- 1993 blasts: Sentencing date to be announced on Feb 23
The special TADA court may announce the final date of sentencing of convicts in the 1993 serial blasts case on February 23, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said today. - Visiting Pakistanis shocked by train blasts
Two Pakistani women, who were in Nagpur when the terror attack on the Samjhauta Attari special train occurred near Panipat, have condemned the "dastardly act" and have appealed for redoubling efforts at further bridge-building between India and Pakistan. - Marathi film producer-director Fattelal dies
Noted Marathi film producer and director Babasaheb Fattelal died here. He was 70. - German researcher writes Marathi play; to direct it
The Marathi theatre will have a contribution from unexpected quarters -- a play written by a German researcher studying the language here. - Gatidone trumps Christies preview
Vasudev Gaitonde's 1968 work estimated at $500,000-700,000 will be the show stopper at Christie's sale of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art at the auction house's flagship location Rockefeller Center in New York next month. - Journalist donates prize money to a farmer's widow
In a touching gesture, a journalist donated the proceeds of an award he received last year to the young widow of a debt-ridden farmer who had committed suicide. - Farmer suicides in Vidarbha cross 100 mark
The number of suicides by debt-ridden farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region has crossed the three-digit mark in the first 40 days of 2007 with 15 deaths reported during the last three days, including six Saturday. - Recent HC order on mangrove brings out concerns
Environmentalists have raised concerns over destruction of mangroves in a creek here due to construction and dumping following a recent court order allowing civic authorities to cut off the vegetation. - Public sector SPV soon to launch dredging company
A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be set up to launch a dredging company jointly by public sector players Shipping Corporation of India, Mumbai Port Trust and Mazgaon Dock. - Dawood back to directly running syndicate: Mumbai police
As the competition gets fiercer, Dawood Ibrahim, billed as India's most wanted criminal, is on his toes again and has taken the control of day-to-day operations of his million-dollar trans-border crime syndicate back from his trusted lieutenants, according to Mumbai Police sources. - SC grants bail to two cops accused of being Telgi agents
Two Maharshtra police officers, arrested on charges of being part of the sensational stamp paper racket of Abdul Rehman Telgi, have been granted bail by the Supreme Court. - Inflation to hover around 6.5 pc, warn economists
Inflation is likely to hover around the 6.5 per cent mark over the next two months with liquidity also poised to get tighter, warned economists. - Thackeray's comments on Afzal helped Sena: Joshi
Reflecting the Shiv Sena's upbeat mood as the initial results of civic polls in the state trickled in, senior leader Manohar Joshi today said that Sena supremo Bal Thackeray raising the issue of Mohammed Afzal Guru's hanging in a recent speech had made an impact on the people. - Maharashtra CM to felicitate triumphant NCC contingent tomorrow
Maharashtra's NCC contingent, which created a record by bagging the Prime Minister's Republic Day parade banner for the third time in a row, will be honoured by Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh here tomorrow. - Shinde to open All India Marathi Literary Meet
The stage is set for the three-day 80th All India Marathi Sahitya Sammelan which returns to this city tomorrow after a gap of 73 years. - Maharashtra wins maximum urban reform approvals
Maharashtra has won the maximum number of Central approvals to requests for projects under the prestigious Rs 100,000-crore Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005. - 1993 blast accused detained in Washington
Feroze Abdul Rashid, an accused in the 1993 serial bomb blasts here has been detained by the US authorities in Washington, a CBI official said today. - Patil takes dig at Bal Thackeray over Marathi issue
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil here today ridiculed Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray for his remarks about decline of the use of Marathi language in Mumbai. - Slew of steps to cut workload of Maharashtra Police
Maharashtra Police plans to implement a slew of measures to reduce stress among its over-worked and poorly paid police personnel and to strengthen the security apparatus in the state. - Move to increase special MCOCA judges
Increasing the number of special MCOCA judges and creating a review committee to analyse cases under the law will be among recommendations in a report to be submitted by an official to the Maharashtra government. - BMC panel approves Rs 100-crore zoo makeover plan
