Mumbai: A freak 18 vehicle pile-up in Mumbai left two people dead and six injured on Friday evening. It has also brought traffic on the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road to a standstill. The accident happened when a dumper hit several cars and auto rickshaws. Most of the vehicles are said to be private ones. The driver of the dumper has been arrested. ...
07:25 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Mumbai: The city's first Mahila Dak Ghar, a post office entirely operated by women staff, was inaugurated in Mumbai on Friday. Located at New Customs House in South Mumbai, the post office was inaugurated by Post Secretary and Postal Services Board Chairperson P Gopinath. As of now, 12 female employees will run the Mahila Dak Ghar, headed by a Senior Superintendent of Posts, an official statement said. The post office...
07:19 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Mumbai: An encounter is on between police and Naxals in Gadchiroli in Maharashtra. Seven people have reportedly died in the encounter. The seven dead include two civilians, one security personnel and four Naxals. A search for the bodies is on in the area. More details are awaited. ...
02:50 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Nagpur: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari has revealed that he was approached by "an influential leader" who sought his help in bringing down the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) but he turned down the request. "An influential political leader had approached me seeking help in pulling down the Central government. But I had to turn down that request," Gadkari said while speaking at a private function in...
10:17 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh termed the act of constables accepting bribe to allow illegal constructions in the city as "shameful" and said there should be "zero tolerance for such criminal conduct". Thirty-six policemen were suspended on Thursday after a sting operation exposed the nexus between the police and builders for illegal constructions in the city. The sting operation, conducted by a social activist, showed 15 police constables accepting...
09:59 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court will on Friday hear former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan's plea in connection with the Adarsh Housing Society case. Chavan had sought quashing of the FIR lodged against him in the case arguing that he was falsely implicated by political rivals. At the last hearing on April 1, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had opposed Chavan's petition. The Congress leader's plea also claimed that...
08:31 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Thane: A suspended assistant municipal commissioner of the Thane Municipal Corporation was on Thursday arrested in connection with last week's building collapse here in which 74 people were killed, taking the number of those taken into custody for the tragedy to 14, police said. Shyam Thorbole, the assistant municipal commissioner, was arrested on January 23 this year by the Thane's ACB unit for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs one...
08:30 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Mumbai: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday filed a case against 36 police officials who had been suspended earlier following a sting that caught 15 Kurla constables accepting bribes to allow illegal constructions in the area. The case was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The Maharashtra government also suspended a senior police officer in connection with the sting. Action against the officer is being taken by the police...
07:37 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Thursday suspended a senior police officer in connection with the sting operation that showed 15 policemen in Kurla taking bribes to allow illegal construction in the area. The total number of suspended policemen is now 37. Thirty six constables were suspended earlier in the day. The expose came barely a week after an illegal building collapsed in Thane killing more than 70 people. Maharashtra Home...
07:08 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Bangalore: An FIR has been filed against Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil by Karnataka police for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race or language for his alleged provocative speech on Belgaum issue, a bone of contention between the two states. Patil has also been booked under Representation of People Act for violation of the election code for the May 5 assembly poll in the state, police...
04:40 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Mumbai: As a string of harvest festivals began, Maharashtrains celebrated Gudi Padwa (New Year) with religious fervour and enthusiasm on Thursday. Many families across Maharashtra welcomed the New Year with traditional prayers around the gudi (banner). As a part of the tradition, most families ate a paste of neem leaves prepared with jaggery and tamarind, believed to purify blood and strengthen the body's immune system. People dressed in their finest...
02:17 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Mumbai: The social activist, who exposed the nexus between the police and builders, has alleged that the ACP of Anti-Corruption Bureau had threatened him over his sting operation. "The ACP of Anti-Corruption Bureau came to my house after midnight and tried to threaten us. How do I trust him now?" said Kasam Khan while speaking to CNN-IBN. Khan conducted a sting operation which showed 15 policemen accepting bribe to allow...
01:54 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Mumbai: Thirty-six police constables were suspended after a sting operation exposed the nexus between the policemen and builders. The sting operations, conducted by a social activist, showed 15 policemen accepting bribe to allow illegal constructions in Mumbai's Kurla area. The expose comes a week after an illegal building collapsed in Thane killing 74 people. While the Mumbai Police has initiated an inquiry against the accused policemen, the Maharashtra government has...
11:23 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Mumbai: A sting operation by a social activist in Mumbai has revealed the nexus between police and illegal construction mafia. The sting, shot at a refugee camp in Kurla, showed around 15 policemen taking bribes to allow illegal construction to flourish in the area. The Mumbai Police has now initiated an enquiry. The sting comes just days after the worst building collapse in Maharashtra in a decade. The illegal seven-storey...
07:58 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Mumbai: Even as Maharashtra faces one of its worst droughts in four decades and people are forced to drink dirty water, thousands of litres of water was wasted during Maharashtra Forest Minister Patangrao Kadam 's visit to Marathwada region on Tuesday. Kadam visited Aurangabad on Tuesday to meet BJP leader Gopinath Munde, who is sitting on a fast against Maharashtra government's policy to tackle drought, and convince him to end...
03:38 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Thane: A week after a building collapsed in Thane's Mumbra area killing 74 people, Network 18 has accessed documents which show that local Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad had prevented the Forest Department from demolishing illegal constructions in the area despite a court order. The documents reveal that the Forest Department had complained to the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra but no action was taken against Awhad. The seven-storey...
03:29 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Mumbai: There was an uproar in the Maharashtra Assembly for the third consecutive day as the Opposition demanded Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's resignation over his controversial 'urine' comment. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has hit the streets of Mumbai in protest urging Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to sack Ajit Pawar. On Tuesday, the Maharashtra Speaker had rejected the Opposition's demand for a censure motion against Ajit Pawar. Meanwhile, a urinal...
02:57 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday alleged irregularities in all irrigation projects in Maharashtra, including the Tillari project bordering the state. "All irrigation projects in Maharashtra are scam. I am saying this on record," he told the State Legislative Assembly, while speaking on demands for grants. "We know about Tillari irrigation project. How much of cement is used and how much is soil cannot be ascertained." Parrikar claimed...
01:48 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Thane: Two engineers of Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) were on Tuesday arrested in connection with last week's building collapse, taking the number of those taken into custody for the tragedy to 13. Executive Engineer Subash Rawal and Deputy Engineer Ramesh Inamdar were arrested in connection with the building crash in which 74 people were killed, a Crime Branch officer told reporters here. He did not elaborate on their alleged role...
11:43 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar may have admitted to making the biggest blunder of his political career over his 'urine' remark, however, residents of Patkul village in Solapur are incensed by his Marie Antoinette-like remark. "He wants us to drink urine? Is that what he is saying?" a resident asks. With taps and water pumps here having run dry two months ago, the water tankers, sighted once in...
09:47 PM, Apr 09, 2013
