Provides the latest RSS feeds for India News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Mumbai News.net http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/cat/701ee96610c884a6/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 08:20:24 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:20:24 -0400 30 Known for her penchant for stoking controversies, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given fresh fodder to her detractors with her announcement that the government would acquire two television channels owned by the chit fund funded Saradha Group that has gone bust. Banerjee's announcement about taking over the two channels - Tara Muzik and Tara News - 'on grounds of humanity' came a ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758134/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:50:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758134/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A magistrate here Saturday sent Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI chief N. Srinivasan to police custody till May 29 in connection with the IPL spot fixing scam. He was produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate Court in south Mumbai a little more than 12 hours after he was formally placed under arrest a little after midnight Friday. The police sought seven days custodial interrogation for ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758132/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758132/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Kannur (Kerala) May 25 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony said that a separate cyber unit would be formed for the armed forces to counter the threat to the country from cyber space. "A formalised architecture for cyber defence in the armed forces is on its way," the defence minister said in an informal interaction with journalists at the Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala, in Kannur ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757838/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757838/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath Saturday said BCCI chief N. Srinivasan should quit following the arrest of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in the IPL spot fixing scandal. But Kamal Nath clarified that this was his personal view. "It is absolutely untenable for the BCCI chief to continue, he has no credibility left," Kamal Nath told TimesNow television. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757833/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757833/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Concerned over security issues during the upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal, the Congress Saturday said it has urged the State Election Commission to inform it about the security arrangements for polling days. The three-phase rural body elections in the state will be held on July 2, 6 and 10. "We have already sent a letter to the Election Commission, urging it to let us know what ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757835/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757835/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Bollywood star Salman Khan has stepped in to support actress Sana Khan, who is reportedly in hiding after getting embroiled in a controversy surrounding an alleged kidnapping of a 15-year-old girl. Sana has a role in Salman-starrer "Mental", and she had even participated in reality show "Bigg Boss 6", which was hosted by Salman. News of the actress' involvement in the kidnapping of a minor girl ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757831/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757831/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar's fans have twin reasons to celebrate this weekend. On Friday, Mumbai Indians clinched a spot in the Indian Premier League (IPL) final by defeating Rajasthan Royals. The day also coincided with Tendulkar's 18th wedding anniversary. Besides the usual cheers for Indians qualifying to the finals, netizens have been pouring out their heart to congratulate Sachin and ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757832/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757832/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Amid the intriguing but dark saga of the unfolding spot fixing and betting scam, two-time champions Chennai Super Kings take on traditional underachievers Mumbai Indians in the final of the controversy-ridden sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the iconic Eden Gardens here Sunday. A formidable but beleaguered Super Kings, who topped the round robin league on way to the title ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757828/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:00:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757828/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The BJP Saturday announced that former Himachal Pradesh minister Jairam Thakur would be its candidate for the June 23 bypoll to the Mandi parliamentary seat. BJP president Rajnath Singh had approved Thakur's name for the byelection, a party statement said. Thakur was a minister in the Prem Kumar Dhumal government that was voted out of power in last December's assembly polls. The Mandi seat had ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756890/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756890/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Three of the capital's tony eateries are among a list of 101 Best Restaurants in Asia 2013. Varq at The Taj Mahal Hotel that serves Indian cuisine was ranked at number six and ITC Maurya's Bukhara, frequented for its delectable north Indian cuisine, was at number 24. The Taj Palace Hotel's Orient Express, which specialises in French cuisine, was ranked at 55. The other Indian restaurants which ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756889/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756889/scat/701ee96610c884a6 To reduce the use of fertilizers, Himachal Pradesh is going to check samples of soil under the Soil Health Programme, an official said here Saturday. The government has asked the farmers to get soil from their fields tested free of cost, agriculture director J.C. Rana said. He said that the department has set a target of checking 63,750 samples of soil during the current kharif season. The ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756892/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756892/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Expressing concern over the declining standards of higher education, President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday called for identifying at least one department in each university that could be made a centre of excellence. "It's possible to revive the lost glory of our higher education system and take at least a few of our universities into the global top league," Mukherjee said while inaugurating the ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756811/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:20:04 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756811/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India Cements may not be majorly impacted if its Indian Premier League (IPL) team, Chennai Super Kings' licence is revoked in the wake of the spot fixing scandal, industry analysts say. "The revocation of CSK's IPL franchisee licence will not have any major financial impact on India Cements. Perhaps the company's branding/marketing expenses would go up," V. Srinivasan, research analyst at Angel ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756810/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756810/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will Monday visit Maharashtra for a day to interact with farmers, a party statement said Saturday. Rahul Gandhi will be visiting villages in Osmanabad and Jalna districts of the state, it said. "He will visit cattle camps and pipe water schemes in both the district. He will also be interacting with farmers," it ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756801/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756801/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Nine teenagers - seven girls and two boys - are to collectively produce a volume of short stories before the Taj Literature Festival in December. The lucky nine - Kuhu Goyal, Yusura, Priyanshi, Aniruddha, Yashi, Amrita, Subundhu, Bhavya and Kuhoo Srivastav - were selected after a fortnight-long grooming camp attended by 60 teenagers. They were then put through a three-day workshop conducted by ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756689/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756689/scat/701ee96610c884a6 In a major policy change, Bangladesh will allow India ferry foodgrains for the mountainous northeastern states via its territory, a Tripura minister said here. "Initially, the Bangladesh government has agreed to transport 10,000 tonnes of foodgrains for Tripura through its territory," Tripura Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bhanulal Saha told IANS. "The Bangladesh government issued necessary ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756691/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756691/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Director Dharam Verma, who directed popular show "Lapataganj", is happy that the show is coming back with its second season. He says the new season promises a lot. "Lapataganj" is the story of the people residing in an imaginary town of the same name. They lead a happy life against all odds. The show was famous among audiences for bringing to them several colourful flavours of rural India. The ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756647/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:40:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756647/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Indian cricket team will depart for England and Wales from here May 29 to participate in the ICC Champions Trophy to be held June 6-23. This will be the seventh and final Champions Trophy as it is due to be replaced by the ICC World Test Championship in 2017. India are placed in Group B along with South Africa, West Indies and arch-rivals Pakistan. India open the tournament when they take ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756646/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:40:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756646/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Designer duo Shantanu and Nikhil have created a signature line based on Disney characters. The line is for children aged between 6 and 14. The designers, who are known for fusion wear, have associated with Disney Channel for its campaign Jet Set 2. This will be the designers' first kidswear line. "The collection is about celebration, joy, and happiness. Colours like apple green, sky blue, ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756644/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756644/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The northeastern state Mizoram expects to get financial aid from the World Bank for the development of roads in the mountainous state, bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh, officials said here Saturday. "A four-member World Bank team visited various parts of Mizoram earlier this week. The World Bank officials are strongly pushing for a free trade regime in the region and keen to provide technical ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756642/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756642/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The familiar scenes of commuters arguing with conductors in Kolkata buses over short change may soon be a thing of past as the bus operators have now hit upon the idea of handing out coupons, or "due slips" with holograms, in lieu of change. Faced with an acute shortage of coins, operators on select routes would give these slips to the passengers. These will contain the amount of change to be ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756640/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756640/scat/701ee96610c884a6 R.K. Mathur, a 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, took over as defence secretary Saturday. According to an official release, Mathur has a rich and varied experience in public administration and has held senior positions at state and central levels. He has held the position of chief secretary of Tripura. He also served as the additional secretary and ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756604/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:20:03 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756604/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma Saturday laid the foundation stone of the National Institute of Design (NID) here. The