The century-old zoo here will get a facelift with the local municipality giving its nod to a Rs 100-crore makeover for which a Thailand-based company has been asked to prepare the master plan. - NCP to fight six Municipal Corporations on its own
The NCP today said it would fight elections to six of the ten municipal corporations in Maharashtra on its own, but put the onus on Congress for forming an alliance in the remaining four. - Shivaji bust to adorn Commonwealth Youth Games venue entrance
A mounted statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji will be installed at the entrance of Chhatrapati Sports City Mahalunge-Balewadi, the venue of the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, the state Amateur Athletic Association said. - Four held for hanging of Briton in Maharashtra
Police have arrested four people in connection with the hanging of a Briton in Maharashtra. - British tourist lynched by villagers in Mah
A British tourist was lynched by locals at a village in Raigad district, 120 kms from here, for allegedly "making advances" towards a woman . . . . - Flood situation can be controlled: experts
Floods can be controlled using modern technology, including computerised decision support system, experts claimed here today. - Jewellers blame power cuts for spate of robberies
The Maharashtra Jewellers Association today asked the state government to discontinue power cuts in the evenings as "most robberies in jewellery shops took place during load-shedding". - Mumbai blasts widow continues fast over house takeover
A woman widowed in the July 11 Mumbai train bombings Friday refused to end her fast in protest against the "illegal" occupation of her apartment by an activist of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U). - Jewellers back down from bar on veiled customers
Rattled by stiff ooposition from Muslims to its move to bar veiled customers from shops . . . . - Five members of a family killed in gas cylinder blast
Five members of a family were burnt alive in a cooking gas cylinder explosion and subsequent fire at Igatpuri town of the district tonight, police sources said. - Minister faces awkward moments as deputy chairman threatens to quit
Minister in-charge of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) Anil Deshmukh faced awkward moments in the Upper House today when deputy chairman Vasant Davkhare threatened to resign over the bad condition of a stretch of road in Thane district and the Minister's "indifferent" attitude to the same. - Eight farmers end lives in Vidarbha
Eight farmers have allegedly committed suicide in different parts of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in the last 48 hours, sources said here today. - Govinda's nephew sent to police custody till September 27
A Bandra Court on Saturday remanded Janmendra Ahuja, nephew of actor-turned-MP Govinda to police custody till September 27 for his involvement in a molestation case. - Court holds Memon aide guilty of 1993 blast conspiracy
A designated TADA court today convicted Parvez Nazir Ahmed Shaikh, an aide of absconding prime accused Tiger Memon, for causing explosions in Katha Bazaar and hotel Sea Rock on March 12, 1993, killing four persons and injuring several others. - Acquisition of agri land
More than 4,000 farmers today took out a rally here to protest the acquisition of their agricultural land by Reliance Industries for setting up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). - Six detained for Mumbai train blasts
After two months of intensive probe into the train blasts in Mumbai, central security agencies and Mumbai police have detained at least six people who were allegedly involved in planning and executing the attacks on July 11. - Maharashtra petrol pump dealers’ strike called off: Deora
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora on Tuesday said that Petrol pump dealers in Maharashtra had decided to call off their indefinite strike following assurances that their demands would be considered. - Turk found guilty for 1993 Mumbai blast
A special court on the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts Tuesday pronounced Abdul Gani Turk guilty of setting off the deadliest of the bombings, at Century Bazar in Worli area which killed 113 people and injured 227. - Tiger Memon's business manager found guilty in '93 blasts
Pronouncing another verdict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, a special court Monday pronounced Asghar Yusuf Mukadam alias Munna and Shahnawaz Qureshi guilty for their involvement in planting bombs at the Plaza cinema in Dadar in which 10 people were killed. - Sena will free farmers from harassment, says Uddhav
Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray today criticised the DF Government in Maharashtra for its complete failure to tackle the devastating flood and deal with terrorism in the state. - Police lathicharge agitators near cabinet meeting venue
