Thane: The local court on Saturday granted bail to two persons in the Mumbra building crash case. Judge KR Warrier granted bail to Ramdas Burud, a driver to one of the accused officials of Thane Municipal Commissioner, and Afroz Ansari, who had supplied materials for the ill-fated building, against personal bonds of Rs 15,000.
Burud is accused of being a conduit between officials and the builder for bribes. The court, however, rejected the bail applications of police constable Jehangir Sayeed, TMC engineer Subash Rawal and TMC officials Subash Waghmare, Kisan Madke and Vishnu Gumre.
The court had on Friday rejected the bail pleas of Deputy Municipal Commissioners Deepak Chavan, Shreekant Sarmokdam and Assistant Municipal Commissioner Shyam Thorbole and engineer Ramesh Inamdar.
Seventy-four persons were killed when an unauthorised building came crashing down in Mumbra area of Thane district on April 4. Corporation officials are accused of turning a blind eye to the construction after taking bribes. A total of 22 persons have been arrested in the case....
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06:51 PM, May 18, 2013
Dhaka: The mayor of the Bangladesh municipality where a factory building collapsed killing more than 400 people was suspended from office on Thursday, a government minister said, as rescuers pressed on with the task of recovering bodies from the wreckage. The scale of the April 24, 2013 disaster has prompted a worldwide outcry at poor safety and pay in many factories making clothes for Western brands, with Pope Francis on...
07:12 AM, May 03, 2013
Gurgaon: The Gurgaon administration Saturday took posession of Punjabi pop singer Daler Mahndi's 65-acre farmhouse in Sohna town in the foothills of the Aravali Range, an official said. The possession team of Naib Tehsildar Jevender Singh reoccupied the farm house at Sohna, some 25 km from Gurgaon city following an April 4 order by the court of Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Vivek Kalia. Daler had taken the land from the Sohna...
11:30 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Thane: The police on Saturday finally made a breakthrough in the Thane building collapse with the arrest of two of the building's builders. However, survivors are losing hope as the Municipal Corporation goes into a demolition overdrive. "I am threatening the Chief Minister. If he doesn't respond, I will go on a strike outside his office. I am 70-year-old and my father has also died as a freedom fighter. I...
09:57 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Mumbai: Anger is simmering against the real estate mafia that has let illegal constructions, like the collapsed Thane building, to flourish in the city. Relatives of the victims were inconsolable, and claimed that they weren't even informed that the building was illegal. Mujhaheed lived in the doomed Thane building and was at work when the building collapsed, killing 72 people. He said he rushed back as soon as he heard...
05:22 PM, Apr 06, 2013
In one of Maharashtra's worst building collapses in a decade, 58 people have died and 61 have been injured after a seven-storeyed building in Laxmi Compound in Mumbra, a suburb of Thane, crashed down like a pack of cards into a heap of rubble on Thursday evening. However, even after a day, authorities are struggling with rescue operations. ...
11:59 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Thane: In one of Maharashtra's worst building collapses in a decade, 58 people have died and 61 have been injured after a seven-storeyed building in Laxmi Compound in Mumbra, a suburb of Thane, crashed down like a pack of cards into a heap of rubble on Thursday evening. However, even after a day, authorities are struggling with rescue operations. A population spurt in the Mumbra-Kalwa belt in Thane district has...
07:59 PM, Apr 05, 2013
No new tax was levied and chilly spray, desi ghee and LED lights will be cheaper with Delhi government on Wednesday proposing to reduce or eliminate VAT on them in its Rs 37,450 crore budget, which focused on social sector in an election year as Congress seeks a record fourth term in power. Presenting the budget in the state assembly, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit amid occasional protests by opposition BJP...
07:38 PM, Mar 20, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party registered one more victory in Gujarat by sweeping the polls in the Salaya municipality in Gujarat's Jamnagar, where 90 per cent of the population is Muslim. The BJP put up 24 Muslim candidates in a total of 27 seats, all of whom won. ...
09:18 AM, Feb 13, 2013
Srinagar municipality is carrying out a sterilisation drive by poisoning dogs. ...
11:34 AM, Mar 10, 2011
Srinagar: Dogs poisoned and mercilessly killed are secretly piled into in some trenches outside Srinagar. CNN-IBN has accessed exclusive footage of the burial ground and documents to show how the Srinagar Municipality was carrying out a dog eradication drive although on record they maintain they are just neutering them. "We do not want to use any extra-ordinary powers to kill the dogs. We will stablise the population by sterlisation of...
11:27 AM, Mar 10, 2011
In this show the common people get a platform to fight back and hence do their part to save India. ...
05:05 PM, Aug 28, 2010
Antigua: New Zealand opener Martin Guptill was dismissed for 97 on Wednesday as offspinner Sunil Narine helped West Indies fight back to limit the visitors to 232 for 4 at stumps on the opening day of the first Test. Guptill anchored a strong position for New Zealand, which elected to bat at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. He struck 14 fours and a six in an innings that took 249 balls...
08:53 PM, Jun 12, 2008
Bangalore: Senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday surprised everyone when he opted to bat left handed during the team's practice session at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. Indian cricket team, which has been camping here for their crucial Group 'B' league match against England on Sunday, had a rigorous batting session at the National Cricket Academy before shifting to the stadium. Tendulkar grabbed everyone's attention by choosing to bat left-handed...
09:42 PM, Dec 20, 2007
The Goan Carnival is celebrated with mirth. But politics has entered the festival, says the architect of the carnival. ...
08:47 PM, Feb 16, 2007
The streets of a Kerala town, Muvattupuzha are going to be a lot cleaner, thanks to a committed band of sex workers ...
01:18 AM, Feb 11, 2007
Jerusalem. There is no such city!" the Jerusalem municipality said in AN English version of a sightseeing brochure. ...
08:54 AM, Sep 21, 2006
Tata Steel wants an exception to be made as in the 74th Constitutional Amendment which allows the government to exempt townships. ...
07:34 PM, Sep 06, 2006