NID, which is coming up on the campus of University of Hyderabad, is expected to offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses from 2015-16. This will be the third NID in the country. The first such institute was established in Ahmedabad in 1961. The minister ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756599/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:20:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756599/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Slow and steady seems to be the course of Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif's younger sister Isabel's career. She has been signed to play the second lead opposite British Indian actor Kunal Nayyar in French director Jean-Francois Pouliot's "Dr. Cabbie". The film, co-produced by Salman Khan, features Vinay Virmani, who played one of the title roles in Bejoy Nambiar's undervalued "David". Salman ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756602/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:20:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756602/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A mother of three, choreographer-turned-filmmaker Farah Khan, who is all set to step into a judge's shoes for the new season of dance reality show "Dance Indian Dance - Supermoms" says she stands nowhere in comparison to the show's contestants. Farah is a mother of five-year-old triplets - son Czar and daughters Diva and Anya. She is impressed to see the talent on the show, which features ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756600/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:20:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756600/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A defiant Board of Cricket Control in India president N. Srinivasan on Saturday said that he had done nothing wrong with regard to the Indian Premier League, and categorically refused to resign from his position. Srinivasan told media outside Mumbai Airport that: " I have done nothing wrong. I have no intention to resign. I cannot be bulldozed. This is all a political game and conspiracy. The ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756460/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756460/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Indian software industry is poised for a strong revenue growth driven by social media, mobility, analytics and cloud, said a report published by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The Indian companies in the top 100 emerging markets list bring combined revenue of $797 million. India ranks fifth among the emerging markets based on revenues, according to the PwC Global 100 Software Leaders report, ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756458/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756458/scat/701ee96610c884a6 "I have no intention to resign," Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N. Srinivasan said here Saturday after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested in connection with the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal. "I have not done anything wrong, I have no intention to resign. I cannot be bulldozed into resigning. The BCCI will follow its rules. There is no ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756457/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756457/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Saturday expanded his ministry by inducting senior Congressman S.R. Patil, the first from the legislative council to join the week-old ministry. Patil, 64, was administered the oath of office and secrecy as cabinet minister by Governor H.R. Bhardwaj at Raj Bhavan, the governor's official residence here. Patil was leader of the opposition in the council ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755566/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755566/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president and India Cements owner N.Srinivasan has arrived in Mumbai to meet with his arrested son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan at around 6 p.m. on Saturday evening. According to television reports,Srinivasan's arrival in the city coincided with Meiyappan being produced before a local court well ahead of the earlier deadline of 3p.m. announced by the ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755498/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:20:03 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755498/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mumbai Indians batsman Dwayne Smith Saturday was fined 10 percent of his match fee for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during the Qualifier 2 match against Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens Friday. Smith admitted to the Level 1 offence of conduct contrary to the spirit of the game. For Level 1 breaches of the IPL Code of Conduct, the match referee's decision is final ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755493/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755493/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Janata Party president and activist lawyer Subramanian Swamy on Saturday had a another take on the current spot fixing episode dogging the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N. Srinivasan should not be the only person asked to resign. Giving a political twist to the IPL episode, Swamy questioned as to why only ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755492/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755492/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi Saturday called for the termination of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) following the arrest of Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan, in the IPL spot fixing scam. "Now that arrest is made of guru and he has been booked by police. India cements franchise agmt should be terminated suo Moto," Modi tweeted ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755489/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755489/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A militant and his family who returned illegally to Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan have been arrested, police said. "We had reports two days back that this militant, Nazir Hussain, was returning from Pakistan via Nepal to his home at Marhot in Poonch district," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Poonch Shamsher Choudhary said late Friday. Police were waiting to nab the man, as he had ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755436/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755436/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Face packs made from a concoction of natural ingredients can clear off acne from your face. Single ingredients like unprocessed honey, toothpaste and vinegar can also do the job well. Vedika Trivedi, a professional from Jawed Habib's hair and beauty salon chain, explains how to use them effectively: Raw honey: Apply unprocessed honey directly on the affected area. Its antiseptic properties will ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755418/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755418/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh is all set with plans for his second production - a biopic titled "Pocket Dynamo". It will be produced under his banner Mumbai Film Company (MFC). The film is based on the life of a wrestler Khashaba Jadhav, who won independent India's first Olympic medal in 1952. Confirming the news through an official statement, Riteish said: "We have acquired the rights for ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755417/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755417/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Indian steelmaker Bhushan Steel Limited (BSL) Saturday said it was all set to double the annual capacity of its steel plant in Odisha to six million tonne by the end of this year. The plant at Meramandali in Dhenkanal district, about 150 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, was commissioned in 2006. It has an annual output of three million tonnes. In the first phase, the company invested ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755416/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755416/scat/701ee96610c884a6 His elder brother is associated with a film production banner, while his younger brother is a video jockey-turned-actor. Director-actor Kunaal Roy Kapur feels even though they are not really a film family, but they have ended up being one. They entered filmdom via different routes - elder brother Siddharth Roy Kapur is the managing director, Studios, Disney UTV, while their younger brother ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755336/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755336/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Bollywood film "Singham" fame Ajay Devgn, director Rohit Shetty and Kannada actor Kicha Sudeep will attend the audio launch of Suriya-starrer Tamil action-drama "Singam 2" here June 2. "Bollywood 'Singham' actor Ajay Devgn, director Rohit Shetty and Kannada actor Sudeep will grace the audio launch of Suriya's 'Singam 2', which will take place on June 2," said a statement from the production ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754961/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754961/scat/701ee96610c884a6 With mercury soaring in Uttar Pradesh and the grim power situation disrupting life, protests have become the order of the day, spelling trouble for the Samajwadi Party government. In the last 10 days alone, people resorted to violence in more than two dozen places across the sprawling state over incessant power cuts and the alleged indifference of officials. In Lucknow, residents vandalised ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754959/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754959/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Foreign Office in Pakistan has urged Afghanistan to consider the regional security situation while pursuing an arms purchase deal with India. At a media briefing on Friday, Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jillani said as a sovereign country Afghanistan can pursue its own policies, but it should mind the overall peace and security situation in the region. According to Dawn News, Jillani was ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754958/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:20:05 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754958/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president and India Cements owner N.Srinivasan is likely to meet his arrested son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan here around 6 p.m. on Saturday evening. According to television reports, Mumbai Crime Branch officials confirmed that Srinivasan had got in touch with their seniors on Saturday morning to seek permission to meet Meiyappan, who was arrested late ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754955/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:20:04 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754955/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his government may not have much to do with Gujarat and its Chief Minister Narendra Modi but they leave no opportunity to show that Haryana and Hooda are way ahead of their Gujarati counterparts. Be they his rallies or statements, Hooda does not let go any occasion to first draw a comparison and then to claim that Haryana and his government are ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754948/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:20:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754948/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Born in a family of cinestars, Bollywood's star actor Ranbir Kapoor says he never entered filmdom with the intention of becoming a star. He also said the current crop of actors are no comparisons to the likes of Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, who have an "aura" about them. Ranbir, who has proved his mettle film after film since debuting with unimpressive "Saawariya" in 2007, credits the media ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754726/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754726/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Over-the-top comic sequences have become a staple in TV shows and films. Actor Rohitashv Gour explains that this is so because the Indian audience enjoys them the most. "India's realism is over the top. If you see folk theatre also, they are larger than life. Even when someone dies, people often beat themselves and cry. So our culture is over the top. So people like over the top things," Gour ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754727/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754727/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor feels it