The police was forced to conduct a mild lathicharge after a morcha organised by the association of Maharashtra non-teaching staff here turned violent today, sources said. - Deora appeals to striking Maharashtra petrol dealers
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora has appealed to petrol pump dealers in Maharashtra to call off their strike so that consumers are not put to any difficulty. - Jamaat-e-Islami criticises Maha govt, demands CBI inquiry
A prominent Muslim body today accused the Maharashtra government of harrassing minorities in the name of investigation into the recent bomb blasts in the state and demanded a CBI inquiry into the attacks. - Deshmukh orders inquiry over disconnecting electricity methods
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has said that he has ordered an inquiry into the methods used for disconnecting power supply in the state. - State-wide petrol pump strike from midnight
About 2,200 petrol and CNG stations of the state under the banner of Federation of All Maharashtra Petrol Dealers' Association (Fampeda), will go on an indefinite strike from midnight to protest against the state government's "high level of sales tax and other related issues." - Gowda visits Malegaon, demands Central package for town
Demanding a Central package for infrastructure development of Malegaon, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda today said the last week's multiple blasts affected should be paid compensation at par with the victims of the July 11 Mumbai explosions. - Blast verdict leaves Memons' neighbours sad, angry
There was a hushed calm and subdued anger in the upscale Al-Hussain apartments in central Mumbai's Mahim Tuesday following a special court's verdict finding five members of the Memon family guilty in the 1993 serial attacks on India's financial capital. - TADA court to sentence Memon brothers
A TADA court will today decide the quantum of sentence to be handed out to four members of the Memon family, who were convicted on Tuesday in connection with their role in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts. - Five Memons guilty, Sanjay Dutt's fate unknown
Exactly 13 years and six months after a string of powerful blasts killed 257 people in India's financial capital Mumbai, a special court Tuesday began delivering justice, finding five members of the influential Memon family guilty and acquitting three others. - The day stark terror gripped Mumbai
It all began at 1.30 p.m. when a deafening, frightening blast ripped through the Bombay Stock Exchange, India's leading bourse, even as trading was at its peak. In no time 84 people lay dead while 200 were screaming in pain. - Five Memons guilty, Sanjay Dutt's fate unknown
Exactly 13 years and six months after a string of powerful blasts killed 257 people in India's financial capital Mumbai, a special court Tuesday began delivering justice, finding five members of the influential Memon family guilty and acquitting three others. - 1993 blasts: Five Memons guilty, Sanjay Dutt's fate unknown
Exactly 13 years and six months after a string of powerful blasts killed 257 people in India's financial capital Mumbai, a special court Tuesday began delivering justice, finding five members of the influential Memon family guilty and acquitting three others. - Stage gets set for Mumbai blasts verdict
Mumbai was on edge Tuesday morning with unprecedented security in sensitive areas and around court premises where the long awaited verdict of the 1993 serial blasts case was to be read out. - Four bombers involved in Malegaon blasts: Intelligence reports
Initial investigations by intelligence officials has revealed that at least four bombers triggered off the blasts in the communally sensitive town of Malegaon in Maharashtra killing 37 persons and injuring many others. - Curfew lifted in Malegaon
The curfew imposed in Malegaon was on Saturday morning lifted as there were no new reports of any kind of mishap and situation is now becoming normal a day after multiple blasts rocked the communally sensitive town of Maharashtra. - Day after blasts, Malegaon is calm
Calm and normalcy returned to this western Indian town of Malegaon Saturday after it was rocked by a series of explosions outside a mosque that killed 38 worshippers and injured 190 others minutes after the Friday prayers. - Day after blasts, Malegaon is calm
Calm and normalcy returned to this western Indian town of Malegaon Saturday after it was rocked by a series of explosions outside a mosque that killed 38 worshippers and injured 190 others minutes after the Friday prayers. - 15 killed in Maharashtra blast
At least 15 people were killed and around 40 injured Friday afternoon when two blasts rocked Malegaon town in Maharashtra, just two months after the 7/11 Mumbai bombings. - 10 killed, 100 injured in Malegaon blast; forces sent to town
