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The Unit VII of the Mumbai Crime Branch on Sunday arrested a 26-year-old gun supplier and recovered around 15 pistols, nine magazines and around 11 live rounds. The police suspect that the consignment was to be supplied to underworld gangs ahead of the upcoming BMC elections. The Ghatkopar Unit of the Mumbai Crime Branch arrested More >

Fans gathering to greet Tom Cruise at Mumbai Airport were in fact paid extras, it has been suggested. The star was met by a crowd of over 200 enthusiastic supporters when he landed in India to promote Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, along with co-star Anil Kapoor. But it has now been suggested by Firstpost More >

Mumbai opener Kaustubh Pawar hit a career-best unbeaten 122 to hog the limelight on the opening day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match against Odisha at the DRIEMS ground here on Tuesday. The 21-year-old, playing his third Ranji match of this season, added 123 runs for the second wicket with Abhishek Nayar More >

West Indies took honours on Day 1 of the final Test against India with a disciplined batting performance that saw the scorecard read 267/2 at stumps.

Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was reportedly admitted to SevenHills Hospital in Marol, Andheri, late on Monday night for the birth of her first child. Although there was no confirmation from the Bachchan family or hospital officials, sources said doctors attending on Aishwarya had induced labour. The sources said the Bachchans, including husband Abhishek and in-laws More >

Lakhs of devotees converged at Juhu beach in suburban Mumbai to offer prayers to the Sun God as part of the Chhath Puja festivities which began from today. Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam, who organised the festivities under the aegis of ‘Bihari Front Organisation’ said the festival was a time to pray and seek blessings of More >

The final rites of ghazal singer Jagjit Singh at Chandanwadi electric crematorium on Monday drew attention to the decrepit condition of Mumbai’s crematoria. While the funeral passed off peacefully, the crumbling exterior and partly functional furnaces threw up the harsh reality of these final resting places. Most Hindu crematoria across the city are beset by More >

Seasoned actress Sarika, who started her career as a child artist in the late 1960s, has been named the fifth jury member by the Mumbai Film Festival in the international competition section. “I am delighted to be part of the 13th Mumbai film festival jury. I am looking forward to watching quality cinema of different More >

The continuous heavy downpour in Mumbai since Saturday brought traffic and rail network to a halt on Monday including a landslide that killed one, injured two and left two more people trapped beneath the huge fall of rocks from the landslide site adjoining the Halad View building in the posh central Mumbai Haji Ali area More >

While Anna Hazare is resolved to continue fasting at New Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, he has quite a few hardcore supporters at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan. On Day 8 of the anti-graft agitation, 19 protesters continued their fast though 49 of the original 68 broke their fast for health reasons or to more meaningfully devote themselves to More >