is high time to create a definite rating system for films so that a demarcation between sleaze and adult content can be made for the convenience of filmmakers and viewers. In the current scenario, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) categorises both adult and sleazy content under one umbrella of 'A' certificate. Kapoor, the director of films like ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754728/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754728/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A friend of a woman who was gang-raped by three men in Bihar has married the victim, police said Saturday. Four days after the 22-year-old woman was gang-raped and her friend beaten up by three men in the state's Banka district, the victim's friend married her at a temple late Friday. "The wedding was solemnised in a simple way at the temple in the presence of dozens of people, including police ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754420/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754420/scat/701ee96610c884a6 His first film "Wake Up Sid" had light-hearted romance and his next "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" (YJHD) too falls in the same category. But director Ayan Mukerji says he does not want to stick to the genre forever. "I absolutely don't intend to make these relationship films forever. If I get the opportunity to make my third film, I want to step away from this genre. I would love to make a Superman ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754380/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754380/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thirty-five people, including 20 women, were arrested from a Bihar village Saturday on charges of burning the husband of a village head over a land dispute, police said. Jainandan Mandal, husband of Kishanpur Baluwa village head Chimo Devi, was first beaten up and then thrown into his brick kiln in Kurkron village in Purnia district, about 350 km from here, Friday. "Police have arrested 35 ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754377/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754377/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Is Kerala politics all about camps? The polarisation between V.S. Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan loyalists in the opposition CPI-M is old news, but the ruling Congress appears to be no better with the increasing friction between the Oommen Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala factions. The question whether Chief Minister Chandy would include party president Chennithala, it seems, has destroyed the ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754376/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754376/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A film editor is no longer part of just the post-production team. In fact, the work begins from a movie's pre-production phase itself, says southern editor T.S Suresh. "Today, editing has become a very important facet of filmmaking. Filmmakers require an editor's assistance even before going on floors - right from the pre-production phase. Filmmakers and editors have begun working in ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754283/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754283/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Pointing out several irregularities in the implementation of rural jobs scheme in Odisha, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has asked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to address them urgently. In a letter to Patnaik Friday, the union minister said he has received 14 complaints pertaining to serious irregularities in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754282/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754282/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Ahead of the Mandi parliamentary by-election in Himachal Pradesh, a political crisis sparked by the purported resignation of a Congress minister who was miffed with Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh withered away in less than 24 hours. Transport Minister G.S. Bali, who sent his resignation to the party leadership in New Delhi Wednesday, backtracked very soon and said that he had merely apprised the ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754277/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754277/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid has indicated that he will retire from the Indian Premier League, after the Champions League T20 later this year. "I am 41 and 12 months are a long way ahead," was Dravid's reply to a media query on whether he will play the next season of the IPL. With the Royals qualifying for the Champions League T20 beginning Sep 17 in India, Dravid said he may not play ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753870/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753870/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid hopes that investigators "get to the bottom of the mess and reveal the truth" about spot fixing. "I believe truth sets you free. I sincerely hope that we get to the bottom of this mess and reveal whatever the truth is, no matter how painful it is," Dravid told media persons after his team went down fighting to the Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier match ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753722/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753722/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Goa has received a pat on the back from Russian Ambassador Alexander M. Kadakin for banning consumption of hard liquor on the state's beaches. He said it will "help save" Russian lives. "No hard drinks should be sold on beaches. It will add safety to the lives of Russians who come here. It will help save their lives," Kadakin told IANS at the inauguration of a consular office here Friday. ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753721/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753721/scat/701ee96610c884a6 After spending a night in the crime branch lock-up, Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI chief N. Srinivasan is likely to be produced before a magistrate for remand here Saturday afternoon, police sources said. Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy said early Saturday that Meiyappan, who was arrested around midnight, would be produced before a court within 24 hours. "We have ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753720/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753720/scat/701ee96610c884a6 There was no respite from the searing heat in Delhi with the minimum temperature shooting up four notches above average at 30.5 degrees Celsius early Saturday. The Met Office has forecast another sizzling day ahead for the capital. "The heatwave conditions would continue across the national capital. The maximum temperature Saturday is expected to be around 45 degrees Celsius," an India ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753514/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753514/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Communist Party of India-Marxist leader and former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament D. Raja on Saturday expressed concern as a citizen of India over spot fixing episode in the ongoing sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Speaking exclusively to ANI TV, Raja called on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to speak out and clarify what it was doing to end such scams and ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753156/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:50:05 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753156/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The son-in-law of BCCI president N. Srinivasan, Gurunath Meiyappan, will be produced in a Mumbai Court on Saturday. He was arrested on Friday night after being questioned over his involvement in IPL spot fixing case. Even as the arrest of his son-in-law Meiyappan has given rise to the demands of his resignation from the post of BCCI president, N Srinivasan said late Friday night that he will not ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753155/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:50:04 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753155/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A mother and her three-year-old daughter were killed in Uttar Pradesh late Friday after they jumped off a speeding truck while resisting a sexual assault by the driver, police said Saturday. The incident took place near the Chitaura toll plaza in Fatehpur, 120 km from here, after Raj Kumari, 30, along with son Deepak, daughter Meena and husband Rakesh hitched a ride in a truck. After travelling ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753148/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214753148/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A senior Indian army officer and two soldiers were injured near the Line of Control (LoC) Friday evening after Pakistani troops resorted to heavy firing at Indian posts in the Nowgam sector of north Kashmir's Kupwara district, an official said. "A brigadier and two soldiers were injured in the firing at Tutamari Gali of Nowgam sector near the LoC yesterday (Friday) evening," an army officer ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214752924/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214752924/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have arrested a Pakistani woman who entered Indian territory along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district on Friday. Border Security Force personnel observed some suspicious movement along the International Border near the Kamore forward post in the Ramgarh area of Samba sector and arrested the woman. Nothing incriminating was recovered ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214752643/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:50:04 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214752643/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has asked market regulator Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI)to root out the disease of insider trading from stock markets. Participating in SEBI's silver jubilee celebrations in Mumbai on Friday, Dr. Singh said his government is committed to strengthening the regulator's enforcement powers, and added that he was in favour of making it easier for foreign ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214752639/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:50:03 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214752639/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor asserts that he "completely" supports his home team Mumbai Indians in the sixth edition of Indian Premier League. "I am completely supporting Mumbai Indians," Kapoor told a television channel while promoting his forthcoming film "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani". Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the movie, coming out May 31, is produced by Dharma Productions and stars Ranbir's ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214748829/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214748829/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Despite having gone down to the Mumbai Indians in a nerve-wracking IPL playoff, Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid lauded his teammates for splendidly rising up to challenges both on and off the field, and said it has been a "pleasure to lead this team". Dravid said the squad has "probably given more than they been asked to". "Just take our team spirit, our energy... the fight we had as a ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214746321/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:50:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214746321/scat/701ee96610c884a6 in front in the death over, but eventually Mumbai managed to finish it off. Chasing 166 to book a place in the finals, Mumbai started off briskly scoring 45 runs in the first six overs. The duo galloped to 70 in nine overs before Tare was snared by Sanju Samson of the bowling of Kevon Cooper. Meanwhile, Smith continued his good run with the bat and kept scoring at a brisk rate as Mumbai went ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214746317/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:40:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214746317/scat/701ee96610c884a6 were the other contributors for Rajasthan. Bowling the last over speedster Lasith Malinga conceded 18 runs including two extremely wide deliveries. Harbhajan 3/23 and Kieron Pollard 2/6 were the most successful bowlers for the Mumbai ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214746196/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214746196/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The clamour for Indian cricket board president Narayanswamy Srinivasan's resignation got louder after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, Chennai Super Kings chief executive, Friday was interrogated by Mumbai police in the IPL spot fixing scandal and later arrested. Chennai Super Kings, however, sought to distance itself from Meiyappan, whose name cropped up during questioning of Bollywood actor ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214744945/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214744945/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mumbai police late Friday night arrested Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan, in the IPL spot fixing scam after three hours of intense interrogation, an official said. Questioned at the office of the Crime Branch, Meiyappan was confronted with the evidence against him and arrested around midnight. His name criopped up in the scam during revelations by ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214744942/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214744942/scat/701ee96610c884a6 In a setback to the previous Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP government in the state, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday quashed appointments of 480 teachers made in 2011 as these were not in accordance with law. Delivering the judgment, Justice Rajiv Sharma said the appointments of postgraduate teachers under the Postgraduate Teacher Class III (non-gazetted) Recruitment and Promotion Rules of ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214743617/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214743617/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Delhi High Court Friday quashed an FIR and summoning order against three Delhi Jal Board employees, accused of gangraping an executive working in a private company. Justice Suresh Kait allowed the plea of DJB engineers and quashed the trial court order which had summoned the officials to stand trial in the case despite a closure report filed by police which stated that they were falsely ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214743614/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214743614/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Filmmaker Nikhil Adwani, who is gearing up for his film "D-Day" says Mumbai bomb blast "affected" his life and that inspired him to make this film. "It's fictional characters. We have taken events from India's history and used them as triggers. I am particularly obsessed with the fact that I was 21 when the bomb blast happened in Mumbai... it affected my life, quite a lot and I wanted to make a ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214743613/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214743613/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Biscuit and bakery major BritanniaIndustries Friday registered a 65.66 percent jump in its net profit to Rs.87.85 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, from Rs. 53.03 crore during the same period last year. The city-based food maker's net sales during the period under review stood at Rs.1,486.63 crore compared to Rs.1,309.57 crore in the same period a year ago, it said in a filing to the ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214743616/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214743616/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Keeper-willower Dishant Yagnik played a cameo as Rajasthan Royals rode on a late batting surge to post a decent 165/6 in their Indian Premier League playoff at the Eden Gardens here Friday. The Royals scored 61 runs in the last five overs including 18 of the last after opting to bat first on a slow wicket, with rains delaying the start of the game by an hour. Skipper Rahul Dravid top scored ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214743615/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214743615/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Agra/Mathura May 24 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal has authorised demolition of all structures and unauthorised buildings in the flood-plains of the Yamuna river. The May 20 order cleared the way for demolition of all structures all the way from Delhi to Agra in the Yamuna's flood-plains. "If the order is implemented, thousands of buildings will be bulldozed," said environmentalist Shravan ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742514/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:20:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742514/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India and the US are in discussions to plan for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to America in the "near future". This was revealed by US Undersecretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman and Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai at separate briefings. Mathai and Sherman met earlier in the day to prepare for US Secretary of State John Kerry's June 24 visit to India for the bilateral ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742512/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742512/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A court in Harayana's Sonipat town Friday sentenced a man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the rape of a first-year law student of Haryana's all-women university, Bhagat Phool Singh Women's University. The court order came just over a year after the victim alleged that she was abducted and gang-raped by four youths May 18 last year. However, the court of Additional District and Sessions ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742087/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742087/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Hours after its spokesperson demanded resignation of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan over his son-in-law's name figuring in the investigations into the IPL spot fixing scandal, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Friday sought to distance itself from the demand. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson D.P. Tripathi Friday told reporters that Srinivasan should resign as chief of ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742086/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742086/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Actor Deepika Padukone finds 'Dil Jumping Zapak' - the peppy theme song of the sixth season of Indian Premier League - "most catchy" of all the IPL tunes. "Of all the IPL tunes, this is the most catchy," she told a TV channel as she jived to the song with "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" co-star Ranbir Kapoor Friday. Deepika, who was seen supporting superstar Shah Rukh Khan's team Kolkata Knight ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742083/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742083/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Defence Minister A.K. Antony Friday expressed confidence that leaders of the Congress' Kerala unit would themselves resolve any issue facing them. "You (the media) think that there are issues that cannot be resolved in the state unit of the party. I know my colleagues here for several decades and at the appropriate time all will cooperate. My feeling is that the issues can be resolved here ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742082/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742082/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thirty top executive directors and CEOs of leading nationalised banks in the country will attend a classroom training at IIM Kozhikode for three days starting Monday. The workshop will be led by Debashis Chatterjee, director, IIM Kozhikode, and his colleagues. "The workshop assumes immense significance in view of the crisis faced by the banking industry in India and the rest of the world. Our ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742081/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742081/scat/701ee96610c884a6 One of the world's biggest cruise liners, Royal Caribbean International's Mariner of the Seas, Friday arrived at Mormugao port in Goa, which has plans of promoting the state as a destination for lucrative ocean cruise market. En route from Dubai, the vessel was received by Deputy Chief Minister Francisco D'Souza at Goa's only major port. Speaking to the media here, Captain Rajesh Saigal, senior ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742080/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742080/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A slew of illegal land deals involving its nationals was one of the reasons why Russia decided to start a consular office in Goa, which hosted 1.5 lakh Russian tourists this season, Ambassador Alexander Kadakin said Friday. The ambassador also expressed distaste at the manner in which the word "mafia" was being liberally used when it came to rare cases involving Russians nationals. "Illegal ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742076/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742076/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne Friday stressed on enhancing operational capability and training for its station commanders. "Commanders need to concentrate on operational capability and training, creation of operational infrastructure, asset protection resources for operation and people management," Browne said at a meeting of the station commanders of the Training ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742075/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742075/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin Friday said he had been misquoted by a section of media, which Friday said that a miffed Russia may stop arms sales to India, in light of the latter looking to the US for defence technology and equipment purchases. Kadakin said India and Russia shared a "confident, firm and stable cooperation" in the military field and that the relationship between the two ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742079/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742079/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Two Bachelor in Computer Application (BCA) students were killed after the car they were travelling in collided against an electric pole here, police said here Friday. The accident was reported from west Delhi's Chhawla area around 4.30 p.m. Thursday. Anup, 24, and Abhhimanyu, 24, were rushed to the Rao Tula Ram Memorial Hospital, where they were declared dead. Initial investigation revealed ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742074/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742074/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Industry body, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), has called for a comprehensive port development strategy and for providing level playing field to private players. In its report on ports development in India, released here Friday, it underlined the need to expand the existing framework to attract participation from the private sector for development of ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742078/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742078/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) Friday announced a large natural gas discovery in the consortium's KG-D6 block offshore in Andhra Pradesh. "Formation evaluation indicates a gross gas and condensate column in the well of about 155 metres in the Mesozoic reservoirs," RIL-BP said in a statement here. "The KGD6-MJ1 well was drilled in a water depth of 1,024 metres - and to a total depth of 4,509 ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742077/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214742077/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Friday called an indefinite shutdown in north Bengal's Darjeeling hills from Sunday to protest the arrest of an elected member of the hill development body for alleged involvement in arson and violence. The GJM gave the call Friday evening after a local court rejected the bail application of Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) member and party leader Chandray ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214741658/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214741658/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Move over Psy's 'Gangnam Style'. Mumbai Indians (MI) fans were awestruck with Bhajji's 'Bangnam Style' as the Mumbaikars took on the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League play-off at the Eden Gardens here Friday. There was speculation over Tendulkar's fitness through the day, till the late evening heartbreak that he would not take the ground. The supporters of 'paltan' or MI rallied to ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214741656/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214741656/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Praising