Ten persons were killed and nearly 100 injured in a blast outside a mosque in this communally sensitive town of Nasik district of Maharashtra today, officials said. - Maharashtra minister's brother commits suicide
Maharashtra minister Rajendra Shigane's brother allegedly committed suicide late Monday night by drinking poison, police said Monday. - IT raid on Modi's residence, RCA denies claim
The Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) Saturday said it would file a legal suit against a TV channel and a Hindi daily for reporting the "raids" on RCA offices in Jaipur. - Security for Maha minister's family heightened after tele call
Security to the family of Maharashtra minister for Revenue, Rajendra Shingane, has been stepped up after an anonymous caller made several threatening calls to the minister's.... - Court extends deadline to fill up Mumbai's potholes
The Bombay High Court Thursday came down hard on the city's civic authorities for failing to meet its deadline to fill 43,000 potholes across the city and gave them a week to complete the job. - Rs 17 crore for Mumbai potholes
The Maharashtra government today handed over Rs 17.80 crore by way of subsidy to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, to be used primarily for repairing city roads. - Suicides spiral steeply in Vidarbha
Suicides by distressed farmers has assumed epidemic proportions in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region in western India, with eight of them reported Sunday preceded by six Saturday. - Prime Property acquires two plots in Maharashtra
City-based Prime Property Development Corporation Ltd today said it has acquired two land plots on outright basis in Maharashtra. - Maharashtra plans two power SEZs to generate 1,250 MW
Maharashtra government plans to set up the country's first power SEZs with an installed capacity of around 1,250 MW electricity to meet the needs of the large number of industrial units being established in the state. - SEBI suspends two Pune Stock Exchange brokers for 15 days
Market regulator SEBI has suspended the certificate of registration of two brokers of Pune Stock Exchange (PSE) for a period of 15 days for irregular transactions in the scrip of Home Trade Ltd during the period November 1999 to December 2001. - No journalists during farmer suicide, activist clarifies
An activist leader admitted Friday that no journalist from The New York Times was present when a young debt-saddled farmer committed suicide in a village in Maharashtra. - Indian Jews to act against any Hitler, Nazi symbolism
Protests over the Hitler's Cross restaurant have subsided with the owners agreeing to change the name, but now Indian Jews want to ensure this is not being repeated elsewhere and are contemplating legal action against 10 odd other ventures using the fuehrer and Nazi symbolism. - Cable TV service resumes in Mumbai
The Maharashtra government's assurance to cable television operators not to harass those that were not violating the law saw the resumption of their services late Tuesday night in the city and other parts of the state. - Heavy security measures precede Mumbai Ganesh festival
Mumbai, taut with tension and on a high alert after the July 11 train bombings, is now preparing for its biggest festivities, the 10-day long Ganesh festival dedicated.... - Suspected Pakistani terrorist killed in Mumbai
A suspected Pakistani terrorist, Mohammad Ali, was killed and his aide injured in an early morning shootout at central Mumbai's Antop Hill area Tuesday. - TV channels go off air in Mumbai
All television channels in Mumbai and its suburbs went off air Monday following police raids on cable networks in the light of a court order of December 2005 banning adult films on TV. - Maharashtra warns against Mahim's 'miracle' water
As large crowds continued to throng the Mahim beach to drink sweet seawater for the second day, the Maharashtra government Sunday warned people against drinking the polluted water. - Maharashtra CM warns people not to drink Mahim creek water
Even as people continue to make a beeline for the Mahim Creek here to taste the sea water that has ‘miraculously’ turned sweet, Maharashtra's Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has advised the public not to consume it as the water could be contaminated. - Suicides continue in Vidarbha
Continuing the sordid saga of suicides in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, a debt-ridden farmer made a public spectacle of his death by hanging himself in front of his house watched by hundreds of people. - Mumbai civic authorities crack down on Juhu beach encroachments
Civic authorities here have begun removing encroachments on Juhu beach as part of a clean-up drive. - Maharashtra cabinet approves fiscal provision for PM relief package
Maharashtra Cabinet today approved provision of Rs 115 crore in the state budget for 2006-07 towards the state government's share in the Prime Minister's relief package for Vidarbha farmers. - Maharashtra CM asks people to fight terror
