In Mumbai, on Juhu Tara road, two women were groped outside a five-star hotel on New Year’s Eve. However, the Santa Cruz police denied receiving any complaint. Witnesses said a group of boys, who were drunk after partying on Monday night, committed the act. This is the second such incident in the past few years. Earlier, a tabloid had carried pictures of a young woman being molested at the Gate
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Bah, humbug!
Saturday December 29 2007 17:22 IST
Timeri N Murari
Like Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens’ novella “A Christmas Carol”, all I can say for the New Year is ‘bah, humbug’. We humans are a weird species. We celebrate a ritual that marks the ending of an ‘old year’ to welcome in a ‘New Year’. I firmly believe this annual event was invented by greeting card manufacturers fo read more »
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Saturday December 29 2007 17:22 IST
Timeri N Murari
Like Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens’ novella “A Christmas Carol”, all I can say for the New Year is ‘bah, humbug’. We humans are a weird species. We celebrate a ritual that marks the ending of an ‘old year’ to welcome in a ‘New Year’. I firmly believe this annual event was invented by greeting card manufacturers fo read more »
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Police will soon collect all the photographs taken by the photojournalists of the incident where two women were allegedly molested by a mob on New Years' Day in Juhu, a senior official said.
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Two years in a row, New Year revelry in Mumbai has gone awry. This year, in a city which boasts of being safe for women, a mob of 70 to 80 men groped and molested two women for about 15 minutes on a busy main street in Juhu early on New Year's Day.
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MUMBAI: A Sessions Court here on Monday convicted Pravin Mahajan (48) of killing his elder brother and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan. On Tuesday, the prosecution will present its arguments on the quantum of sentence.
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Aware of the pressures on the existing coaches, the railway ministry last week cleared a proposal to give Mumbai 17 new trains in addition to the 157 already under production.
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The declaration came from JW Marriott following protests last night after three Marathi actors wearing Kolhapuri chappals were stopped from entering the pub
Tired of protests, JW Marriott authorities yesterday declared they might soon shut down Enigma, the popular pub at the Juhu hotel.
On Saturday, bouncers disallowed actors Sanjay Narvekar, Jitendra Joshi and Santosh Juvekar from enterin read more »
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Tired of protests, JW Marriott authorities yesterday declared they might soon shut down Enigma, the popular pub at the Juhu hotel.
On Saturday, bouncers disallowed actors Sanjay Narvekar, Jitendra Joshi and Santosh Juvekar from enterin read more »
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The amount of water Mumbai wastes in a day by way of leakages, thefts and misuse is enough to meet Pune’s daily requirement.
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Thousands of Mumbai's office goers, who have their lunch delivered from home by the city's famed tiffin couriers, found an extra helping on Friday - not of food but advice on fighting AIDS.
An "AIDS kit", comprising a car calendar and fliers on testing and counselling tied neatly with a red ribbon, was distributed ahead of World AIDS Day on Saturday. read more »
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An "AIDS kit", comprising a car calendar and fliers on testing and counselling tied neatly with a red ribbon, was distributed ahead of World AIDS Day on Saturday. read more »
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In a shocking revelation, the Upper House was informed that there were over 60,000 full-blown cases of AIDS in the state while 2.85 lakh people were detected with HIV. As many as 184 cases of children, who were diagnosed to be HIV positive, were registered at the AIDS treatment centre at Yavatmal on November 14.
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Even as security across Mumbai and Maharashtra was intensified following serial blasts in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, police are on the alert after an intelligence report stated that a truck laden with explosives was heading towards Mumbai.
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Imported wines will cost more in Maharashtra but the prices of premium whisky will head lower.
That is the upshot of the latest rate tweak by the Maharashtra government, which has raised the duty on wines from 150 per cent to 200 per cent. read more »
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That is the upshot of the latest rate tweak by the Maharashtra government, which has raised the duty on wines from 150 per cent to 200 per cent. read more »
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Rohit Nalawade CEO of tech startup Consumer Vision incubated in IIT Mumbai are all set up to equip these kirana stores with RFID technology. With this piece of software and hardware, kirana stores can improve users experience and serve them better. Will this create more problems for retail chains like reliance to establish, may be, but it would definately make the "Kirana wala" genre a history.
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I don't think these citizens have heard of the 'Mumbai Unplug' program.. I don't think they have even heard about Global Warming but they sure do take top honors in my book for actually "doing" something about local problems faced by their fellow citizens.
30 families in a building in Parel switched off all lights and other electric appliances between 7 pm and 10 pm for four days during read more »
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A car allegedly driven by a Canadian model with Bollywood actor Salman Khan in it met with an accident injuring a police constable in Central Mumbai's Worli area, police said on Monday.
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