Television doyenne and film producer Ekta Kapoor's residence and office were raided by team of about 100 Income Tax officials in Mumbai. ...
04:12 PM, May 01, 2013
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan inaugurated on Wednesday the first trial run of Mumbai's ambitious mass transit project, the Mumbai Metro. The trial run took place on the the first phase of the metro covering a 2 km stretch between Versova and Azad Nagar in Adheri. This was a part of the 11.4 kilometre long line on the Versova-Adheri-Ghatkopar corridor. The line will connect the eastern and the western...
11:25 AM, May 01, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai's ambitious mass transit project - the Mumbai Metro - will have its first trial run on Wednesday and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will be one of its first commuters. The project, which is a tie up between Reliance Infra and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), was started in February 2008 to augment the overburdened local service of the railways. The first phase of the metro will run...
08:19 AM, May 01, 2013
Hyderabad: After two back-to-back losses, Sunrisers Hyderabad face another difficult task when they take on the in-form Mumbai Indians in game 43 of IPL 6 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. With two teams battling for the play-off spot expect it to be a thriller of a contest. Mumbai have 12 points from nine matches, while Hyderabad are on 10 from nine games. Batting is one of...
04:44 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Mumbai: Their "fortress" was almost breached by a spirited Kings XI Punjab and relieved to have avoided the debacle by a narrow margin, Mumbai Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said his team would now focus on making their home ground a den where oppositions would be scared to play in the IPL. "Home games are very important because you don't know what you are going to get outside. You have to...
12:35 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Mumbai: Income Tax officials are conducting raids at Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms office in Mumbai. The raids are also being conducted at producer Ekta Kapoor's residence as well as her father Jeetendra and brother Tushaar Kapoor residences. Tax evasion by the production house is the reason suspected behind the search and seizure operation of the the I-T wing. Around 100 officials of the Income Tax Department carried out search operations...
10:34 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan was on Monday exempted from appearance in the 2002 hit-and-run case by a sessions court following request by his counsel Ashok Mundargi. Sessions judge UB Hejib adjourned the matter to May 8, 2013. On that day, the court would also hear the 47-year-old actor's appeal against the order of the magistrate invoking charge of 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder' (section 304 part II IPC) in...
01:24 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Mumbai: The most expensive final over in the history of the IPL proved decisive for Kings XI Punjab's replacement captain David Hussey, who opted to bowl it and conceded 27 runs to his rival number, Rohit Sharma. From 147 for 3, Mumbai Indians were boosted to 174 as Rohit smacked Hussey for three sixes and two fours to finish not out on 79 off just 39 deliveries. That onslaught ultimately...
12:01 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Live updates from Game 41 of IPL 6 between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Upbeat after a morale-lifting victory over table-toppers Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians will look for an easy ride when they will take on Kings XI Punjab. On the other hand, the Adam Gilchrist-led team are coming into the game after being outsmarted by defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders...
06:58 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Hotels and restaurants across the country are on a one-day token strike to protest against what they call excessive taxation announced in the Union Budget. ...
05:32 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan's plea in the 2002 hit-and-run case is up for a hearing at the Sessions Court in Mumbai. His petition challenging the Magistrate court's order which said there is enough evidence against the actor will come up for hearing on Monday. In September 2002, Salman's SUV had run over people sleeping on a pavement in suburban Bandra, killing one and seriously injuring four others. ...
01:42 PM, Apr 29, 2013
There was a time in the history of Hindi cinema when the singer was the song, when the persona of the singer did not exist; ...
01:42 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Mumbai: Fed up with domestic violence, the wife of Mumbai Police officer Nandkishor Taksalkar, posted with the local arms division, allegedly killed him using a hammer and the stone on Sunday. Nandkishor Taksalkar's wife Parvati has been arrested by the Mumbai Police in connection with the murder and police are investigating the case. According to the police, Nandkishor wife killed her husband with the help of a hammer and stone....
12:00 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Mumbai: Around 20,000 hotels, restaurants, licenced tea and snacks outlets as well as ubiquitous vada-paav stalls in Mumbai go on strike to protest the new service tax (ST). "In Mumbai, around 18,000-20,000 hotels and restaurants have expressed solidarity with the move to protest the new ST on fully or partly airconditioned eating houses," Indian Hotels and Restaurants Association (AHAR) general secretary Shashikant Shetty said. Monday's action is part of an...
10:55 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Mumbai: There seems to be partial relief for the residents of the Campa Cola Compound in Mumbai. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has now postponed the demolition to May 2. The BMC has granted the residents of Worli's Campa Cola compound a 3-day extension. The BMC had issued eviction notices to around 200 families after a Supreme Court judgement stated that around 35 floors in the compound were unauthorised and illegal....
10:54 AM, Apr 29, 2013
The IPL aspires to be the EPL (English Premier League), so it is ironic that poor crowd behaviour - a feature of the EPL - ...
09:14 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Midway into the tournament, an assessment of how the nine franchises have done in season six of the IPL. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS The two-time IPL winners are currently top of the table with seven wins (the most for the season) from nine matches and look good for the play-offs. They lost their first match to Mumbai Indians narrowly and then ended up on the wrong side of an upset against...
08:17 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Mumbai: Aware that they are up against a formidable batting side, Kings XI Punjab chief coach Darren Lehmann says their bowlers will have to do the job against Mumbai Indians, here on Monday. "Mumbai played really well (against RCB). Obviously they are a dangerous side, so we will have to bowl really well. If we have any strength, it`s our bowling. So I expect us to bowl well," said the...
12:24 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Mumbai: Upbeat after a morale-lifting victory over table-toppers Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians will look for an easy ride when they will take on Kings XI Punjab in game 41 of IPL 6 at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. Mumbai outclassed RCB by 58 runs in their last encounter to register their second straight win after two successive losses and got their campaign back on track. Mumbai have 10 points...
11:57 PM, Apr 28, 2013