With memories of the serial blasts on commuter trains here still fresh in the people's minds, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today asked them to pledge to fight terrorism. - 264 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants arrested in Mumbai
Maharashtra police have arrested 264 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants from the outskirts of Mumbai, during a combing operation that lasted four days. - Vidarbha faces another tragedy as rains wreak havoc
Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, where hundreds of debt-ridden farmers have committed suicide in the past year, was bracing to face yet another tragedy as record-breaking rains have wreaked havoc here. - Husbands unite to combat wives' allegations of cruelty
The weaker sex is the stronger sex, goes well in this case. Armed with the anti-dowry law, a few among the married lot are using it for their benefit and at the cost of their husbands. - Rs.4 bn relief for flood-hit Maharashtra
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday announced financial assistance of Rs.4 billion for flood ravaged Maharashtra. - Flood situation improves in Maharashtra
With flood waters receding from several parts of Maharashtra after a respite in rainfall, the situation has improved, state Disaster Management Control said here today. - 1993 Mumbai blast case verdict postponed till September 12
A Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, (TADA) court on Thursday postponed its judgement in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case till September 12. - Mumbaikars celebrate Nariyal Poornima
People in Mumbai celebrated Nariyal Poornima with joy and fervour on Wednesday. - Several villages still submerged
The district today got some respite from week-long heavy rains though several villages were still submerged, according to official sources. - Body of missing NDA cadet recovered
The body of National Defence Academy (NDA) cadet A V Bisaria, who had been washed away in flood waters on Monday, was recovered here today. - HC asks Hutchison, Essar to settle dispute through arbitration
The Bombay High Court today directed that an Arbitration Tribunal be set up within 30 days for the settlement of disputes between Essar and Hutchison on the termination of BPL (Mumbai) circle sale deal by the former. - Large gathering outside court ahead of blasts case verdict
A large group of people, including the accused as well as victims of the 1993 serial bomb blasts, along with mediapersons gathered outside the TADA court here this morning ahead of the verdict in the case to be delivered by Justice P D Kode. - Vehicular traffic restored at Saptshringi temple
About 200 devotees stranded at the famous Saptashringi goddess temple near here following landslides on the Nanduri-Saptashringi route, connecting the shrine to the rest of the.... - Terror-struck Mumbaikars get set to welcome 59th Independence Day
Most parts of Maharashtra may be under water, but this has not stopped flag manufacturers in Mumbai from making batches of the tricolour ahead of the country’s 59th Independence Day. - Two farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha
Two farmers, including a woman, allegedly committed suicide in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra after their crops were damaged due to heavy rains, police said today. - Amritsar-Vilaspur 'Chhattisgarh Express' derails near Nagpur
Landslides caused by heavy rains led to the derailment of five coaches and the engine of the Amritsar-Vilaspur 'Chhattisgarh Express' near Nagpur on Monday morning. - Heavy rains lash Mumbai; road, rail, air traffic affected
Heavy rains continued to lash the city and the suburbs today, affecting road, rail and air traffic even as the weather bureau predicted intermittent rainfall with possibility of few heavy showers during the day. - Fake goods worth Rs 30 cr seized in two years
India Inc has already launched a major counter offensive against a counterfeit goods market estimated at Rs 20,000 crore even as the US insists on stronger Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection in the country. - Fake goods worth Rs 30 cr seized in two years
India Inc has already launched a major counter offensive against a counterfeit goods market estimated at Rs 20,000 crore even as the US insists on stronger Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection in the country. - Cleaning of Mithi river to be over by May 31
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today said he expected the cleaning of Mithi river in the city to be finished by May 31. - Safety-Plast-Print 2007 Exhibition to be held in Mumbai
Latest fire and safety devices would be on exhibition alongwith other state-of-the-art technologies at the three-day `Safety-Plast-Print 2007 International Exhibition' to be held in Mumbai in February next year.
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