Mumbai : The controversy surrounding Bal Thackeray just refuses to die. Almost 11 days after the Shiv Sena chief passed away, the spot in Shivaji Park where he was cremated has become a holy place for Sainiks and people in general. While groups of Sena workers take turns to guard the spot, which has been […]
Mumbai: Three persons from Byndoor in Kundapur met a tragic end in an LPG cylinder blast at Virar West in Sub-urban Mumbai recently. The three were employees in Shreya restaurant. The deceased are Govinda Shetty (34), his brother Manjunath Shetty (28) from Byndoor, and Manjunath Poojary (25) from Hondadahitlu in the taluk. The mishap […]
Mumbai: Life is expected to be normal in Mumbai today as taxis and autorickshaws are back on the roads. The Shiv Sena clarified on Sunday that it hasn’t called for a bandh. “The shutdown call is purely voluntary. We have not called for any kind of shutdown,” party spokesperson Anil Parab said on Sunday. Most […]
Mumbai: With prayers from his well wishers, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray’s health condition is showing steady improvement. His son and Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said here late Thursday that Balasaheb’s condition was ‘stable’. “He is stable and we are doing everything we can…His health is improving…He is better than yesterday…We have still not […]
Motorcycle maker Royal Enfield which unveiled its 500 cc bike Thunderbird 500 during the Delhi Auto Expo this year will hit the Indian roads on Thursday. The Thunderbird 500 is expected to be the priciest motorcycle in the Royal Enfield range. Royal Enfield is the two-wheeler division of the BSE-listed Eicher Motors. The bike will […]
Mumbai: Legendary singer Asha Bhosle’s daughter Varsha committed suicide on Monday. She shot herself in the head, police said. The incident occurred around 12.30 p.m. Police have arrived on the spot and are investigating. No suicide note has been found from the spot yet. According to police, Varsha pumped two rounds into herself. The entire […]
Mumbai : A Mumbai hotelier hailing from Olakadu in Udupi, was shot at by unidentified assailants near Infiniti Mall, Andheri West on Wednesday night at around 10 pm when Shetty was travelling in his car. It is learnt Shetty was hit on the shoulder and has been admitted to the nearby Kokilaben Hospital where his […]
Zurich: Oslo is the most expensive city in the world, ahead of Zurich and Tokyo, but the well-paid residents of the Swiss financial hub enjoy the greatest purchasing power, according to a study released on Friday. The cheapest places to live were Delhi and Mumbai. The annual survey of 72 cities by Swiss bank UBS […]
Mumbai: As many as 42 Congress MLAs in Maharashtra have written a joint letter to the state party chief and Congress president Sonia Gandhi demanding that the chief minister Prithviraj Chavan must change his “style of functioning”. The MLAs, mostly supporters of two former chief ministers Ashok Chavan and Vilasrao Deshmukh, involved in the Adarsh […]
Mumbai: The IPL which is already embroiled in several controversies was rocked by a fresh controversy on May 20, Sunday when two IPL players were among the 100 persons arrested from a rave party venue at Oxwood Hotel in the Juhu Beach area of Mumbai. It is said both the players were from Pune Warriors […]
