Two MLAs, a corporator and 150 others were booked for allegedly rioting and preventing cops from discharging their duty in suburban Mulund, police said on Monday. According to the police, a mob of about 150 people, including Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Sardar Tara Singh, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MLA Shishir Shinde, BJP corporator Prakash Gangadhare began setting fire to the Neelam Nagar shanties in Mulund on Sunday, alleging that they had...
09:45 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Thane: The son and nephew of Saquib Nachan, former SIMI leader and an accused in the Mulund bomb blast case, were arrested by Thane police crime branch officials on Thursday. His son Shamil Nachan and his cousin Akhis were arrested by the Thane Police for their alleged links with the Pakistani spy agency ISI and the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen. Further details of the arrests were not immediately available. ...
02:54 AM, Aug 31, 2012
Mumbai: A leopard, which had sneaked into a private school two days ago was trapped and evicted early Sunday after a 20-hour operation by the forest department and police, an official said. The full-grown cat, estimated to be five-years-old, had sneaked into the NES School in Mulund, north-east Mumbai, from the adjoining Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) Friday morning apparently hunting for prey. It was spotted in the basement by...
12:46 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Mumbai: A leopard sauntered into a school in a Mumbai suburb this morning, leaving the authorities and forest officials in a tizzy. The leopard strayed into the NES international school in Mulund, apparently from the adjacent Sanjay Gandhi National Park, forest department sources said. Efforts are on to tranquilise the leopard, which had moved to the school basement, they added. A school watchman saw the leopard in the school premises...
03:35 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Mumbai: The turbulence in local trains in Mumbai has taken a toll. Three people died after they fell from a local train between Nahur and Bhandup stations (central line) during heavy rush. Fifteen people were injured. The Nahur station is just ahead of the Mulund station. Central Railway chief PRO Vidyadhar Malegaonkar said the primary reason of the incident was overcrowding. Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy has announced compensation for...
12:04 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram has blamed the Intelligence Bureau for the blunder which resulted in the inclusion of Wazhul Kamar Khans name on the Most Wanted List given to Pakistan. A day after the Government admitted that it was a mistake to include Khans name Chidambaram called the gaffe "a normal human error". "We take responsibility for the mistake. There was a lapse on the part of the...
05:32 PM, May 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has removed Wazhul Kamar Khan's name from its 50 most wanted list, a day after it was revealed that he was not in Pakistan as claimed by the Government but was living in Thane in Maharashtra. The CBI updated its website and removed Khan's name from its list of red-corner notice fugitives. Khan, who is an accused in three major terror case,...
11:11 AM, May 18, 2011
Mumbai: Wazhul Kamar Khan, whose name figures in the '50 most wanted' fugitives list submitted by India to Pakistan, has been staying in the Thane district, police sources said on Tuesday. Khan, who was arrested last year for his alleged role in the 2003 Mulund train blasts here, has been living in Thane's Waghle Estate with his mother, wife and children, after he was let out on bail, the sources...
11:53 AM, May 17, 2011
Local trains are delayed by 15 to 20 minutes, say initial reports. ...
09:36 AM, Jul 02, 2009
The incident happened at Link apartments in Mulund. ...
10:07 AM, Aug 06, 2008
The beleaguered Deccan Chargers IPL team is all set to have a new owner. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the BCCI could issue a tender for the franchise and that the board is likely to put up the Deccan franchise for re-sale. Sources say the board is keen to ensure the franchise stays afloat and in all likelihood, the tender is likely to be issued within a week. Sources have...
01:34 PM, Jun 23, 2008
Dubai: Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday broke into the top 20 of ICC's Test Rankings for the first time at a career-best 18th spot after guiding the team to a series whitewash over New Zealand at home. The 25-year-old from Chennai, who took 5 for 69 in New Zealand's second innings in the second Test at Bangalore, jumped seven places on the chart. The off-spinner finished the two-match Test...
11:09 AM, Jun 23, 2008
Lahore: The PCB on Thursday declined to react on the decision by banned Pakistani pacer Mohammed Asif to pursue his appeal in the International Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Switzerland. He is fighting his own case and we have nothing to do with it, a PCB official said when asked about Asif's confirmation about pursuing his case and asking for a date for the appeal hearing. Asif and...
09:06 PM, Jun 21, 2008
London: England will have to quickly come out of the shock news of Andrew Strauss' retirement and put one across South Africa in the third ODI at The Oval to prevent the visitors from taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series that has been reduced to a four-match affair after the washout at Cardiff. South Africa created history at The Rose Bowl earlier in the week when they became...
06:16 PM, Jun 21, 2008
England have given rest to Graeme Swann for the remaining three matches of the ongoing one day international series against South Africa. In a statement on Wednesday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said that the offspinner has been given rest so that he can recover from a long-term elbow injury. James Tredwell, the 30-year-old offspinner from Kent, has been called up as cover. (Swann) has admitted to carrying...
10:16 AM, Jun 21, 2008
September 10, 2003 – At 26, Strauss earns his maiden England call-up after a strong county season in which, as captain of Middlesex, he scores 1401 first-class runs at 51.88. He is named in the ODI squad to tour Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and is being tipped as a future England captain. November 18, 2003 – Makes his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in Dambulla, scoring just 3 as England...
03:11 AM, Jun 21, 2008
Ahmedabad: Sachin Tendulkar, still in search of his elusive 100th international century is likely to play the last two one-dayers against West Indies, after being rested for the first three matches of the series. According to sources, the 38-year-old wants to play the remaining two matches of the series scheduled on December 8 and 11 in Indore and Chennai respectively. The Kris Srikkanth-led selection panel will meet on Monday to...
01:53 AM, Mar 27, 2008
Cricket expert Harsha Bhogle talks about the Ashwin century that wasn't expected, and the Sachin century that was. ...
12:33 AM, Mar 25, 2008
