Mumbai: A fire broke out on the sixth floor of the Income Tax Building in Marine Lines area in south Mumbai on Thursday night but there were no report of casualties. Ten fire engines have been rushed to the spot, fire brigade sources said. The building, called 'Aayakar Bhavan', houses office of the Commissioner of the Income Tax. The fire call was received at 10:20 pm. There were no reports...
01:26 AM, May 10, 2013
Mumbai: Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM) representing 750 trade associations in the state on Thursday said, it would continue with its call for indefinite trade bandh till the LBT (Local Body Tax) is removed, even as the agitation entered 18th day. The decision on indefinite strike was taken at a meeting of traders called by FAM at Azad Maidan on Thursday. Several BJP leaders like Jaywantiben Mehta, Raj Purohit,...
01:06 AM, May 10, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai's bustling markets on Thursday wore an empty, deserted look. Since Monday, over one lakh traders in the city have shut shop to protest against the Local Body Tax (LBT) that the Maharashtra government has introduced to replace octroi. Traders say that the protest has caused a loss of Rs 75,000 crore so far. But they are not backing down yet. With talks with the government failing, they have...
07:37 PM, May 09, 2013
Nashik: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday recovered cash worth Rs 57,69,000 and over 9 kg of gold from two bank lockers of Swati Chikhlikar, wife of suspended PWD executive engineer (Nashik north) Satish Chikhlikar, besides 5 kg of silver from another locker in her name. The seizure is collectively estimated over Rs 3,27,29,000, according to a senior ACB officer. "ACB seized cash of Rs 57,69,000, 9.558 kg of gold, including...
04:51 PM, May 09, 2013
Salman Khan's Being Human Foundation has send water tankers to drought hit villages in Maharashtra, so that people have facility to store water and do not face much water shortage. ...
11:00 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Empowered Group of Ministers on Drought, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, on Wednesday approved an additional assistance of Rs 256 crore for rejuvenation of orchards in drought-hit Maharasthra. However, the decision on extension of duty-free import of oilcakes to boost fodder supply was left to the Finance Ministry, which will take a call after assessing the demand and supply situation. "The proposal on providing additional assistance...
12:28 PM, May 08, 2013
Mumbai: After the Congress, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Tuesday demanded that Mumbai Cricket Association lift its five-year ban on actor Shah Rukh Khan from entering Wankhede Stadium. Khan's Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians were set to face off at the Wankhede Stadium here Tuesday and the star would miss the match if the ban is not lifted. Thackeray said it was...
12:03 PM, May 08, 2013
Thane: The prosecution in the Thane building crash case on Tuesday opposed the bail pleas of two senior municipal officers arrested for the tragedy which claimed the lives of 74 people last month. Suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner Deepak Chavan and Assistant Municipal Commissioner Shayam Thorbole were among 22 persons arrested for the collapse of a seven-storey unauthorised building in Shil-Phata area. Assistant Public Prosecutor Hemlata Deshmukh opposed the bail applications...
10:36 AM, May 08, 2013
Mumbai: Maharashtra government on Tuesday set up an 11-member committee headed by Women and Child Welfare Minister Varsha Gaikwad to finalise the women's policy draft which was unveiled on March 8, 2013, celebrated as International Women's Day. The two-month period for seeking objections and suggestions for the draft policy ends tomorrow. The committee will meet on May 10, 2013 to discuss the inputs received and give a final shape to...
03:50 AM, May 08, 2013
Yavatmal: Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has ordered the Maharashtra Government to file an affidavit on a PIL which alleges corruption committed in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Agency (MGNREGA) scheme in the district in 2011-12. The division bench of Justice Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Justice AB Chaudhari on Friday ordered the government to file an affidavit on the PIL by July 22, 2013. The PIL was filed...
02:05 AM, May 07, 2013
The usual dusty small-town India greets us as a small group of people associated with the NGO Caring Friends travel over two-and-a-half days through Aurangabad and Jalna to understand the problems in the region and what help could be given. On the face of it, people seem to be going about their normal life. Where are the signs of distress that we had read in the media? Don't girls and...
11:08 PM, May 06, 2013
More than five lakh wholesalers in Maharashtra have called for an indefinite strike starting from Monday. The strike comes in proetst against the Local Body Tax. The retailers claim that Maharashtra is the only state that has a tax in addition to VAT. ...
02:47 PM, May 06, 2013
Mumbai: There is an Intelligence alert over a possible terror attack on the US Consulate in Mumbai and Kolkata, according to sources. Sources say that the Mumbai Police has been alerted by the Western Naval Command Headquarters about a possible terror attack on the US Consulate in Mumbai in July. CNN-IBN has also learned that the US Consulate officials are the target after an anonymous letter with Al-Jihad logo was...
01:45 PM, May 06, 2013
Mumbai: An 85-year-old man awarded life sentence in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in the metropolis on Sunday died at his residence here. Ishaq Hajwane was at present out on bail. The Supreme Court had upheld his conviction by TADA court in March 2013. He was one of the convicts who along with actor Sanjay Dutt had been given one-month additional time to surrender by the apex court. "Ishaq Hajwane...
04:35 PM, May 05, 2013
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a 20-year-old youth arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl after both of them told the court that they were in a relationship and would like to get married. The accused was arrested on February 21, 2013 by the Nalasopara police after receiving a complaint from the girl's mother that her daughter was missing. The girl, a Class 10 student, had...
12:22 PM, May 05, 2013
Jalna: Attacking Maharashtra Government for allegedly not providing relief to people in drought-hit areas, MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday said Prithviraj Chavan is an incompetent Chief Minister. "The chief minister is incompetent and has been imposed by the Congress high command," said Thackeray, after visiting a fodder camp, opened by his party at Kharpudi road. Coming down heavily on the state government, Thackeray said various organisations are opening fodder...
01:51 AM, May 05, 2013
Nagpur: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth at a wedding hall in Kanhan near in Nagpur, where she had come with her parents to attend a marriage celebration, police said on Saturday. Rakesh alias Chakradhar Jagoji Bele (27), working in an office on the top floor of the wedding hall complex, lured the girl on Friday on the pretext of giving her an ice-cream and raped her...
12:47 PM, May 04, 2013
Mumbai: At a time when the independence of the CBI is being questioned, the police forces in most states continue to function under political influence. Former top police officers have taken on the Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil for direct interference in police transfers and postings in the state. More than three years after the then Home Minister P Chidambaram lamented the interference of the political executive in police transfers...
07:47 AM, May 04, 2013
Health officials in India have revoked Johnson & Johnson's license to make cosmetics at a plant outside Mumbai after they discovered the company had used an unauthorized process for sterilizing its baby powder. J&J said in a statement on Friday that it is in "ongoing discussions" with Indian regulators. "We understand their concerns and are diligently working with them to resolve the issue," Peggy Ballman, a J&J spokeswoman, said in...
06:11 AM, May 04, 2013
Mumbai: Maharashtra government will set up vigilance committees in four cities of the state, including Mumbai, to check female foeticide. Speaking at a Pre Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) (PCPNDT) review meeting, Health Minister Suresh Shetty said the vigilance committees will be headed by the municipal commissioners. The committees in Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune and Aurangabad will report to the government every month. Similarly, he also...
02:07 AM, May 04, 2013