Rajasthan Royals'(RR) effort at "getting everybody gell together" after the side was rocked by the spot fixing scam, cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar feels the developments have further boosted the bonding between the squad. "I think it's a question of getting everybody gelling together and that is what has happened. Yes I think they have had a traumatic last 10-15 days and ithat is in ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214740794/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214740794/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The absence of home team Kolkata Knight Riders, wet weather and perhaps the spot fixing scandal played a part as the otherwise boisterous Eden Gardens was low on the "cheer quotient" for the second IPL qualifier between Mumbai Indians and the Rajasthan Royals Friday. Despite a knock out game featuring two of the bigger teams, the iconic venue was half full with a Cricket Association of Bengal ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739919/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739919/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The flood data agreement signed between India and China during the recent visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is just a renewal of the existing treaty between the two countries, an NGO alleged here Friday. "The central government has failed to get any assurance from China on India's concerns regarding China's large scale activities for diversion of Brahmaputra (river) waters. China has ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739918/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739918/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mumbai police whisked off Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan, to the police headquarters shortly he landed here Friday evening. Police are likely to interrogate Meiyappan in connection with the IPL spot fixing scam after his name was revealed by Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh Randhawa, currently in police custody. A team of Crime Branch sleuths had ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739916/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739916/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat first in the Indian Premier League second qualifier against Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens here Friday. While Rajasthan play an unchanged side from the last game, Mumbai's sole change is all-rounder Rishi Dhawan replacing pacer Munaf Patel. The start of the game was delayed by an hour due to a wet outfield following a ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739914/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:40:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739914/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Searing summer heat continued to scorch the plains and hills across north India as temperatures remained over 45 degree Celsius Friday. There will be no respite from the intense heat Saturday, the weather office said. Delhi reeled under blistering temperature that shot up to five notches above the season's average at 45 degrees Celsius. "It felt I was getting baked by the hot winds while ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739913/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:40:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739913/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Nuclear power is the future of energy for India, said Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin, contending that even if the country buys all the oil in the world, it will not be sufficient for its energy requirements in the near future. Kadakin was speaking to reporters after inaugurating the Russian consul office here Friday. "Nuclear power is the only way out of the situation. It can make India ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739912/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739912/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India's food grain states Punjab and Haryana can help African countries in ensuring food security through exchange of knowledge and technological knowhow, Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil said here Friday. Addressing the seventh Africa Day lecture at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) here, Patil said India and Africa were set to explore immense possibilities in ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739911/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739911/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Amid speculation that the Congress is exploring government formation in Jharkhand -- which is under President's rule -- party vice president Rahul Gandhi reviewed the political situation with state leaders Friday. A section of the Congress has been in favour of exploring ways to form a government in the state with the support of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), said party sources here. ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739910/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739910/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The severe heat wave conditions in Andhra Pradesh have so claimed 84 lives from April 1, officials said. The state remained in the grip of heat wave Friday, with many towns recording maximum day temperature of over 43 degree Celsius. Munuguru in coal mines area of Khammam district was the hottest place Friday with the mercury shooting up to 50 degrees, the highest this season. Rentachintala in ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739909/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739909/scat/701ee96610c884a6 After the population of the vultures dropped alarmingly in India, a local non-government organization (NGO) in Assam is running a successful programme to raise the population of the fast disappearing vultures. The captive breeding process for preservation of vultures has been used to increase the population of these extinct scavengers, in an environment controlled by the humans and in restricted ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739907/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739907/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's visit to Ghaziabad has been postponed after the gruesome murders of seven members of a family, an official said. "No further date has been intimated," said Ghaziabad District Magistrate S.V.S. Ranga Rao. Businessman Satish Goel, 62, his wife Manju Goel, 60, their son Sachin Goel, 40, Sachin's wife Rekha, 38, her daughters Megha, 13, and Neha, 11, ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739904/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739904/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Rating agency ICRA Ltd Friday announced a 21.64 percent rise in its net profit to Rs.27.49 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 from Rs.22.60 crore for the same period a year ago. The firm's total income for the fourth quarter last fiscal stood at Rs.56.41 crore compared to Rs.52.96 crore for the same period previous fiscal, reflecting growth of seven percent, it said in a release here. ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739901/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739901/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The start of the Indian Premier League play-off game between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals was delayed by an hour Friday due to rain. The city, which has been experiencing inclement weather over the past few days, was lashed by showers in the evening, prompting the organisers to put on the covers on the Eden Gardens turf. Though the rain stopped after some time, the soggy outfield ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739906/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739906/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily Friday refuted allegations of government favouring Reliance Industries (RIL) as "malicious" and said the proposed revision in natural gas price would apply to all companies. The allegations of favouring RIL were made here at a press conference Thursday by CPI member of parliament Gurudas Dasgupta. "The proposed pricing guidelines shall be equally applicable ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739905/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739905/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notice to Delhi's Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University for an anomaly in its admission exams in which aspirants were allotted an examination centre which had been shut for the past 10 years. "Seventy aspirants to the engineering programme of the varsity lost nearly an hour because of this goof up. No extra time was given to them," ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739908/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739908/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Civil nuclear cooperation talks will be high on the agenda, besides economic and regional and international issues, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh goes to Japan on a three-day visit Monday to attend the postponed bilateral summit. The prime minister, who will also go to Thailand from Japan, will hold talks with Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe. The bilateral summit was originally slated to be ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739902/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739902/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Indian Air Force Chief Norman Anil Kumar Browne inaugurated an annual commanders' conference here on Friday and reviewed the induction of new technology and weapon systems. In recent years, India has emerged as the world's largest weapons importer, but procurements are periodically held up by allegations of corruption. Earlier in the year, AgustaWestland, a division of Italian defence group ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739900/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739900/scat/701ee96610c884a6 President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice President Hamid Ansari Friday greeted the countrymen on the eve of Buddha Purnima. The president said Lord Buddha taught the path of right action so that mankind may overcome its suffering. "Lord Buddha's teachings of non-violence, love and compassion are of eternal significance. We must strive to make these teachings part of ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739899/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739899/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Multiple sclerosis, a disabling disease which strikes mostly young people, is fast becoming a cause for worry in India, doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here said Friday. AIIMS has carried out a study on the patients of multiple sclerosis it treats. It found that around 70-80 percent of patients were in the age group of 18-35 years. They all had relapsing remitting ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739515/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739515/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Having pulled out its franchise Pune Warriors from the Indian Premier League (IPL), Sahara chief Subrata Roy fired another salvo saying he would immediately stop sponsoring the Indian team if N. Srinivasan continues to be the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). "Person like Srinivasan does not know how to run cricket. Sahara will not sponsor team India as long as N ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739511/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739511/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A spot boy in Bollywood movies was Friday arrested from Hyderabad for the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal, Delhi Police sources said. Mohammad Ahya alias Yusuf, 45, was arrested at the Hyderabad airport while trying to flee to Dubai, the sources said. "One of the arrested bookies, Chandresh Patel, revealed Ahya's name. We will be bringing him to Delhi," a Delhi Police official ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739509/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739509/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Jet Airways Friday said its shareholders have approved the company's plans to offload 24 percent stake to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways for around $379 million (Rs.2,058 crore). According to the company, the deal was ratified at an extraordinary meeting of Jet's shareholders held here. However, the adoption of a new set of rules relating to 'articles of association' was deferred and will be ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739053/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739053/scat/701ee96610c884a6 There is new