna will visit the Mahatma statue at Juhu beach in the morning and will then head over to temples to begin his fast before finally heading to MMRDA grounds in an...
10:01 AM, Dec 27, 2011

Anna pays tribute to Gandhi at Juhu, heads to MMRDA

Anna pays tribute to Gandhi at Juhu, heads to MMRDA Mumbai: Anti-corruption Anna Hazare headed for the MMRDA grounds in Mumbai in an open truck, accompanied by his team members, to begin his three-day fast after paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on Tuesday. He was shown black flags by protestors while he was on his way to Juhu on Tuesday morning. The convoy of Anna, on way to Mahatma Gandhi's statue on Juhu beach, was briefly stopped by around 20...
09:58 AM, Dec 27, 2011

Thousands march in Mumbai in support of Anna

Thousands march in Mumbai in support of Anna Mumbai: As Anna Hazare's fast in Delhi for a strong Lokpal Bill entered the sixth day on Sunday, massive support poured in for him in the metropolis, where thousands of people took out a march in show of solidarity for the Gandhian's anti-corruption movement. Thousands of Mumbaikars sporting the now famous 'I am Anna Hazare' caps gathered from across the city at suburban Bandra and took out a march till...
09:44 PM, Aug 21, 2011

No cause of concern over oil spill: Natarajan

No cause of concern over oil spill: Natarajan New Delhi: Ruling out any cause of concern over the oil spill from a sunk cargo vessel off the Mumbai coast, Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan today asked the pollution authority to lift samples of the slick. "I reviewed the matter with my officials in the ministry. At this point of time, we do not see a cause for concern," Natarajan told reporters outside Parliament. "We are are constantly monitoring...
02:13 PM, Aug 08, 2011

MV Rak oil spill: Damage visible on Juhu beach

MV Rak oil spill: Damage visible on Juhu beach Mumbai: Some tar balls could be seen at the Juhu beach on Monday, where the stranded MV Rak has recorded an oil spill, sending ecologists into a tizzy. Coast Guard sources have told CNN-IBN that the slick has been contained to an extent. The Coast Guard has been continuing with Operation 'Paryavaran Suraksha' to restrict the oil spill. A Chetak helicopter will also do a recce on Monday. So far,...
10:22 AM, Aug 08, 2011

Grounded Pavit exposes holes in coastal security

Grounded Pavit exposes holes in coastal security Mumbai: MT Pavit, a small ship mysteriously grounded at Mumbai's Versova Beach, has literally turned into a giant jigsaw puzzle for India's coastal security agencies. Having not even a blip on the security radar, while it was adrift towards Mumbai for a month, has left alarm bells ringing. The ship owner claimed Pavit had sunk off the Oman coast on June 29 due to water ingress in its engine room....
08:31 PM, Aug 04, 2011

Stranded ship sends security agencies into a tizzy

Stranded ship sends security agencies into a tizzy Mumbai: While MV Pavit, the oil tanker stranded at the Juhu beach in Mumbai, was out of Indian waters its crew had sent a distress message to Indian authorities, according to sources. Sources, however, added that after the tanker was reported sunk by the owner to the UK centre, the alert was lifted by Indian authorities. Locals claimed that they saw the ship near the shore on Saturday night, while...
10:25 AM, Aug 04, 2011

Mumbai: Navy Chief seeks report on stranded ship

Mumbai: Navy Chief seeks report on stranded ship New Delhi: The Indian Navy chief is concerned over how the second ship stranded at Juhu in Mumbai remained undetected by the Navy or the Coast Guard, when it drifted into Indian waters. In the first fallout of the MV Pavit incident Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma has sought a report to be completed at the earliest. The main points of reference in the report will be how the vessel...
07:40 AM, Aug 04, 2011

Mumbai: Locals fear oil spill from stranded ship

Mumbai: Locals fear oil spill from stranded ship Mumbai: There has still been no movement on MV Pavit, a Panama flagged oil tanker stranded in shallow waters near Juhu in Mumbai since Sunday. But fears are rising among residents of the possibility of oil spewing from the ship. The Director General of Shipping will send an emergency towing vessel to salvage the 999 ton ship. Coastguard Ship Amrutkaur has also been sent to initiate an investigation into the...
10:12 AM, Aug 02, 2011
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