Mumbai diamond thieves in police custody till Sep 4

A Mumbai court on Thursday sent three Mexicans and a Venezuelan, arrested in Dubai on India’s request for the sensational heist here of diamonds worth Rs.6.6 crore earlier this week, to police custody till Sep 4. Among the four arrested is Mexican woman Guerrero Lugo Elvia Grissel, 24. The other two Mexicans are: Gonzalez Maldonado More >

Mumbai struggles with acute malaria outbreak

India is battling record levels of malaria infection in Mumbai, health officials said Friday, with as many cases in the first half of the year as in the whole of 2009. Authorities in the financial hub have drafted in experts from Medecins Sans Frontieres to tackle an outbreak which has seen nearly 4,000 cases this More >

How ships collided in Mumbai harbour

Minutes before they collided in Mumbai harbour, MSC Chitra was proceeding properly outbound within the main navigation channel while Khalijia 3 was entering the channel against the rules, which led to the collision, an official said Friday. ‘While MSC Chitra was on route from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to Mundra port, it appears that More >

Malaria claims two more in Mumbai

Two persons died due to malaria in the metropolis taking the toll due to the disease to eight since August 1. A 30-year-old man, a resident of Goregaon, died due to malaria last night at a civic hospital. Another 55-year-old woman, a resident of Malad, also died to the disease, health officials said.

See Mumbai as she was once upon a time

A disclaimer at the beginning of Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai warns you against drawing comparisons between lead character Sultan Mirza (Devgn) and the late smuggler Haji Mastan Mirza. You would only be foolish to believe it. Unfolding through the eyes of ACP Agnel Wilson (Hooda), the film tracks the rise of dua-hungry Sultan More >

More work needed on Mumbai, U.S. says

Pakistani investigations into suspects tied to the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai are a key to U.S. bilateral ties, U.S. State Department officials said. Gunmen tied to the Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Toiba staged a 60-hour siege on high-profile targets in Mumbai. About 170 people died, including 23 foreigners, and hundreds more were injured.

Mumbai corporators want cloud seeding done

Concerned about the not so satisfactory lake levels till now, corporators across all parties at the general body meeting on Friday demanded that the cloud seeding option be explored by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over the catchment. The matter was raised by the corporators who said that although the cloud seeding experiment did not yield More >

Shivaji memorial planned outside Mumbai airport

The Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) Friday announced that it would set up a grand memorial dedicated to Maharashtra’s warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji on the approach road to the airport.

Mumbai emerges as India’s gay Capital

A year after Section 377 was decriminalised, Mumbai is emerging as India’s gay capital.A comparison across four cities Pune, Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai has revealed this. By far, life’s far better for gays and lesbians across India after the reading-down of section 377, and going by figures and what gay activists have to say, More >

Top Mumbai model found dead at her home

Viveka Babajee, 37, one of the top and successful model, was found hanging at her Bnadra residence late on Friday evening here. According to the sources, Viveka had apparently committed suicide by hanging herself.