hope for those who are sick of their glasses but have been refused Lasik surgery for sight correction as their cornea was too thin or irregular. A new method now assures complete vision correction through a quick and ablation-free technique. The Refractive Lenticule Extraction (ReLEx) method, which was launched in the national capital Friday by Centre for Sight, is an advanced ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739051/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214739051/scat/701ee96610c884a6 CCTV cameras prying all-around, strict vigil on movement around players' dressing rooms and heightened security -- the Eden Gardens stood fortified as it hosted the playoff match of the IPL Friday amid the raging spot fixing scam. With stringent security in place after the latest scandal to hit Indian cricket came to light, players have been barred from allowing any women other than their wives ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738832/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738832/scat/701ee96610c884a6 In a report with recommendations for Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) and the Indian government, Human Rights Watch said the Mozambique government and foreign companies' work in resettling communities displaced by coal mining has "serious shortcomings". The New York-based rights group's report, released Thursday in Mozambique's captial Maputo said lack of proper resettlement is leaving thousands ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738833/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738833/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Undeveloped corporate debt market is a weakness in India's financial system and high fiscal deficit is further complicating the problem, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday. "A weakness in our financial system relates to the market for corporate debt. While the market for government debt is very large, the market for corporate debt has yet to develop as it should. It is not large enough ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738368/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738368/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Friday submitted a memorandum to visiting President Pranab Mukherjee, seeking additional central financial assistance to overcome a shortfall of Rs.10,725 crore. The chief minister cited the "unfavourable" award of 13th Finance Commission, which recommended an overall increase of only 50 percent for the state while the other states were given an ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738370/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738370/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A Delhi court sent five spot fixing scam accused, including two former cricketers, to judicial custody till June 4. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma sent to judicial custody three bookies -- Kiran Dole, Sunil Bhatia and Ramakant Aggarwal -- and two players - Manish Guddewar, a former Ranji player of Vidarbha, and Amit Kumar Singh, a former IPL player associated with the ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738369/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738369/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Expressing concern over rising incidents of crime against women and children, President Pranab Mukherjee Friday called for effective measures to ensure their safety and security. Underlining the need for arresting the moral decline in society, the president told students of Himachal Pradesh University here to find answers for reversing the degradation of values. Favouring imparting moral and ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738371/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738371/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will declare the results of Class 12 Monday, an official statement said. The results will be declared at 10 a.m., and will be available online on www.results.nic.in, www.cbseresults.nic.in, and www.cbse.nic.in. The results will also be available through interactive voice response system (IVRS) at a charge of Re.0.30 per minute. The numbers will be ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738208/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738208/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday called for increased efforts by the government and financial regulators to channelise domestic savings into financial assets. "The imperative of growth requires an increasing proportion of savings getting channelized into financial assets to facilitate their deployment in the most productive uses," the prime minister said while speaking at the Silver Jubilee ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738209/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738209/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The first meeting of the BJP's reconstituted national executive next month will work out strategy for an effective campaign against the UPA government in its last year in office and discuss preparations for the forthcoming assembly polls, party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here Friday. Naqvi said the two-day meeting in Goa starting June 8 will discuss "strategy and effective ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738206/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738206/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tainted cricketer S. Sreesanth's interrogation led Delhi Police to another mobile phone which he had gifted to a female friend from the money he earned from spot fixing in this season's Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, said a police official Friday. A Blackberry Bold mobile phone worth Rs.9,000 was recovered Friday from the woman's house in Jaipur, police said. Sreesanth came in contact ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738199/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738199/scat/701ee96610c884a6 FICCI Friday called for regulating sports betting in India in the wake of the cricketing spot fixing scandal. Despite several attempts to ban it, betting is continuing in an underground way, the business lobby said in a statement. The middle way out "is it should be regulated in a way" to reduce this to an acceptable level, it said. "Hence, the government should think of legalizing and ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738201/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738201/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Friday asked the suspended Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to amends its constitution by July 15 and hold fresh elections no later than Sep 1 for getting back to the Olympic fold. The IOC had suspended IOA Dec 4 for not complying with the Olympic charter. IOC director general Christopher de Kepper, in a letter addressed to Sports Minister Jitendra ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738205/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738205/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The border problem between India and China is a colonial heritage and Russia is glad that both countries could diplomatically resolve it, Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin said Saturday. Kadakin was speaking to reporters after inaugurating the Russian consul office in Panaji. "The border problem was not created by India. It is a heritage of colonial times when borders were not ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738200/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738200/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The heat wave prevailing over the plains of Punjab and Haryana remained unabated Friday with temperatures at most places in the two states remaining over 46 degrees. The Sikh holy city of Amritsar, which had Thursday recorded its highest ever temperature of 48 degrees, saw another hot day with the mercury touching 47.7 degrees. The temperature was nine degrees above the average, Met officials ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738203/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:30:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738203/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar turned a commoner after flying in from New Delhi when Air India failed to open the VIP exit door for him, airport sources said Friday. The incident took place almost a week ago. Kumar arrived by Air India close to 11 p.m. As per protocol, the governor is entitled to board his car on the tarmac. While senior officials of the airport, Air India and the Central ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738195/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214738195/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India does not depend on short-term borrowings from the US and if the US withdraws its stimulus packages, it will not impact capital inflows in India, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here Friday. "I think if they (US) do that...I don't think that the expected changes in quantitative easing (QE) will make a difference to the kind of inflows that we are talking ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737826/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:10:03 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737826/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Ace Malayalam comedian and character artiste Kalabhavan Mani surrendered to police Friday and was presented in a court which released him on bail. Mani was on the run since May 14 after three forest officials filed a complaint that they were roughed up by the actor after they stopped his vehicle as part of a routine night checking. According to the forest officials, Mani, after refusing to ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737828/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:10:03 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737828/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Filmmaker Anil Sharma, whose "Singh Sahab The Great" is almost ready, says the Sunny Deol starrer is slated for Oct 11 release, two days before Dussehra. "We are ready with our film and the film is in its post production stage. I am busy with the post production. When I was editing the film, I had tears in my eyes. The film has shaped up very well and we will be releasing the film on Oct 11," ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737824/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737824/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday sought a report from Uttar Pradesh Police over five women being assaulted in Lalitpur district. "Five women workers of an NGO called Sahjani Shiksha Kendra were beaten with lathis by some influential people in Lalitpur district. We have sought a report from Uttar Pradesh deputy general of police within 15 days," an official of the NHRC said ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737823/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:10:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737823/scat/701ee96610c884a6 In a veritable medical miracle, a 104-year-old man successfully underwent spinal surgery within weeks of recovering from a heart operation, his doctors said here Friday. "While the spine procedure in itself was simple, there were multiple risks considering the age of the patient and the prior medical history," said Sandeep Vaishya, additional director, neurology, Fortis Memorial Research ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737822/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:10:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737822/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Film: "Karimedu"; Cast: Pooja Gandhi, Raghu Mukherjee, Makarand Deshpande, Ravi Kale, Ravi Shankar, Nisha Kothari, Muni, Karisubbu, Yathiraj and Jaidev; Director: Srinivasaraju; Rating: 1/2 I love a film that doesn't hesitate to present what it had originally planned to such as "Karimedu", which takes a true story and treats it with such honesty that you want to laud the effort. Even though it ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737410/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737410/scat/701ee96610c884a6 For her role of a schoolgirl in "Raanjhanaa", Sonam Kapoor took inspiration from Jaya Bachchan's popular character in hit movie "Guddi", which too revolved around a schoolgoing teenager. "I had already seen 'Guddi' but I saw it again before shooting for the film. I was inspired by Jaya Bachchanji in 'Guddi' for the film," Sonam told reporters Friday at the unveiling of director Anand L. Rai's ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737411/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737411/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Long-delayed aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is undergoing trials and could be in India by December, Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin