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If the Mumbai crime branch investigations are to be believed, a major terror attack in the city has been averted. This attack was on the cards during the ongoing Navratri festival or the forthcoming Diwali. read more »
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वाढत्या दहशतवादाच्या निमित्ताने 'पोटा'सारख्या कायद्याच्या गरजेविषयी सुरू झालेल्या चचेर्त, अडाणी पूर्वग्रह, प्रचारकी अभिनिवेश आणि दहशतवादी कारवायांमागील मानसिकतेच्या आकलनाचा अभाव किंवा ते असूनही त्यावर राजकारणाची पोळी भाजून घेण्याची रणनीती, या सर्वांचाच प्रत्यय येतो आहे. read more »
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The special court hearing the 1993 serial blasts case has given its verdict after what came to be known as 'the world's longest terrorism trial, a book has been written on the explosions and a film too screened in theatres across India.

Yet, all is clearly not over for the Mumbai police in the case. On Tuesday, 15 years after the blasts, the crime branch arrested one of the accused, Abbas Mo read more »
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Investigation of the properties of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli has revealed that he has three imported pedigree dogs - a St Bernard and two German Shepherds - and at least 10 expensive cows, all housed in his den, Dagdi chawl.

Depending on breed and training, a St Bernard can cost anythi read more »
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A 31-year-old woman who was robbed of her mobile phone on April 16 while travelling in a BEST bus, snatched it back from the thieves in the same bus a week later on Wednesday.

The courageous IT professional’s regret, however, was that nobody stepped forward to help her nab the two thieves who wre read more »
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Gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli (55), who was arrested on Monday for alleged extortion, must have had an inkling of what was in store for him.

The crime branch, which was investigating the extortion case involving him and his brother Vijay Ahir, had a couple of days ago recovered photocopies of over 300 property-related documents like sale deeds, upcoming projects and details of dispute read more »
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More than 11,000 people get lost in Mumbai every year, reveal police statistics, and around 20% of them are never found. read more »
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A local Congress leader allegedly involved in the murder of a Shiv Sena worker was stripped and beaten to death in a Maharashtra village at a political meeting held in the run-up to a district council by-election on Friday. Dnyaneshwar Sathwane, a former vice president of the Nagpur district council, was lynched in Tarsa village near Nagpur. read more »
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It was just as disgraceful, the experience just as nightmarish for the two foreigners who were groped and molested at a New Year party in Kochi, but there was one difference — the Kochi police were quick to act.

Minutes after the incident, the police arrested an offender; now they are on the lookout for others.

The foreign tourists were unwilling to file a complaint, so the Fort Kochi pol read more »
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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. read more »
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Special judge Mridula Bhatkar, who has been conducting the 7/11 train blasts trial despite the accused repeatedly expressing their lack of faith in her, has been transferred to Kolhapur.

Judge Bhatkar was the first woman to preside over a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court in the state and had commenced on Tuesday the trial in the 2006 train blasts that claimed 1 read more »
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Long regarded as the safest Indian city for women, Mumbai still logs one rape every two days. And the December-end figure will most probably be higher than the 2006 number.

It's not only the rape statistic that is worrying. As many has 16 break-ins have taken place every day, in some part of the city or other, until November this year. And both murders and robberies have occurred at the rate read more »
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Mumbai-A city that demands total surrender before it gives you the permission to survive and hence becomes probably the only city to witness some mind gripping stories. Mumbai’s clogged streets are paved with stories of courage &fear, success & failures,desires & frustration,crime &wealth.

A high profile socialite, A slum dweller, A bar girl, A taxi driver, Mafia, Monsoon, trains ,street chil read more »
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Minorities have borne the brunt of organised mass murder that passes off as ‘riots’ in independent India. The perpetrators, often top politicians and senior officials, are rarely punished. The trials drag on, until most of the accused are acquitted for lack of evidence.

Bombay, 1992 - City Of Nightmares :

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The official website of the Maharashtra government was allegedly hacked, forcing the state Information Technology department to lodge a formal complaint with the city police on Tuesday.

The website -- www.maharashtra.gov.in -- was blocked and reportedly had some Arabic content posted on it by the hacker, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria told here. read more »
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