said Friday. The Russian ambassador also complained that the delay in handing over of the Russian aircraft carrier to India was being written about extensively, as compared to the five-year long delay in the French-built Scorpene submarine. Kadakin was ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737409/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737409/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sixth seed Dhruv Sunish of Maharashtra knocked out second seed Adil Kalyanpur of Karnataka 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-finals to set up a title clash with state-mate and top seed Siddhant Jagdish Banthia in the boys singles of the Karle Infra ATF Under-14 Asian junior ranking tennis tournament here Friday. In the other semi-final, Banthia rallied to beat fourth seed Megh Patel of Gujarat 6-7(7), 6-3, ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737403/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737403/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Holding a fig leaf to protect its shrinking identity, Goa wants to roll out a red carpet for a Rs.25,000 crore investment it needs to set its industrial ambitions in order. After decades of cozying up to family-run mining companies and power-guzzling, polluting smelting units, the Goa government is now eying light-weight, technology-heavy industry, which will harness local talent and avoid ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737404/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737404/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Expressing her grief over spot fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), singer-actress Sophie Choudry, a cricket fan, says it is "heartbreaking" to see such "criminal activity". Three Rajasthan Royal players, including India pacer S. Sreesanth, have been arrested in connection with spot fixing. Actor Vindu Dara Singh has also been arrested. "It's heartbreaking. I am a huge cricket fan, I am ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737406/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737406/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Singapore is ready to help Maharashtra develop its infrastructure in major cities like Mumbai and Pune, an official said Friday. This was indicated by visiting Singapore Deputy Prime Minister T. Shanmugaratnam in talks with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan here. "Singapore is a very small country compared to India. We focussed on providing the best urban infrastructure and developing cities to ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737401/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737401/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its verdict on Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's plea challenging a trial court order to frame charges against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case relating to the killing of six people in Sultanpuri area here. Justice Suresh Kait reserved the order after hearing all the parties in the case. The high court, which was to pronounce its order April 29, deferred it ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737399/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737399/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Film: "Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke"; Cast: Dev Goel and Adaah Sharma; Director: Jyotin Goel; Rating: None Shammi and Priyanka, played by newcomer Dev Goel and semi-newcomer Adaah Sharma, are chaddi-buddies. To prove it, he even flashes his chaddi in her face. Thankfully, he isn't wearing it when this occurs. This is one of the many irreverent scenes showing the couple's comfort level that keeps ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737400/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:40:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737400/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The third Hockey India (HI) Senior Men's National Championship will be held at the Shiv Chhattrapati sports complex here and Major Dhyan Chand Hockey stadium, Pimpri from May 28 to June 10. Speaking to reporters here Friday, organising secretary and also the Joint Secretary of HI Manoj Bhore said the championship, supported by the Maharashtra Olympic Association and the Department of Youth ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737398/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737398/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Cement major India Cements Ltd. Friday said that Gurunath Meiyappan, who has been summoned by Mumbai police for his alleged role in the spot fixing scam, is not the owner/CEO/team principal of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings. In a statement issued here by the company's executive director T.S.Raghupathy said: "India Cements clarifies that Mr. Gurunath Meiyappan is neither the Owner, nor CEO / ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737397/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:30:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737397/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mohit Raina is tagged as "hottest god on the small screen", thanks to his role of Lord Shiva in the mythological TV show "Devon Ka Dev - Mahadev". Happy doing the role, he has no fears of being "typecast". "I don't feel an image can really bind an actor. In earlier times, it used to happen as there were not many channels and not so many shows. With time, people would want to see me more. I will ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737107/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:20:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214737107/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The searing heat in the capital has led to toxic ozone rising to dangerous levels, giving rise to health issues such as chest pain, coughing and congestion, a scientist said Friday. And with ozone pollution set to increase further, the situation could worsen, warned Gufran Beig of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune. "It can worsen bronchitis, emphysema and asthma," Beig ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214736650/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214736650/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Director Rupesh Paul has finalised model King Mal Khan for the male lead in "Kamasutra 3D" and he will be seen romancing Sherlyn Chopra in the film. "We are announcing the name of the male lead of the film at Cannes," Paul told IANS, affirming that after a long process "we could finalise an actor". "We found more than 20 actresses, who agreed to act with frontal nudity, but could not got a ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214736651/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214736651/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Delhi unit Friday staged a sit-in protest near Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's official residence here, demanding her resignation over alleged misuse of public money for "political purposes" ahead of the 2008 assembly polls. Led by unit chief Vijay Goel and former chief Vijender Gupta, over 100 BJP workers, including party legislators, shouted slogans against ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214736649/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:00:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214736649/scat/701ee96610c884a6 ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214736647/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214736647/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will induct Congress legislator S. R. Patil into his ministry Saturday, four days ahead of the state legislature's first session after the party wrested power from BJP early this month. "Patil will be sworn-in tomorrow (Saturday) by Governor H. R. Bhardwaj," the chief minister told reporters here Friday, a day after he got Congress president Sonia Gandhi's ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214736644/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:50:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214736644/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A bride and groom exchange rings during a traditional Indian wedding ceremony. Although most marriages in India are still arranged by parents, a growing number of women are taking matters of the heart into their own hands, using dating services and ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758306/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:35 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758306/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Cricket News: MUMBAI: Gurunath Meiyappan produced in Mumbai court; N Srinivasan lands in Mumbai, unlikely to meet son-in-law. Many have been arrested in the ongoing probe in the IPL spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the cricketing industry and exposed a betting racket that has managed to leave the nation in ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758307/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:34 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758307/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Cricket News: Kolkata: It will be a repeat of the 2010 final. Mumbai Indians almost choked in the middle yet again but some sensible batting by young Rishi Dhawan and Harbhajan Singh helped them pip ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758308/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:33 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758308/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Cricket News: Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar said that they have concrete evidence of involvement of more players other than S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, the disgraced trio of Rajasthan Royals, who were arrested in the last week for their alleged role in spot-fixing in IPL ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757953/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:33 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757953/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Entertainment News: BANGALORE: Doctors, especially oncologists, in Bangalore have been flooded with queries about the treatment, after the story about Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie undergoing prophylactic double mastectomy broke about a week ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758056/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:28 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758056/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India News: According to the Met office here, there are no chances of relief from heat wave in the next couple of days. The ongoing heat wave conditions in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Saturday continued unabated, claiming at least eight lives and forcing people in the region to confine ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758310/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:25 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758310/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India News: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala state government has decided to sack IAS officer B Ashok from the post of vice-chancellor of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University for writing an article recently in a vernacular daily where he criticized Rahul Gandhi's refusal thrice to accept invitations to visit Sivagiri ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758309/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:24 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758309/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India News: Thiruvananthapuram: All-India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in-charge of the state, Madhusudhan Mistry, and Party president Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel on Friday telephoned Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala, and instructed them to find a solution to the issue in the state itself. Mistry also warned them not to make ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758311/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:21 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758311/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Pawan Kumar Bansal of favouring the contractors by reducing license fee on catering contracts, causing "massive" financial losses to railways. "Former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal reduced the licensee on catering contracts from 15 per cent to 10 per cent applicable for several trains (Rajdhani, Shatabdi etc) in a clandestine manner in order to favour contractors. It has ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758313/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:26:01 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758313/scat/701ee96610c884a6 BANGALORE: Amid discontent among MLCs jostling for ministerial berths, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday expanded his council of ministers by inducting S R Patil, a former leader of opposition. Patil was administered the oath of office by ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758316/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:25:59 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758316/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mumbai Police on Saturday secretly presented BCCI chief N. Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in a local court and sought to extend his police custody for questioning. Meiyappan, who was arrested for betting in IPL matches, confessed to betting when he was confronted with arrested actor Vindu Dara Singh, through whom he allegedly placed the bets, police sources ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757957/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:19:22 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757957/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Patna : A friend of a woman who was allegedly gang-raped by three men in Bihar has married the victim, police said on Saturday.Four days after the 22-year-old woman was gang-raped and her friend beaten up by three men in the state's Banka district, the victim's friend married her at a temple late on Friday."The wedding was solemnised in a simple way at the temple in the presence of ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757939/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:18:51 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757939/scat/701ee96610c884a6 New Delhi : Law Minister Kapil Sibal is talking to the media over proposed legislative measures to prevent dishonest practices in sporting eventsHighlights of his press ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758317/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:18:42 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758317/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Chandigarh : The on-going heat wave conditions in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Saturday continued unabated, claiming at least eight lives and forcing people in the region to confine indoors.While six persons lost their lives due to intense heat wave in Punjab, two died in Haryana in the past three days, officials said in Chandigarh on Saturday.In Punjab, three persons lost their lives in ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758319/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:18:41 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758319/scat/701ee96610c884a6 United Nations: UN will honour over 100 UN peackeepers, including five Indians, who were killed on duty.The International Day of United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers will be observed on Wednesday to honour over 100 Blue Helmets (peacekeepers) deployed around the world, a UN statement said on Saturday.In a message, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: "One hundred and eleven peacekeeping ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758318/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:18:41 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758318/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Ahmedabad : An alleged bookie was arrested by Gujarat police in Ahmedabad in connection with IPL betting scandal and Rs 1.28 crore in cash along with one kg gold seized from him."A bookie, Vinod Moolchandani, has been arrested in connection with IPL betting scandal. We are further probing the case," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) A K Sharma told PTI.Rs 1.28 crore in cash and one ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758320/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:18:40 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758320/scat/701ee96610c884a6 according to a Press Trust of India report in Hindustan Times. The initial investigation revealed that she had accidentally crossed into India and nothing incriminating was recovered from her, an officer told the wire ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758321/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:16:44 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214758321/scat/701ee96610c884a6 SITA World Tours, a recognized leader in international travel for more than seven decades, has announced the introduction of Affordable India, an exciting, new tour product line designed to attract a growing budget oriented segment of the travel market. According to Hardeep Sidhu, SITA's Product Manager for India, the new collection of India itineraries is the result of an increased ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756915/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:38:26 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756915/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was today adjourned till June 1 as the government is yet to appoint a chief prosecutor to handle the case. The trial suffered a major setback when chief ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757333/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:33:32 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214757333/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Antony said the Indian armed forces were now better equipped than ever and one of the best in the world and that the country's borders- land,sea and air - are "very very ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756839/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:18:50 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756839/scat/701ee96610c884a6 AirAsia, may order an additional 50 Airbus A320 jets on top of its existing record order for 475 of the Airbus model, Chief Executive Tony Fernandes said on ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756531/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:08:27 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756531/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Nuclear Suppliers Group Must Not Cave In To Bush Administration on U.S.-India Nuclear Deal WASHINGTON - August 19 - The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation today urged the Nuclear Suppliers Group, which is meeting today on the U.S.-India nuclear deal, not to capitulate to the Bush administration and permit an unprecedented exception in international nuclear trade rules for India. ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756066/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:52 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214756066/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Chinta Dewi, Coca-Cola Bhagao, Krishi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti +91 94507 79325 (Hindi) Nandlal Master, Lok Samiti +91 94153 00520 (Hindi) Amit Srivastava, India Resource Center +91 98103 46161 (India) +1 415 336 7584 ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755574/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:47 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214755574/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Although we are already dealing with water scarcity issues in many states now, but this situation is likely to worsen in the coming years. This problem is becoming critical as ground water levels are decreasing at an alarming level and the demand for water is ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754440/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:49:00 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754440/scat/701ee96610c884a6 End ie2013-contentLeft--> To push the agreement on civil nuclear cooperation and give a fresh impetus to the strategic bilateral relationship, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Japan on Monday, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said.Singh will discuss a wide range of issues with his counterpart Shinzo Abe, particularly the nuclear cooperation deal which has not made much progress ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754546/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:39:59 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754546/scat/701ee96610c884a6 End ie2013-contentLeft--> Alluding to police of various states getting drawn into the Indian Premiere League (IPL) spot-fixing probe, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday took a dig at the sporting event saying IPL had become the 'Indian Police League.' He also sarcastically interpreted the IPL promotional slogan, Koi Nahin Bachega, saying it is ringing true with many ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754548/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:39:58 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754548/scat/701ee96610c884a6 End ie2013-contentLeft--> In a fresh ceasefire violation, Pakistani soldiers opened fire on Indian posts in Kupwara on Friday night, using machine guns and mortars.Sources said a Brigadier, who was on an inspection tour of forward posts, received minor injuries in the attack. The officer was hurt after being hit by a mortar shrapnel but the Army played down the injury, insisting that it ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754547/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:39:58 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754547/scat/701ee96610c884a6 End ie2013-contentLeft--> A day after police seized an imported Jaguar car owned by Pradip Sethi, CMD of a chitfund company, Crime Branch of Odisha Police today impounded a BMW car of Prasant Das, CMD of another firm even as state government held a high level meeting to review the situation."The Economic Offence Wing of the Crime Branch has seized the BMW car owned by Prasant Das, ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754549/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:39:56 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754549/scat/701ee96610c884a6 End ie2013-contentLeft--> BJP national general secretary and newly appointed UP in-charge Amit Shah has chosen the Muslim-dominated western UP to launch his party's campaign ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The former Gujarat home minister, who is facing several criminal charges, will be in Rampur on May 29 to lead a march, demonstration and court arrest as part of the party's ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754551/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:39:56 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754551/scat/701ee96610c884a6 End ie2013-contentLeft--> The Special CBI court on Friday reserved its order on the default bail application of suspended IPS officer G L Singhal for Monday. Singhal, lodged in the Sabarmati Central Jail for the last three months, is an accused in the alleged encounter of 19-year-old Ishrat Jahan and three others in 2004. The CBI has alleged that he was the seniormost policeman present at ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754550/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:39:55 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214754550/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Kolkata : Following the bribery scam that cost Pawan Bansal his job as Railways Minister, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is apparently also investigating appointments made during the tenures of former rail ministers. Whether by coincidence or by design, an Indian Police Service or IPS officer in Kolkata, Nazrul Islam, has sent a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs on May 10, ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214752987/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:19:04 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214752987/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has issued notices to the Haryana Police and the state education department after two women employees of a prominent Gurgaon school were arrested for sexually abusing a Class III student for past one ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214752416/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:16 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214752416/scat/701ee96610c884a6 heat wave in North India claimed three lives on Friday in Punjab's Amritsar and Ferozepur towns. With maximum temperature soaring at 46 degrees Celsius, the body of an unidentified woman was found from Majithia road in Amritsar, whereas a 52-year-old vegetable seller was found dead in Ferozepur, and a 35-year-old farmer similarly struck down by heat in his fields, said officials. ... http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214752417/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:15 -0400 http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214752417/scat/701ee96610c884a6